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Songs to use as a good benchmark/song to impress your friends

post #1 of 33
3/14/10 at 1:56am
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After having many friends ask me why the hell I spend $140 on headphones, I'm wondering what song I could play to blow their minds (I have PFE for the record). Post what you guys typically use as songs for this purpose.
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post #2 of 33
3/14/10 at 5:17am
Pendulum - the start of 'Hold your Colour' (They're Australian, the 'u' is mandatory!)

Chemical Brothers - Alive Alone. The beautiful clear vocal and gorgeous bassline..

And something that's kind of cool I found last night - the Skream dubstep remix of La Roux's Going in for the kill. Although no one will listen to it because no one likes the original.
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post #3 of 33
3/14/10 at 5:20am
smack my bitch-prodigy
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post #4 of 33
3/14/10 at 6:28am
Jigsaw fall in place - Radiohead
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post #5 of 33
3/14/10 at 7:12am
The intro of 'Don't Worry, If There's A Hell Below We're All... by Curtis mayfield. Otherwise 'A Storm In Heaven,' The Verve's first album works and of course 'Bittersweet Symphony.'

If they are into Rock tracks like 'Welcome To The Jungle' and 'Sweet Child O'Mine' by Guns N'Roses can work. Deep Purple's 'Child In Time' is an option just like 'Map Of Problematique' by Muse. It's mostly up to your ears to judge what really impresses you.
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post #6 of 33
3/14/10 at 7:36am
This one most often do the trick over here...
"Keith Don't Go" - Nils Lofgren
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post #7 of 33
3/14/10 at 9:18am
Depeche Mode - Wrong (DIM vs Boys Noize Remix)
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post #8 of 33
3/14/10 at 9:19am
How about side 2 of Abbey Road (Re-mastered edition)?
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post #9 of 33
3/14/10 at 3:54pm
using the beatles is cheating, you know they use to play with the pan while doing acid,

such great higths by the postal service and holiday by madonna are great for soundstage checks, amazingly, holiday is a great bass check aswell,

barcelona by freddy mercury and monserrat cavaller is great for testing out vocals, actually, freddy mercury makes alot of the queen stuff great for vocals,
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post #10 of 33
3/14/10 at 7:10pm
Kd Lang - Crying (from MTV unplugged III)
Shpongle - Crystal Skulls (Western Rebel Alliance remix)

That pair gives a very difficult female voice track with live mic ambiance followed by an almost impossible studio bass line overlayed on a detailed midrange track. I don't know the PFE, but if it can pull off both of those its a keeper. Most phones can't do justice to both though.
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post #11 of 33
3/14/10 at 7:15pm
Whoo, Pendulum!

My advice to to find a song with deep bass and that lends itself to a large soundstage. That tends to impress. (My RE0s? Not so much.)
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post #12 of 33
3/14/10 at 10:30pm
Ludwig Van Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67: i. Allegro con brio
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post #13 of 33
3/14/10 at 10:57pm
Daft Punk and Postal Service are great at that. Both has bass and enough distracting instruments in different places to keep people interested
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post #14 of 33
3/14/10 at 11:01pm
I like Goldfrapp's Road to Somewhere or Terry Callier's Love Theme from Spartacus (Zero 7 remix)
I don't think it matters what you use those, as long as the song is in a high bitrate. They probably have iBuds so no matter what you use, it'll blow them away.

What I would actually do is a pick a song they like or have heard a lot.. that'll really knock 'em out when they hear their favourite song with decent reproduction.
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post #15 of 33
3/15/10 at 12:30am
I usually like Under The Bridge - RHCP
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