[wildcat46734]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzJLVlUp5K0
 

 

[PanamaRed]

Dead Prez - Hip Hop

 

[koolkat]

Not all youtube songs are horrible. Those uploaded by Vevo/fueledbyramen or other labels are actually quite good.
 
Looking for a song to test the bass on my HD438s. bump. 

 

[TMRaven]

Late Night Tip from Three6Mafia and Paradox by Hans Zimmer are two that I use to test low bass extension on cans.  Might give them a try.  A song I use to test mid-bass-- such as kick drum impact, would be Rage Against the Machine's Take the Power Back.  The kick-drum is rendered beautifully in that song.
 
Hope that helps.

 

[koolkat]

I love this Rage Against the Machine's Take the Power Back's intro.
 
I tried Hans Zimmer's Paradox but I don't hear too much bass.
Maybe my HD438s don't extend that low.. 
 
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Rage Against the Machine's Take the Power Back.  The kick-drum is rendered beautifully in that song.
 
Hope that helps.

 

 

[maverickronin]

Quote:

I love this Rage Against the Machine's Take the Power Back's intro.
 
I tried Hans Zimmer's Paradox but I don't hear too much bass.
Maybe my HD438s don't extend that low.. 

I was expecting to find an awful roll-off but the numbers don't look bad at all.  You might want to get a signal generator program and play around with the fit while playing a 40-50hz tone and see what gives you the most.

 

[Rawrbington]

Quote:

  A song I use to test mid-bass-- such as kick drum impact, would be Rage Against the Machine's Take the Power Back.  The kick-drum is rendered beautifully in that song.  
 

the drums in general on most of that album are awesome on my 990s.
so good
bullet in ya head
and the bass

 

[Freeze]

god i hate those tracks that people artificially bass boost like building that into the song. I have my own eq i don't need a bass boost programmed into the track.

 

[jc222284]

Loefah - Root / Loefah - The goat stare

NUFF SAID.

 

[koolkat]

Any recommendations on free signal generator programs that are safe? 
 
I googled it but the only safe download I could find was cnet's Spectro signal generator. 
 
And for the life of me I can't figure out how to read the FR graph and key in the inputs to a signal generator. 
 
:s
 
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I was expecting to find an awful roll-off but the numbers don't look bad at all.  You might want to get a signal generator program and play around with the fit while playing a 40-50hz tone and see what gives you the most.

 
 

 

[TMRaven]

Audacity, such an incredible free little program.  
 
The inception soundtrack has a lot of bass, but only a couple of the songs have predominant bass lines that are in the 50-70hz region, the rest of them all have lingering bass that is in 20-30hz.  It's a great way to test low bass extension.   The same holds true for the Three6Mafia track as well, there's a constant bass rumble of around 20-30hz once the vocals kick in.  On something like the DT990, I can vaguely hear that 20-30hz hum, but on something with virtually no low-end limit like the D2000, I can moreso get a good visceral rumble out of it.  Oh, of course there's also James Blake's Limit to your Love if you want a song that really, really emphasizes bass.

 

[koolkat]

I don't get Audacity. I just don't know how to use it properly.
I do find it fun for adding boost to songs, or amplifying and adding weird effects to it xD
 
Anyway I'm running the Spectro Signal Gen Free trial, and I can safely say that I only hear bass clearly at 50Hz.
Below that it's faint... And it really doesn't extend all the way down to 17/18Hz. Technical specs lied, boo  
I'm thinking of getting the Xonar U3 to get better signal off my laptop.. 

 

[maverickronin]

Here's one.

 

[Freeze]

I love the Xonar products.
 
I have a Xonar Essence STX 2 channel soundcard in my comp. It's RCA outs are really quality outputs for a computer system. They put a lot of work into keeping the analog output stage nice and clean.

 

[nikon131]

Deadmau5 - Dr. Funkenstein
Sounds alot better than youtube, on FLAC. Not a fan of Deamau5 but this is pretty deep and steady bass.