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Any E.S. Posthumus and 2 Steps from Hell Song/Music - Their comopositions are used in almost every movie out there!
Songs that make your headphone WOOOOOW!!!
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Keep this thread going!! I've found some great music here. Including my favorite live album of all time: Alice in Chains: MTV Unplugged...eargasm.
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Not a high quality upload, but it sounds very depthy on my DBI pro 700.
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Nice album. You might also like Korn's MTV unplugged. It's one of my favorites live records.
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Nice album. You might also like Korn's MTV unplugged. It's one of my favorites live records.
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Thanks..giving it a shot this morning on MOG.
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I'm a huge DMB fan. I've been into their "Live" recording for several years. Busted stuff is also good but just an average recording. I haven't listened to "Crash" in years and certainly not since I've been into head-fi. I gave it a listen a few days ago and it's a must add to the "wow" list. I very dynamic and well mastered. I love the use of horns and saxophone. Great album too.
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I LOVE Dave Matthews.... I had tickets to two of his shows this summer, but unfortunately couldn't go to the first one, and it looks like things aren't going line up for the second one either...
My favorite song for my current setup, which is not that great, is Shotgun or The Idea of You - both live recordings....
Out of all of my roughly 5000 songs, about 8-900 of them are Dave songs!
My favorite song for my current setup, which is not that great, is Shotgun or The Idea of You - both live recordings....
Out of all of my roughly 5000 songs, about 8-900 of them are Dave songs!
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The Idea of You is from Live Trax Vol. 6.
Shotgun is from the 2007 Summer Tour Sampler.
There are several versions of each of those songs. I haven't ever heard them live, but i have heard snippets of other versions and the lyrics tend to change quite a bit.
Shotgun is from the 2007 Summer Tour Sampler.
There are several versions of each of those songs. I haven't ever heard them live, but i have heard snippets of other versions and the lyrics tend to change quite a bit.
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The new Blues Traveler-25 album is really nicely mastered and recorded. If you are a fan you really should give this one a try.
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Just tried Avril Lavigne's last album "Goodbye Lullaby" with my Q701... WOW! I wasn't expecting that. Really well mastered. The sound stage is impressive. When I close my eyes I can actually place the instruments in space.
I don't know if I finally hit a filter on my NFB-12 that just sounds perfect for me, but the guitar from this album is very well reproduced. The album has an acoustic sound to it, and it's fitting perfectly with my current setup. I must admit it's the first album I listen to that makes my Q701 WOW me.
I don't know if I finally hit a filter on my NFB-12 that just sounds perfect for me, but the guitar from this album is very well reproduced. The album has an acoustic sound to it, and it's fitting perfectly with my current setup. I must admit it's the first album I listen to that makes my Q701 WOW me.
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MattTCG, you and I must have very similar musical taste (and ears).
Two "reference" recordings I like to use are Alice In Chains "Unplugged" (I LOVE the dynamics on this record), and DMB "Crash". I ALWAYS use these two records (along with several others) to audition/test new speakers for their strengths and weaknesses.
Earlier today I was giving "Some Devil" a spin on my SR80is and realized that it too is a very well recorded, and well mastered disc. I am more familiar with "Crash" however, and love all the great sonic textures on that record. It's a pretty amazing album, both aurally, and content wise, IMO. This is the same view I have on "Crash" as well.
To add to the thread I want to toss out Red Hot Chili Peppers "Blood Sugar Sex Magik", Norah Jones "Not Too Late", Jack Johnson "Sleep Through The Static", Black Eyed Peas "The E.N.D." (this record is mastered a bit too "hot" for my taste, but is useful in testing for sibilance and bass response), Radiohead "In Rainbows".
For "punchy" sounding rock records, I like to listen to Marcy Playground's first record, and Green Day "Nimrod". Both of these records are compressed a bit, to give them their sonic "punch", but I feel that neither one (their mastering engineers) went too overboard with it, and find them to sound very pleasing, and aurally exciting.
There are others as well, but I can't think of them off the top of my head. These are generally the ones I always grab, when trying new gear though. In the future, I will probably add either Skrillex "Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites", or Deadmau5 "4x4=12". I need to familiarize myself with these records a bit more, and the Skrillex seems to be mastered a little hot, but track two is a nice test to see if a speakers upper mids are "harsh" (for lack of a better word) sounding. The Deadmau5 record seems to have a better mastering job, but like the Skrillex record, I just haven't owned it long enough to become intimately familiar with the sound.
Mumford and Sons "Sigh No More" has been impressive to me as well, and seems to be fairly well recorded and mastered. I will keep it in "heavy rotation" (along with Skrillex, Deadmau5, and the newest Norah Jones record "Little Broken Hearts", to see what tracks are useful in finding the strengths/weaknesses of various audio components. That, and I like their musical content quite a bit as well.
Two "reference" recordings I like to use are Alice In Chains "Unplugged" (I LOVE the dynamics on this record), and DMB "Crash". I ALWAYS use these two records (along with several others) to audition/test new speakers for their strengths and weaknesses.
Earlier today I was giving "Some Devil" a spin on my SR80is and realized that it too is a very well recorded, and well mastered disc. I am more familiar with "Crash" however, and love all the great sonic textures on that record. It's a pretty amazing album, both aurally, and content wise, IMO. This is the same view I have on "Crash" as well.
To add to the thread I want to toss out Red Hot Chili Peppers "Blood Sugar Sex Magik", Norah Jones "Not Too Late", Jack Johnson "Sleep Through The Static", Black Eyed Peas "The E.N.D." (this record is mastered a bit too "hot" for my taste, but is useful in testing for sibilance and bass response), Radiohead "In Rainbows".
For "punchy" sounding rock records, I like to listen to Marcy Playground's first record, and Green Day "Nimrod". Both of these records are compressed a bit, to give them their sonic "punch", but I feel that neither one (their mastering engineers) went too overboard with it, and find them to sound very pleasing, and aurally exciting.
There are others as well, but I can't think of them off the top of my head. These are generally the ones I always grab, when trying new gear though. In the future, I will probably add either Skrillex "Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites", or Deadmau5 "4x4=12". I need to familiarize myself with these records a bit more, and the Skrillex seems to be mastered a little hot, but track two is a nice test to see if a speakers upper mids are "harsh" (for lack of a better word) sounding. The Deadmau5 record seems to have a better mastering job, but like the Skrillex record, I just haven't owned it long enough to become intimately familiar with the sound.
Mumford and Sons "Sigh No More" has been impressive to me as well, and seems to be fairly well recorded and mastered. I will keep it in "heavy rotation" (along with Skrillex, Deadmau5, and the newest Norah Jones record "Little Broken Hearts", to see what tracks are useful in finding the strengths/weaknesses of various audio components. That, and I like their musical content quite a bit as well.
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Just got to say that after spending the afternoon listening to Diana Krall "Live in Paris" for the third time, it goes right to my top five all time live recorded albums. It's simply a phenominally recorded and master work.
If you enjoy jazz at all and female vocals, then run don't walk to get this one. In a word...wow
If you enjoy jazz at all and female vocals, then run don't walk to get this one. In a word...wow
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Definitely agree with you on: Some Devil and Mumford and Sons. Got to try a few of the others.
MattTCG, you and I must have very similar musical taste (and ears).
Two "reference" recordings I like to use are Alice In Chains "Unplugged" (I LOVE the dynamics on this record), and DMB "Crash". I ALWAYS use these two records (along with several others) to audition/test new speakers for their strengths and weaknesses.
Earlier today I was giving "Some Devil" a spin on my SR80is and realized that it too is a very well recorded, and well mastered disc. I am more familiar with "Crash" however, and love all the great sonic textures on that record. It's a pretty amazing album, both aurally, and content wise, IMO. This is the same view I have on "Crash" as well.
To add to the thread I want to toss out Red Hot Chili Peppers "Blood Sugar Sex Magik", Norah Jones "Not Too Late", Jack Johnson "Sleep Through The Static", Black Eyed Peas "The E.N.D." (this record is mastered a bit too "hot" for my taste, but is useful in testing for sibilance and bass response), Radiohead "In Rainbows".
For "punchy" sounding rock records, I like to listen to Marcy Playground's first record, and Green Day "Nimrod". Both of these records are compressed a bit, to give them their sonic "punch", but I feel that neither one (their mastering engineers) went too overboard with it, and find them to sound very pleasing, and aurally exciting.
There are others as well, but I can't think of them off the top of my head. These are generally the ones I always grab, when trying new gear though. In the future, I will probably add either Skrillex "Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites", or Deadmau5 "4x4=12". I need to familiarize myself with these records a bit more, and the Skrillex seems to be mastered a little hot, but track two is a nice test to see if a speakers upper mids are "harsh" (for lack of a better word) sounding. The Deadmau5 record seems to have a better mastering job, but like the Skrillex record, I just haven't owned it long enough to become intimately familiar with the sound.
Mumford and Sons "Sigh No More" has been impressive to me as well, and seems to be fairly well recorded and mastered. I will keep it in "heavy rotation" (along with Skrillex, Deadmau5, and the newest Norah Jones record "Little Broken Hearts", to see what tracks are useful in finding the strengths/weaknesses of various audio components. That, and I like their musical content quite a bit as well.
Definitely agree with you on: Some Devil and Mumford and Sons. Got to try a few of the others.
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I'm currently undertaking the arduous task of re-ripping my music collection, or in the case of crappy iTunes downloads, re-buying music. I grabbed the Alice in Chains Unplugged today and am really enjoying it.
I picked up some Paul Simon, Echo and the Bunnymen, The XX, and some Bela Fleck. (Which I loved, but the CD I picked up sounds horrible. The mastering must be really bad.)
I'm getting a lot of really great suggestions. Keep 'em coming!
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I picked up some Paul Simon, Echo and the Bunnymen, The XX, and some Bela Fleck. (Which I loved, but the CD I picked up sounds horrible. The mastering must be really bad.)
I'm getting a lot of really great suggestions. Keep 'em coming!
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