[eyeteeth]

Are there particular CD's you use to test or challenge audio equipment?

 

[D-EJ915]

To test a speakers bass ability, I use Living Sacrifice's "Local Vengeance Killing" from The Hammering Process, which has a mass of bass in the beginning.

 

[Calanctus]

Currently I'm using:

• Mahler's 3rd Symphony on EMI, Rattle/Birmingham Symphony (all around testing).
• Kodo, Mondo Head (drums! for bass)
• Varttina, Seleniko (female vocals)
• Gong and Klang (private release by a friend of mine, for soundstaging. It was recorded with just a couple of mics in a small studio and sounds incredibly intimate and precise)

 

[Dusty Chalk]

Quote:

Originally posted by eyeteeth Are there particular CD's you use to test or challenge audio equipment?

Yes.

 

[soundboy]

Up Close 21, issued by Boston Acoustics (the speaker manufacturer) and Windham Hill. This CD featured the late Michael Manring. Amazing acoutic guitar playing.

Yes, there are other Up Close CDs from Boston Acoustics. But I only have this one and another one featuring Clair Marlo (Up Close 2).

 

[nanahachi]

for me, nothing terribly high class. I just stick to CDs that I know really well.

Massive Attack - Protection (for female vocals and bass)
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream (for guitars, and how well the gear can handle lots of noise)
The Police - EBYT: the classics SACD (instruments, vocals, and just good songs

)

 

[elrod-tom]

Elvis Costello - Imperial Bedroom
Dave Matthews Band - Crash
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
The Beatles - Revolver

These are the ones that I use the most, as they are both technically very well crafted AND I know them very well.

 

[JMedeiros]

Stuff I like and listen to alot:

Nils Lofgren Acoustic Live
Band of Brothers Soundtrack
Springsteen's The Rising & Live in NYC SACD
Clint Black D'lectrified

 

[john_jcb]

Aimee Mann "Lost in Space"
Gladiator Soundtrack
Diana Krall SACD "When I Look In Your Eyes"
Mark Knopfler “Ragpicker’s Dream”
Holly Cole "Temptation"
Led Zeppelin I
Jennifer Warnes “Famous Blue Raincoat”
Jim Hall & Pat Metheny
Cassandra Wilson "belly of the sun"

 

[chillysalsa]

Delerium - Karma
Neil Young - Comes a Time
Massive Attack - Mezzanine
Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade XRCD
Bjork - Vespertine (2 LP)