Good Music for testing Audio Equipment
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One of the first cd's I bought. Still have it but haven't listened to it in years. Will have to rip it and listen again.
Interesting recording. But one wonders how long she can keep on singing like that on some songs her voice does not rise above a mere whisper.
We are starting to sound like an old marriage here
But I guess that is what happens with like minds and this thread has given me a lot of good suggestions.
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Now that's a discovery. I did not know of this album!
That is now on the top of my wish list.
Look at the line up;
Conductor, Arranged By – Michel Legrand
Drums – Don Lamond (tracks: A2, A4, B2, B4), Kenny Dennis (tracks: A1, A6, B1, B3), Osie Johnson (tracks: A3, A5, B5)
Flute – Herbie Mann (tracks: A1, A2, A4, A6, B1 to B4)
French Horn – James Buffington (tracks: A3, A5, B5)
Guitar – Barry Galbraith (tracks: A1, A6, B1, B3)
Harp – Betty Glamann (tracks: A1, A6, B1, B3)
Liner Notes – Nat Shapiro
Piano – Bill Evans (tracks: A1, A6, B1, B3), Hank Jones (tracks: A2, A4, B2, B4), Nat Pierce (tracks: A3, A5, B5)
Tenor Saxophone – Ben Webster (tracks: A2, A4, B2, B4), John Coltrane (tracks: A1, A6, B1, B3), Seldon Powell (tracks: A3, A5, B5)
Trombone – Billy Byers (tracks: A2, A4, B2, B4), Eddie Bert (tracks: A2, A4, B2, B4), Frank Rehak (tracks: A2 to A5, B2, B4), Jimmy Cleveland (tracks: A2, A3 to A5, B2, B4, B5), Jimmy Cleveland (tracks: A3, A5, B5)
Trumpet – Art Farmer (tracks: A3, A5, B5), Donald Byrd (tracks: A3, A5, B5), Ernie Royal (tracks: A3, A5, B5), Joe Wilder (tracks: A3, A5, B5), Miles Davis (tracks: A1, A6, B1, B3)
Vibraphone [Vibraharp] – Don Elliot* (tracks: A3, A5, B5), Eddie Costa (tracks: A1, A6, B1, B3)
Tracks A1, A6, B1, B3 - Recorded June 25, 1958 (New York City)
Tracks A2, A4, B2, B4 - Recorded June 27, 1958 (New York City)
Tracks A3, A5, B5 - Recorded June 30, 1958 (New York City)
Thanks!
Same studio as Kind of Blue, Time Out and a bunch of other great sounding '50 albums.
For the purpose of testing - not necessarily that they are my favourite records:
1. Joe Jackson stepping out - great for timing and co-ordination with Piano tone
2. Nat adderley - work song - great live recording - great for soundstage
3. The Rebirth of Cool too - in particular the track 'I've lost my ignorance'
4. Pink Floyd - Dark Side ... (Cliche I know)
5. Elton John 'Bennie and the Jets' good for live recording image - and stage
6. James Brown Live at the Apollo 2 - voice - good 'air' I the recording
7. Galliano 'in pursuit of the 13th Note' - bass, vibraphone, very varied album
8. Moby 18 - a rare example of scale in a modern recording
9. LEftfield - leftism - the track space shanty is very good for bass tuning a room and bass control - if badly controlled and too lumpy it sounds like one sound - if it is too light the record doesn't come 'alive'
10 Prince Parade - treble can sound harsh in the wrong set up
11 Guru - JAzzmatazz - excellent recording end to end brilliance - just a nice record to demonstrate your system with
12 Koko Taylor - heart of a woman female vocals
That's just a smattering - I don't know enough about classical music to form a useful opinion. I am not into 'audiophile' recordings - I believe a system should try and bring out the best in a recording, but using normal recordings gives you a better idea of what your systems can do in the real world
1. Joe Jackson stepping out - great for timing and co-ordination with Piano tone
2. Nat adderley - work song - great live recording - great for soundstage
3. The Rebirth of Cool too - in particular the track 'I've lost my ignorance'
4. Pink Floyd - Dark Side ... (Cliche I know)
5. Elton John 'Bennie and the Jets' good for live recording image - and stage
6. James Brown Live at the Apollo 2 - voice - good 'air' I the recording
7. Galliano 'in pursuit of the 13th Note' - bass, vibraphone, very varied album
8. Moby 18 - a rare example of scale in a modern recording
9. LEftfield - leftism - the track space shanty is very good for bass tuning a room and bass control - if badly controlled and too lumpy it sounds like one sound - if it is too light the record doesn't come 'alive'
10 Prince Parade - treble can sound harsh in the wrong set up
11 Guru - JAzzmatazz - excellent recording end to end brilliance - just a nice record to demonstrate your system with
12 Koko Taylor - heart of a woman female vocals
That's just a smattering - I don't know enough about classical music to form a useful opinion. I am not into 'audiophile' recordings - I believe a system should try and bring out the best in a recording, but using normal recordings gives you a better idea of what your systems can do in the real world
? Link please
All the albums are available on amazon; https://www.amazon.com/Flim-The-BBs/e/B000AQ1CS8
hifitommy
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this is one spectacular album with the bonus of minnie riperton's finest performance on vocalization. the instrumentation and assorted outdoor recording within are outstanding.
vinyl preferably (used 1977 recording) and cd is also available from eastquest records
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFQN1Cyebtg
vinyl preferably (used 1977 recording) and cd is also available from eastquest records
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFQN1Cyebtg
hifitommy
Well-Known Member
madfloyd-"When does Minnie sing in this? " at about the 16:00 mark. she vocalizes more than sings. she comes in at the 17:00 mark with exquisitely high vocalizing and continues to ascend the scale until you think she has gone as far as she can and then she goes even higher.
her daughter is Maya Rudolph on SNL.
on YOUR system, this should be sine qua non. you will likely appreciate osamu kitajima's other albums. one relatively recent recording is Epitome which i think is right up there with his best but the eponymous one can be had on ebay or discogs. the CDs are available from East Quest Records:
http://www.eastquest.com/music.html
have fun with these.
...regards..tr
her daughter is Maya Rudolph on SNL.
on YOUR system, this should be sine qua non. you will likely appreciate osamu kitajima's other albums. one relatively recent recording is Epitome which i think is right up there with his best but the eponymous one can be had on ebay or discogs. the CDs are available from East Quest Records:
http://www.eastquest.com/music.html
have fun with these.
...regards..tr
Empirical Audio
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There are few tracks that are essential for testing of audio systems:
1) good percussion tracks, both drums and cymbols, bells
2) non-music tracks: thunder, rain, paddle of a canoe in water (Andreas Vollenwider), tinkling glass
The non-music tracks are especially useful because we all know what they sound like in real life.
Steve N.
Empirical Audio
1) good percussion tracks, both drums and cymbols, bells
2) non-music tracks: thunder, rain, paddle of a canoe in water (Andreas Vollenwider), tinkling glass
The non-music tracks are especially useful because we all know what they sound like in real life.
Steve N.
Empirical Audio
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