Good Music for testing Audio Equipment

[APP]

Stumbled upon this thread just in the right time! I'm about to test out some new equipment and a few headsets. Some great suggestions here

just curious...which headsets ?

 

[APP]

Stockfish records has few well recorded fine downloads available;
http://sfrshop.de/epages/8bc55054-7644-4582-abe9-aacc9769e6d3.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/8bc55054-7644-4582-abe9-aacc9769e6d3/Products/SFR357.2085.0

 

[Kefas]

Will check them out, thanks.

 

[Kefas]

Excellent recording , thanks.

 

[Kefas]

Great very well recorded ECM album;

 

[MadFloyd]

Great very well recorded ECM album;

Agreed and the music is fantastic too.

 

[NorthStar]

My type of jazz in the moment.

 

[Kefas]

Stumbled upon this thread just in the right time! I'm about to test out some new equipment and a few headsets. Some great suggestions here

Just curious, What are you testing?

 

[Kefas]

Great Big Band album with lots of sonic pleasures;

 

[daytona600]

 

[APP]

Great Big Band album with lots of sonic pleasures;

I used to hate Beatles covers but recently a couple of albums has reversed that. The above album is absolutely one of them.

 

[Mike]

I used to hate Beatles covers but recently a couple of albums has reversed that. The above album is absolutely one of them.

You might like the Rutles, who were a spoof band. They're quite good, too.

 

[Hi-FiGuy]

I think Movies DVD s give the speakers the best work out .
My favourites HEAT , Harry potter , avatar .

Fantastic Beasts is a pretty awesome system work out.

 

[APP]

I used to hate Beatles covers but recently a couple of albums has reversed that. The above album is absolutely one of them.

The other album being Paul Berner Band's sonically and musically impressive Rubber Soul remake on the Sound Liaison label;

The 2nd DXD from the new series has been released. Paul Berner Band playing the music of the fabulous four from Liverpool.

 

[APP]

I think Movies DVD s give the speakers the best work out .
My favourites HEAT , Harry potter , avatar .

This is one of my favorites. Great lows.

 

[daytona600]

12inch single

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[APP]

impressive sound stage, thanks!

 

[APP]

I think Movies DVD s give the speakers the best work out .
My favourites HEAT , Harry potter , avatar .

This is the one?

 

[dedobot]

Exceptional sound studio work, according to my humble opinion :

Soundcloud :
https://soundcloud.com/theclassicmixcdseries/laurent-garnier-laboratoire-mix-1

But seriously - we have "étalon" only for the pure acoustic music .

 

[Kefas]

The Carmen Gomes album is now available as a CD via the Band Camp website. It's a pretty good deal as you get the download as well if you buy the CD:
https://carmengomes.bandcamp.com/

?My good friend and fellow audiophile Gerald k and I have made a compilation of music files which we feel are perfect for testing new equipment.
We wanted to use music that we not only enjoy listening to but which also has the abillity to reveal flaws in the signal chain.
I listen mostly on Headphones (Sennheiser/ Audeze/ Audio Technica) while Gerald listen only on speakers (Tad, Kharma/Linn/Naim).
We have spend many an evening and several bottles of Cotes du Rhone wines arguing and eventually agreeing on this list of audio equipment test music.
This is what we came up with, please feel free to comment or post alternatives, if possible with a link as to where to purchase the music that you feel is ideal for this purpose.
We also looked for reviews that we felt agreed with what we see in the recordings.

Sound stage and definition

1. Carmen Gomes inc; '' I'm on fire'' from Thousand Shades of Blue

http://www.soundliaison.com/
Placement is perfect on this young audiophile classic as well as the near perfect natural recording of the voice, but the real test for audio equipment when listening to this recording is it's ability to separate the kickdrum from the upright bass.
The two instruments are playing the same pattern. On less than optimum equipment it might be difficult to separate the two, but with good setup you clearly hear the upright at 2.00 and the kick dead center with a nice decay that one generally do not hear on commercial recordings.
There are lots of speakers and headphones with ''extended lows'' but low with definition is a whole different ballgame.

HIFI;
Her warm, enormously talented and controlled voice is completely unique and she knows how to get pure emotion across to the listener ...
The sound of the album is exemplary with dynamics of an addictive quality......the drums are practically visual and one feels as if one could reach out and and actually touch the singer.
Eric de Boer - Hifi