just curious...which headsets ?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
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Stockfish records has few well recorded fine downloads available;
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Just curious, What are you testing?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
I used to hate Beatles covers but recently a couple of albums has reversed that. The above album is absolutely one of them.
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 .
Soundcloud :
https://soundcloud.com/theclassicmixcdseries/laurent-garnier-laboratoire-mix-1
But seriously - we have "étalon" only for the pure acoustic music .
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/
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
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