there are several discs I use for that as reference material.
Madonna's Immaculate Collection CD
Telarc's Classical/Baroque CDs (Ravel, Bach, Mozart, Chopin, Wagner, and Beethoven are good ones)
Anything recorded on Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs (MFSL) 24K Gold Original Masters CDs. namely Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall, are good ones. So is Jeff Beck's Wired.
Enya's "Only Time - The Collection" 4 CD set, mainly the first 2 discs.
Anything by Tori Amos, Sarah Mclachlan, or Jonatha Brooke (or her band The Story)
The THX test CD is handy, as is the IASCA test CD, but for auditioning speakers, I like something more natural, that gives me a feel for soundstage, imaging, and warmth.. things like that. acoustic performances, good vocalists like Alana Davis, Tori Amos, Enya, Sarah M., Sheryl Crow, and so on. Especially live performances.. Things with complex instrumental arrangements like Baroque music (Beethoven's 9th movement, Fur Elise, Brandenburg Concertos, etc) stuff with excellent dynamic range from soft passages to loud and back like Clapton's live performance of Old Love. things that put speakers through their paces, as well as amplifiers, too.
erm, soundstage is a term refering to a quality that is desireable in an audio system. good soundstage means that when listening, the musicians sound as if they are out in front of you, and up on a stage.. not down by your feet, or next to you, or behind you.
Imaging on the other hand is the ability to discern left from right as well as individual instrument/musician placement, so that you can't tell a distinct left and right pinpoint speaker position. Ideally you want things to sound "real" or "live" and not like speakers.
some DVD-A are good. some sound like crap. if the music was recorded with 6 channel in mind then it's ok. most older stuff remastered to 5.1 sounds like a$$.
By the way try SACD some time.. much nicer than DVD-A, and most SACD material is mastered much better as well.
ut I'm a purist. I feel music is meant for 2.0 not multi-channel. DTS/DD is for movies. Stereo is for music.
I do agree with that. But now, as a collection DVD-A disc of music is now getting caught up with DTS for movies. But the DVD-A disc will never get popular anytime soon so I still but CDs. If you haven't listened to any Queen DVD-A discs, I recconmend u do, thats if u like group. Their album, "The Game" is a promising one. So plz post anymore fav. DVD-A Disc.
I here ya Glass, but there are home and car audio sections to this forum. I was just trying to find some good songs to wow people in my car. Thanks bro.
If any of you can get a hold the the LSU Tiger Band CD, the LSU Pre-Game song, really compliments an audio system. It is loud, full, and punchy. You can really feel it in your chest. By the way, GO TIGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I apologize for this being a bit off topic, but if anyone happens to locate the following band and song, please give me a shout. I'm having little luck finding it through any channels, retail or otherwise. Bang Wa Cherry - Chin Chin
If any of you saw the movie Blade )first one) this was the song, and band playing in the Japanese nightclub scene. (The Schoolgirl band) It's an oddly elusive song to track down, and it's not on the Blade soundtrack.
If any of you watched the Sugar Bowl tonight, you've probably heard the fight song I was referring to. LSU TIGERS=National Champions!!!!!!!! Imagine the partying on Bourbon right now.
is alphasonik a good brand.. i have been very patient looking for subs.. i just want it easy.. i dont want to shake the car next to me .. i just want/need more bass in my '96 ford explorer w/ after market speakers and a sony cd/mp3 player.. dual 400-watt, 10" alphasonik subs and a 2-channel amplifier that features a high- and low-pass crossover and a 360-watt peak power rating.
hopefully it will be decent.. if anyone knows anything let me know.. it seems to be rated pretty good and the reviews are good too!
goddamnit, stephanie, you're starting to piss me off. stop trying to hijack posts that have nothing to do with those pile of crap alphasonik subs. start your own friggin thread.
I don't care about college or professional sports either, but at least those posts were talking about music.. at first anyway.
even if it was a weak attempt at a tangent so someone could rant about their college. heh
college sports. what a waste of time and money. If you're paying $20k to go to college.. you should be metriculating. Not playing with someone's balls.
Hey now. I talked about college for 3 threads and I ended it. And that's only because we won the national championship(which is a great honor). Let's keep it above the waist here fellas. By the way, did any of you get a chance to hear the LSU Pre-game recording?