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Bronze Member Username: Jmsoave
South Lake Tahoe,
CA
USA
Post Number: 24
Registered: Feb-07
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| Posted on Saturday, March 17, 2007 - 10:21 pm: |
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OK it looks like we've all had a go at the favorite music thread. I've got a slightly different one: not your favorite music, but instead what is the best music to test speakers with? Let's say you're going into the dealer to test several speakers, and you can only take in 1 CD to do it with. What would you choose to put the speakers to the test, to push them across frequencies and speeds and tones?
I'm thinking it's gotta have drums, bass, vocals, horns, strings, the whole bit....any ideas? |
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Platinum Member Username: Jan_b_vigne
Dallas,
TX
Post Number: 10032
Registered: May-04
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| Posted on Saturday, March 17, 2007 - 11:14 pm: |
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The Emma Demo. |
Gold Member Username: Stu_pitt
Irvington,
New York
USA
Post Number: 1620
Registered: May-05
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| Posted on Saturday, March 17, 2007 - 11:17 pm: |
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I'd go with whatever I play the most. Even if its not the best recording, I'll hear it more than anything else.
Then again, their isn't one CD that I listen to often enough to say its the most played. Therefore, I'd probably end up bringing Dark Side of the Moon.It's got enough of everything I need and has great sound quality. |
Bronze Member Username: Malco49
Baltimore,
Maryland
Usa
Post Number: 69
Registered: May-05
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| Posted on Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 09:42 am: |
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difficult decision,especially if one listen's to classical,jazz,rock,electronica,world,etc...
however if i had to go with one CD,i would pick something along the lines of brian eno's "another day on earth"or maybe john cale's "hobosapiens"
both amazing musicians and producers with long and varied track records(no pun intended)as producers and preformers. |
Gold Member Username: Joe_c
Atlanta,
GA
USA
Post Number: 1403
Registered: Mar-05
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| Posted on Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 04:34 pm: |
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The Wall 2nd disc. |
Platinum Member Username: Jan_b_vigne
Dallas,
TX
Post Number: 10045
Registered: May-04
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| Posted on Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 06:30 pm: |
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Does anyone listen to real instruments? |
Gold Member Username: Nuck
Post Number: 6444
Registered: Dec-04
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| Posted on Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 11:33 pm: |
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An electric guitar is not a real instrument?
Did anybody tell Les Paul? |
Silver Member Username: Davidpa
Portland,
Oregon
US
Post Number: 411
Registered: Nov-05
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| Posted on Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 11:43 pm: |
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what are YOU familiar with? |
Silver Member Username: Davidpa
Portland,
Oregon
US
Post Number: 412
Registered: Nov-05
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| Posted on Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 11:45 pm: |
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And has the delicacy, yet thunderous passages, with great vocals?
My choice, Pink Floyd The Final Cut
Not many instruments left out on this one. |
Gold Member Username: Joe_c
Atlanta,
GA
USA
Post Number: 1407
Registered: Mar-05
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| Posted on Monday, March 19, 2007 - 10:14 am: |
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I am partial to fake instruments myself, to each is own. |
Platinum Member Username: Jan_b_vigne
Dallas,
TX
Post Number: 10052
Registered: May-04
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| Posted on Monday, March 19, 2007 - 01:16 pm: |
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Children, children, children! Last time I looked, an electric guitar was only half of a real instrument. Without the "electric" part it ain't much of one at all. |
Gold Member Username: Stu_pitt
Irvington,
New York
USA
Post Number: 1624
Registered: May-05
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| Posted on Monday, March 19, 2007 - 05:11 pm: |
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What would it be without the "guitar" half? |
Platinum Member Username: Jan_b_vigne
Dallas,
TX
Post Number: 10055
Registered: May-04
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| Posted on Monday, March 19, 2007 - 05:34 pm: |
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Shocking! |
Bronze Member Username: Malco49
Baltimore,
Maryland
Usa
Post Number: 70
Registered: May-05
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| Posted on Monday, March 19, 2007 - 05:38 pm: |
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not sure if the instrument debate is valid.music is not only played but produced in a recording studio and today most if not all of this is done with digital technology.even live acoustic stuff is mastered.
so i would think production value is as important if not more important than any artificial idea of what makes an instrument. |
Gold Member Username: Joe_c
Atlanta,
GA
USA
Post Number: 1408
Registered: Mar-05
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| Posted on Monday, March 19, 2007 - 07:29 pm: |
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Children! it's not like your some father of audio JV, knowledgeable you may be, but you have some serious blinders on when it comes to anything outside your circle of comfort. |
Silver Member Username: Exerciseguy
Brooklyn,
NY
USA
Post Number: 913
Registered: Oct-04
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| Posted on Tuesday, March 20, 2007 - 12:29 pm: |
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Jan,
Can that Emma Demo Disc still be had? Did Tim make it? |
Silver Member Username: Exerciseguy
Brooklyn,
NY
USA
Post Number: 914
Registered: Oct-04
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| Posted on Tuesday, March 20, 2007 - 12:46 pm: |
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"Best single CD to test speakers with..."
IMHO, you should try to test speakers with your the music you listen to.
However, Mapleshade Records has some of the very best recordings I've heard. Take your pick.
I don't know if bluegrass up your alley, but Big Iron World by Old Crow Medicine Show is a very good recording. |
Gold Member Username: Joe_c
Atlanta,
GA
USA
Post Number: 1418
Registered: Mar-05
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| Posted on Tuesday, March 20, 2007 - 05:11 pm: |
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"IMHO, you should try to test speakers with your the music you listen to."
exactly, if you know a recording by heart because you listened to it too many times, then subtle nuances from equipment changes are more likely to be heard. That's my child like opinion of course. |
Gold Member Username: Stu_pitt
Irvington,
New York
USA
Post Number: 1632
Registered: May-05
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| Posted on Tuesday, March 20, 2007 - 07:34 pm: |
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The Naim label is great as well. Minimal to no processing. For example, to equalize instruments they move them closer and further away from mics. The songs are actually complete band studio performances, and not one instrument played at a time and patched together later.
I just wish they signed bands I like. |
Gold Member Username: Stu_pitt
Irvington,
New York
USA
Post Number: 1633
Registered: May-05
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| Posted on Tuesday, March 20, 2007 - 07:36 pm: |
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Chris,
If you want a copy of the Emma disc, PM me your address. |
Silver Member Username: Exerciseguy
Brooklyn,
NY
USA
Post Number: 915
Registered: Oct-04
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| Posted on Tuesday, March 20, 2007 - 10:21 pm: |
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"The Naim label is great as well. Minimal to no processing. For example, to equalize instruments they move them closer and further away from mics. The songs are actually complete band studio performances, and not one instrument played at a time and patched together later.
I just wish they signed bands I like."
It's too bad bands, or for that matter consumers, don't appreciate what the folks at Naim or Mapleshade are doing. |
Gold Member Username: Stu_pitt
Irvington,
New York
USA
Post Number: 1634
Registered: May-05
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| Posted on Tuesday, March 20, 2007 - 11:53 pm: |
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Very true. However, I wonder if either label has the capacity and/or revenue to back more popular artists.
Also, 99.9% of the people out there have no clue what true HiFi really is. Fully compressed mp3 from an iPod through Bose headphones is as good as it gets in the eyes (or ears) of far too many people. |
Bronze Member Username: Shane24
Post Number: 14
Registered: Mar-07
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| Posted on Wednesday, March 21, 2007 - 06:56 am: |
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and u would know that stu pitt... having spent several years studing sound at harvard.. you talk as if u got ur own line of speakers or company for that matter.. or the almighty of sound
what is it that u do for a living.. let me guess ur probaby a janitor...
stu... i may not know much about sound and related but i am not a phoney like what u are.. coz ur full of shitttttttttttttttttt. |
Silver Member Username: Gavdawg
Upstate,
New York
Post Number: 441
Registered: Nov-06
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| Posted on Wednesday, March 21, 2007 - 12:08 pm: |
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I have to input two CDs in here. I like them equally, but it depends on what I am in the mood for. They both are jazz, but the vocals and overal mood are slightly different.
Diana Krall "Love Scenes"
Eliane Elias "Dreamer"
Eliane Elias' Dreamer is full of lush orchestrations, but still is a rompin' jazz ambum at heart. Her voice has a bit of Brazilian huskiness and warmth to it, similar to Asturd Gilberto. |
Gold Member Username: Joe_c
Atlanta,
GA
USA
Post Number: 1422
Registered: Mar-05
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| Posted on Wednesday, March 21, 2007 - 01:37 pm: |
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Shane, considering you have been around here for less than a month spouting useless knowledge an Stu has been here for almost three years (of which I have read numerous knowledgeable posts) I would say that you are the one that is full of crap. Go back to the Volty strings amateur. |
Silver Member Username: Exerciseguy
Brooklyn,
NY
USA
Post Number: 916
Registered: Oct-04
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| Posted on Wednesday, March 21, 2007 - 02:40 pm: |
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Let me guess Shane, you own an iPod & some Bose headphones? |
Gold Member Username: Stu_pitt
Irvington,
New York
USA
Post Number: 1637
Registered: May-05
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| Posted on Wednesday, March 21, 2007 - 02:42 pm: |
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Thanks Joe. But honestly, what's the point. It doesn't bother me at all. He'll be gone soon enough like so many others in the past. Dale Wiley... Paul Bayless... the original Paul... mauimusicman...
That list isn't going to end anytime soon. |
Platinum Member Username: Project6
Post Number: 13519
Registered: Dec-03
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| Posted on Wednesday, March 21, 2007 - 03:29 pm: |
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And don't forget armyscout. |
Gold Member Username: Joe_c
Atlanta,
GA
USA
Post Number: 1425
Registered: Mar-05
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| Posted on Wednesday, March 21, 2007 - 03:29 pm: |
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Original Paul lol forgot about him |
Silver Member Username: Gavdawg
Upstate,
New York
Post Number: 451
Registered: Nov-06
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| Posted on Wednesday, March 21, 2007 - 03:38 pm: |
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hey... I own an iPod and Bose headphones :-P
But they can't hold a candle to my maggies... |
Gold Member Username: T_bomb25
Dayton,
Ohio
United States
Post Number: 1539
Registered: Jun-05
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| Posted on Wednesday, March 21, 2007 - 05:44 pm: |
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Joseph,how could you forget Paul,out of those 3 annoying individuals,the original Paul was atleast honest and he trully believed what he said,I respected him for that.Bayless was pretty smart even if it was all recycled out of a book,Dale was just a pure moran simple as that,this guy thats spouting out at the month,you dont want to follow their road,we wont let you get to their post count before we have you looking for a new forum to pollute. |
Gold Member Username: Joe_c
Atlanta,
GA
USA
Post Number: 1428
Registered: Mar-05
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| Posted on Wednesday, March 21, 2007 - 10:10 pm: |
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Glad to see you have paid your debts and can come join us again T-bomb. |
Silver Member Username: Exerciseguy
Brooklyn,
NY
USA
Post Number: 917
Registered: Oct-04
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| Posted on Wednesday, March 21, 2007 - 10:47 pm: |
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T, You waitng on any of those new x-series speakers? |
