jinp6301 Posted October 7, 2007 Report Share Posted October 7, 2007 I dont know if this has been done already but I think its always interesting to see what music people use to audition gear. So mine are: The Beach Boys - Sloop John B (a capella version and the regular stereo version) Wilco - Jesus Etc Ryan Adams - Winding Wheel (MFSL) Justice - Let There Be Light Daft Punk - Around The World Jedi Mind Tricks - Genghis Kahn Vince Guaraldi Trio - Linus and Lucy Mozart - Requiem Mendelsohn - Violin Concerto in E minor Chopin - Piano Concertos 1 and 2 Probably some I'm missing but what do you guys like to use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
postjack Posted October 7, 2007 Report Share Posted October 7, 2007 Winding Wheel is a great audition track, but if I had to choose one from HB MFSL it would be: Ryan Adams - Oh My Sweet Carolina Also: Ryan Adams - Jacksonville City Nights (entire first half of album, CD and LP. its just so exquisitely recorded, so alive and clear but raw) Genesis - Squonk (both album version and "Seconds Out" version) Genesis - Afterglow Bob Marley - Natural Mystic (MFSL) Phish - Punch You In The Eye / The Sloth (NYE 2005, SB commercial release) Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - A Night In Tunisia/Sincerely Dian (MFSL) George Kawaguchi's "Big 4" (XRCD 20bit K2) - whole album (this is actually a brand new audition cd for me, thanks reks) Grateful Dead - Dick's Picks 5 CD 2 - Estimated Prophet Joy Division - Closer (whole album) Medeski Martin & Wood - I Wanna Ride You (and other tracks off Uninvisible) Pink Floyd - Meddle (silver harvest OR mfsl, whole album) Soft Machine - 5th (recent japanese DSD remaster, first few tracks) And slowly some of these new Widespread Panic SBs are making their way into the audition tracks list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jinp6301 Posted October 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2007 George Kawaguchi's "Big 4" (XRCD 20bit K2) - whole album (this is actually a brand new audition cd for me, thanks reks) completely forgot about that one. I just got it like a week ago. Its a fantastic recording Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jinp6301 Posted October 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2007 i listen to recordings of LOLcats doing the nasty to audition my gear. and you're welcome, Jack so thats why lolcats are so happy all the time. They spend the whole day doing it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted October 15, 2007 Report Share Posted October 15, 2007 Einstuerzende Neubauten, "Sabrina" -- for bass and bass "gank" (prat) Stabbing Westward, "Darkest Days" (and the rest of the album) -- dynamics, resolution Nine Inch Nails, "Wish" (and the rest of Broken) -- dynamics, resolution Camille, "P?le Septembre", "Ta Douleur", "Au Port" -- correctness of female vocals Jenifer Smith/Code Mesa, "When The World Began" -- electronic production, femme vocals Rob Dougan, "Furious Angels" -- electronic production, male vocals Pink, "Hell Wit Ya (Treat Me Right)" -- bass prat, synthesized Alan Parsons Project, "I, Robot"/"I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You" -- synthesized production, wicked good production Talk Talk, "The Rainbow", "Desire" -- sparse production, dense production, modern production (distortion, etc.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aerius Posted October 28, 2007 Report Share Posted October 28, 2007 The Tea Party, "Winter Solstice" - If the speaker or headphone has a midrange colouration, the acoustic guitars from this track will nail it Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, "Red Right Hand" - Bass groove, texture, and dynamics Sarah Slean, "Sweet Ones" - resolution test, along with midrange issues Tori Amos, "Mother" - Sibilance test, also resolution The Tea Party, "Sun Going Down" - Dynamics and freedom from congestion. Also soundstage depth. Blue Rodeo, "What is this love" - Cymbal decays, male & female vocals test Cowboy Junkies, "Trinity Sessions" album - resolution, low level details, soundstaging SRV & Albert King, "Pride & Joy" - Groove & soul test Cowboy Junkies, "He Will Call You Baby" - soul & emotion, does it make me feel? The Tea Party, "Psychopomp" - dense production test, sees if things turn to mush or stays clean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ph0rk Posted November 17, 2007 Report Share Posted November 17, 2007 The Tea Party, "Winter Solstice" - If the speaker or headphone has a midrange colouration, the acoustic guitars from this track will nail it The Tea Party, "Psychopomp" - dense production test, sees if things turn to mush or stays clean Another Tea Party fan. I like using "Pulse" and "Temptation", as well as propellorhead's "bigger?" and portishead's "wandering star" for bass happiness before switching to something like the white stripes for head-bopping happiness. "cath hell blues" and "Seven nation army" work great. I've also used juno reactor's "insects" for the deep low bass sweep and deep bass pulse. I guess I switch it up often though, as I hate to wear out a song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
postjack Posted November 17, 2007 Report Share Posted November 17, 2007 Genesis - Squonk (both album version and "Seconds Out" version) I should point out the version I use is from the atco/japan 38101-2, which is the diament master. simply superb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt Peanuts Posted November 18, 2007 Report Share Posted November 18, 2007 I dont know if this has been done already but I think its always interesting to see what music people use to audition gear. Here's the other one, though the wording is "torture" and not "audition." http://www.head-case.org/index.php/topic,1475.0.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jinp6301 Posted November 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2007 I knew I read something like that before Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knuckledragger Posted November 22, 2007 Report Share Posted November 22, 2007 For soundstage: Global Communication - Epsilon Phase (last track on Pentamerous Metamorphosis EP) Biosphere - Caboose, En-Trance (the last two tracks on Patashnik) For bass response: Bandulu - Come Forward (on the Macro Dub Infection compilation) General tracks: Bisophere - Endurium, the whole Substrata album The Knife - Off to On, Heartbeats Peter Murphy - Cuts You Up Waterboys - Fisherman's Blues Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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