Well I wanted to find out what everyone uses to demo their systems with. Right now I'm using:

Eagles "Hells Freezes Over"
IASCA "SQ CD"
Patricia Barber "Cafe Blue"


Both SQ and SPL recommendations welcome.

 

spl= young jeezy thug motivation 101. lil jon is great but old and every1 uses his music.
sq= anything rock. three days grace, disturbed, linkin park. well that pretty much sums up my music tastes.

 

Eagles "Hells Freezes Over"
IASCA Bass tracks
Bass Mekanik cd
Paul Mauriat "Love is Blue"
DJ Doboy "Vocal Trance Vol. 32"

and a cd i lableled "bass mix"

 

for spl obv anything dirty south (bonecrusher, T.I., luda, lil flip, jeezy, david banner, ying yang twins, nelly, youngbloods)

sq- KORN

 

Prodigy's Fat of the land CD

 

A few i listen to for SQ...

Focal Disk
Alpine F1
Sheffield Jazz Experience
Any Sheffield Labs compilation
Chesky Demonstatration CD
Rusted Root- When I woke
Fleetwood Mac
Alice in Chains unplugged
Blues Traveler
Norah Jones
Mana' Eclipse Y Sol
Mark Eldridge mixes

 

Manny,

Where did you find the Chesky Demo CD?

 

That amp and speakers look familiar

 

heh i knowww icant wait for sunday to put them innnnnn, then i will decide whether or not i need rear fill or not

 

Rusted Root
Coheed and Cambria
Linkin Park
Evanesance
Eagles
Gipsy Kings
Postal Service
Chemical Brothers

Theres just so many good demo cd's out there its hard to narrow it down but those are a few...

 

For SPL try out almost any dipset song. On jim Jones going to church album has some really strong bass notes that my old subs couldn't play. Then I got my L5's and noticed a new world.

SQ I would say try out Linkin Park's Meteroa CD.

 

cuento de la crypta
jodeci either of the first two
bass mekanik
outkast (elevators, crumblin herb, WHAT!?!?!?!))
etc etc


spyra gyra on the sq
sweetback
sade
fred hammond gospel goes through it all fellas
unwrapped

 

SQ>>
IASCA SQ CD
I ordered the Chesky Demonstration Disc a few days ago
Candlebox
Alice in Chains Unplugged
Bob Marley
Pink Floyd
Maroon 5
Trance Allstars: Worldwide
PVD
Astrix
There's alot more, just can't think of them right now

SPL>>
IASCA SPL CD
Sony Explod SPL CD
MTX SPL CD
Misc. Rap CD's (I don't like rap too much)

I mainly listen to ALOT of techno but I like anything that sounds good as long as it isn't Rap.

If I paid you some money, would you burn some(or all) of these cd's and send them to me?

 

Where's did you order the Chesky Demonstration Disc from?

 

Good SQ lists already...Add the EMMA disk too

 

What disk is that?

 

sorry guys but SQ= sound quailty but SPL is what ? I assume it has to do with Bass from your responces.

 

SPL = Sound Pressure Level.

 

Great demo material for SQ, the Fairfield Four, any disc with the track "Them Bones", Paul Simon's "Graceland", Pat Coil's "Steps", Pink Floyd "Dark Side of the Moon", George Michael "Faith", Madonna "Immaculate Collection", Michael Jackson "Thriller".

For SPL, Bass Mechanik Installer's Tool Box", or DJ Magic Mike "Bass, the Final Frontier".

 

http://www.emmanet.com/

A European Sound Quality Compaeition. Has a track on it to show stage depth like nothing else I've heard....

 

I've noticed that if Rush doesn't sound good on my system, then my system sucks goose ***** period. (Tom Sawyer, Circumstances, Limelight & The Red Barchetta in particular)

Tool/A Perfect Circle, Deftones, Blues Traveler, Blind Melon, 311, Disturbed & The Black Crowes give me a pretty good idea of where my SQ & SPL stand too.

505max94se: Candlebox, I love it! Big Fan!

 

+1 on the Jeezey thug motivation....if your into rap its a must have. Slumps pretty good....."and then what"?????????

 

I have a few laying around here and there, but its easier to just steal them from Mannys car. Although since Chu came up we do have a few of the same ones.....

 

Bass 305, DJ Magic Mike, Bass Mechanic, Bass Wars, there are a lot of bass cd's that actually carry the label Warning: May Cause Subs To Blow, and pretty much anything from the dirty south.

SQ - Norah Jones (pretty much anything on either of her cds but I especially like Come Away With Me) Kenny G, Boney James (Boneyizm has combo SPL/SQ that's awesome), a lot of modern smooth jazz sounds great for SQ.

 

Great list so far guys. Keep them coming

 

Sure man....give me a lil' time...i'll keep in touch

 

Cigarettes from Fort Minor has some nice bass...

I have a few songs lying around that are called "bass tests" [below 20hz... dont think i want to try it in car...] makes pc speakers go nuts.

 

No rush, I really appreciate this.

 

Computer speakers play below 20hz???

20hz sounds (or should I say feels) really cool in a car. Althoiugh If your box is ported, the sub might not like really low frequencies (depending on what the port is tuned to).

 

SPL - Magic Mike
SQ - Earth Wind & Fire and Paul HardCastle
SQ/SPL - Dr Dre & DJ Quik

 

old school "techmaster p.e.b." and "bass boy" for spl
or dj magic mike

 

the "last mr. bigg" from mobile, alabama.
"trial time" has some really low bass.

 

Gimme your email addy.. if you want, ill send it to you.

 

Plump DJs - Elastic Breaks

/thread

 

i was wondering were can rock music like linkin park,papa roch with double kicks and a stong natural kick bass lines?

 

i find it funny that people are listing sound quality tracks with an abnormally boosted bass track (a la korn, linkin park, etc.).

My personal favorite SQ tracks are as follows:

1) Boston Pops - 1812 Overture
2) Linus and Lucy Theme (trio name escapes me atm)
3) Arturo Sandoval - Sandunga (a-freaking-mazing trumpet solo)
4) Frank Sinatra - New York, New York
5) Tower of Power - What is Hip?
6) Extreme - More than Words

 

SQ:
Yes - "Leave It" & "Owner of A Lonely Heart"
Evanescence - "Breathe No More"
Bare Naked Ladies - "When I Fall" (Rock Spectacle CD)
DMB - Live at Red Rocks & Listener Supported CDs

SQ & SPL:
Enya - Watermark CD especially "The Long Ships"


to name a few

 

oooh good thread

SQ:

DREAM THEATER
Linkin Park, specifically "Numb"
Disturbed
Primus
some live Pearl Jam (Rear View Mirror album is great, best version of 'Even Flow' EVER!)
Chevelle

SPL:
Fugees
Beastie Boys
Bass Mekanic cd
D12
Outkast
..and believe it or not a lot of 50 cent provides plenty of bass, but i cant force myself to listen to too much

SQ/SPL:
Linkin Park
Jurassic 5

 

Dipset has some goods beats, to bad i sold my subs

 

if you want to sample the base in the car their is nothing better then house music. the cd i use is sasha norther exposure track number 9 u go to the 3 minute mark and there is no song just base and lots of it.