Songs To Test Speakers

Should sound airy with hints of re verb and echo effects.

Songs to test speakers. The track s deep bass bed is a test for smaller speakers in particular and details such as the subtle shaker egg can test how well your system unravels musical elements. Classic track to test surround and spatial quality of the speakers. See the album on amazon. This song is a fantastic collection of crazy sounds that stop and start almost randomly.

The guitar picking should sound crisp. Metamorphosis is a great album by the world saxophone quartet and the holy men is one of the best test tracks for stereo imaging and midrange detail that we know of. Why it works for a speaker test. The plucky sound that comes in at 3 31 is a great anchor spot as well.

Each of the group s four saxophones all four of which play nonstop through the entire tune is positioned at a certain place within the stereo soundstage. This rock track has a nice variety of elements that will test speakers. Queensryche silent lucidity. Not only is this open spacious and relentlessly hi fi recording loaded with miniscule details of von otter s phrasing of her tongue teeth and palate noises it also reveals some of the secrets of her breath management.

With these songs i ll listen to most or all of the cut just to gain the experience of hearing it on the monitors or headphones. Axel f by harold faltermeyer. Swedish mezzo soprano anne sofie von otter s 2001 album with elvis costello for the stars is a pitiless test of your speakers powers of midrange communication. I d suggest using this one to test your new speakers or headphones by making sure nothing sounds too shrill or abrupt.

Healing hands marc cohn engineered by john leventhal last plane out toy matinee bill bottrell line em up james taylor frank filipetti. The beginning vocals should sound nice and crisp. Listening to this song on a good set of speakers will inevitably cause you to play air guitar along with jimi.