songs to test out the new sound system

[motorsportbeng]

Hi all, think this is the place to post, if not move as to where necessary. I've got a new sound system for christmas and for the first time I now own a subwoofer and don't really have much music in my collection to test it out. I've tried you-tubing bassy songs but I'm not really into this dubstep etc. anyone got any decent recommendations of tasteful music with a decent bass line? I'm not old and past it by any means but I just dont like loads of random deep noises. Things I've found so far are anything deadmau5 has up on spotify and some prodigy stuff. recommend away!

[wiffmaster]

Massive Attack - Angel will give it a good work out...

[jaybirduk]

Back in my car hifi days (car audiophile, not SPL)Eurythmics 'Sweet Dreams' had a very good base line

[richcorsavxr]

unkle - trouble in paradise

[headcase]

The Luniz - I Got 5 on It

[tdm34]

Silent Lucidity: Queensryche
Sloe Gin: Joe Bonamassa

Unusual Choices, but very good system testers

[Ray Luxury-Yacht]

Enigma - Sadness Part One - you tube linky

[NDA]

Joe Cocker - Talking Back To The Night. Turn it UP!

[RedLeicester]

If you can hear it, you've not set it up right.

[Mr Gearchange]

Propellerheads - Take California.

[mrmr96]

Chemical Brothers - Under the Influence.

Standard.

[VinceFox]

wagner, death of and funeral of siegfried from gotterdammerung.

[Digger]

RedLeicester said:

If you can hear locate it, you've not set it up right.

EFA

Try James Blake - Limit to your Love. Be careful with the volume though!

[VinceFox]

see, no one ever thinks to use classical music to test a system out, do they?

[The Hypno-Toad]

There is only one..

The James Bond Symphony - The Propellerheads & David Arnold

The stereo crossfading at the start.

The high hat at 1.15.

The bass at 1.45.

The bass again at 3.27.

The scratchy Space Walk at 5.18.

The 'drop out' and bass at 6.50 then the funky guitar.

The false ending at 8.20.

The fact that just when you can't think it can get anymore funky, it does.

Oh and then the Love Theme from Blade Runner - Vangelis to follow up.

The Toad knows, baby.

Edited by The Hypno-Toad on Thursday 29th December 22:22

[BlueMR2]

If you can, get some of the focal demo disks.

[rufusgti]

To this day I still cant find a better track to test a system out than Blue Monday by New Order.
The first minute of that track has it all.

[Garett]

mrmr96 said:

Chemical Brothers - Under the Influence.

Standard.

This! If the sound system is any good you'll be convinced there is a 747 about to impact with the ground in your immediate vicinity!

[Funk]

The Hypno-Toad said:

There is only one..

The James Bond Symphony - The Propellerheads & David Arnold

The stereo crossfading at the start.

The high hat at 1.15.

The bass at 1.45.

The bass again at 3.27.

The scratchy Space Walk at 5.18.

The 'drop out' and bass at 6.50 then the funky guitar.

The false ending at 8.20.

The fact that just when you can't think it can get anymore funky, it does.

Oh and then the Love Theme from Blade Runner - Vangelis to follow up.

The Toad knows, baby.

Edited by The Hypno-Toad on Thursday 29th December 22:22

Absolutely this - but get it on CD or FLAC to hear the full effect. YouTube just won't cut the mustard for system testing.

[Mikey G]

headcase said:

The Luniz - I Got 5 on It

That takes me back a bit, I remember walking into Ripspeed many years ago and they had it playing on their demo stand, I went out and bought the single straight away
I found Madonna's Frozen to be a decent system rattler too.