So, you have purchased you £40,000 system and...

[Marf]

Richie Hawtin - Dex FX 909

[Soovy]

On The Turning Away

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqHBL1CIq_w

[Great Pretender]

This:

Brothers in Arms

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wu4oy1IRTh8&fea...

[Debaser]

I've always played Oasis - Supersonic first. There's better songs to use but it was the CD I had to hand when I first bought myself a decent system and on it went. I've continued to play it first ever since.

Although today my new Sennheisers arrived and the first song I played on them was Jay-Z - 99 Problems.

[Zod]

Debaser said:

I've always played Oasis - Supersonic first. There's better songs to use but it was the CD I had to hand when I first bought myself a decent system and on it went. I've continued to play it first ever since.

st song with st production.

[Debaser]

Zod said:

Debaser said:

I've always played Oasis - Supersonic first. There's better songs to use but it was the CD I had to hand when I first bought myself a decent system and on it went. I've continued to play it first ever since.

st song with st production.

Not a fan then?

[mrloudly]

New Order Blue Monday

[Stu R]

Nessun Dorma - Pavarotti

Shine on you crazy diamond - Pink Floyd

Sinnerman - Nina Simone

[Adrian W]

to show off the system- Sting/Eric Clapton It's probably me
To make a row - Frank Zappa I am the slime

[The_Burg]

Zod said:

Debaser said:

I've always played Oasis - Supersonic first. There's better songs to use but it was the CD I had to hand when I first bought myself a decent system and on it went. I've continued to play it first ever since.

st song with st production.

Strange, all the Oasis recordings i have heard have been utterly unlistenable n anything approaching decent Hi-Fi.
Some of the worst sounding CDs i own, even the SACD version of 'morning glory' is terrible.

[TonyRPH]

The_Burg said:

Strange, all the Oasis recordings i have heard have been utterly unlistenable n anything approaching decent Hi-Fi.
Some of the worst sounding CDs i own, even the SACD version of 'morning glory' is terrible.

And even if they were good quality, you'd still have to put up with that incessant whining

[Morningside]

Interesting choices here. Would I be right in thinking that an old analogue recording would be far superior than a modern digital studio created sound or is there no real difference.

Infact what bit rate do they use for studio stuff?

[Funk]

Smiler. said:

HowMuchLonger said:

Diamonds are Forever, by Kanye West. Shirley Bassey vocals with some huge base lines....really tested the system.

Actually, pretty close to my choice.

But I don't know if a decent digitally enhanced version exists, but I LOVE OHMSS.

This one is the one to test a new system with. Phenomenal production, serious test of separation, clarity, thunderous bass and ultra-high frequencies. A masterpiece, in short.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xST2jjvUQfg

P.S. Do not drive to this music, it's dangerous.

[The_Burg]

Morningside said:

Interesting choices here. Would I be right in thinking that an old analogue recording would be far superior than a modern digital studio created sound or is there no real difference.

Infact what bit rate do they use for studio stuff?

Not really to do with the bitrate or analogue.
CD and LP can both sound awesome, just unfortunately almost all CD's mastered in the last 10 years are unlistenable due to clipping and lack of dynamic range.

As mentioned by a few on this thread Brothers in Arms, the original CD not the remaster is a great recording as are most Pink Floyd originals. 25 years later the ability to create a listenable CD it seems has been lost and rarely sound any better than even an MP3.

[Funk]

The_Burg said:

Not really to do with the bitrate or analogue.
CD and LP can both sound awesome, just unfortunately almost all CD's mastered in the last 10 years are unlistenable due to clipping and lack of dynamic range.

As mentioned by a few on this thread Brothers in Arms, the original CD not the remaster is a great recording as are most Pink Floyd originals. 25 years later the ability to create a listenable CD it seems has been lost and rarely sound any better than even an MP3.

Have you watched any of the 'Loudness Wars' videos on Youtube?

[grumbledoak]

The_Burg said:

CD and LP can both sound awesome, just unfortunately almost all CD's mastered in the last 10 years are unlistenable due to clipping and lack of dynamic range.

I think it is six decades for CDs. Vinyl record fans always forget that there is processing to get the tracks not to skip, and then processing to get the sound back. It isn't 'pure'.

[Morningside]

Funk said:

Have you watched any of the 'Loudness Wars' videos on Youtube?

That is interesting as I thought it was me. Some of my later CDs seemed so flat with no punch. Now I know why.

[HellDiver]

Didn't What Hi-Fi use 'Yellow - The Race' as one of their test songs? Personally, Madonna's 'Like a Prayer' off the Immaculate Collection is my first play on any system I've had.

[The_Burg]

Funk said:

Have you watched any of the 'Loudness Wars' videos on Youtube?

Tend to use my ears.
Loads of info out there, some good Facebook groups discussing too.

A few utilitie out there that can help a bit, Cute Studio ceedeeclip is pretty good but not found anything to extend the dynamic range.
Be nice to correct the bass too and cut it to proper levels, something else they seem to do on modern CDs.

[BMWBen]

I'd go for elgar's cello concerto as played by Jacqueline Du Pre, huge dynamic range, loud, quiet, everyone. And moving too.

Followed by The Unforgiven II (Metallica) and then rounded off with something from the house of Dr Dre.

That would probably do it.