What's your demo disc?

[spyder dryver]

[Murph7355]

geeks said:

Prodigy - Firestarter, this is what they used to use at Which magazine, really will show up a sloppy speaker very quickly..

Great tune.

Knebworth 1996 won't be beaten for that sound though

[Ekona]

Not my taste in music at all, but a friend of mine uses Sting with Fields Of Gold for his demo track. Having listened to it, I can hear why as there's so many instruments layered on the track that a decent setup can really pick them all out. I've pinched it too now, and it's my go-to track for my own benefit.

Shoot To Thrill also gets used, but as part of the Iron Man 2 intro where Stark flys around with the fireworks going off. I pinched that from said friend mentioned above too, he seems to have a knack for picking stuff that shows off sound particularly well.

[gtidriver]

Mine used to be the under ground chase in Batman 2, now its either the chain gun in Dread or most of Mad MAX 4 Andy Whitby BLAM if i really want to shake the teeth from the person i want to impress.

[gtidriver]

Another one is the Andy Whitby and Matt Lee remix of everybodys free' too feel good, love the rumble in the middle of the song.

[Funk]

Straight stereo here, no surround or home cinema. Here's some what I play when I want to put a system through its paces:

A couple of Allan Taylor tracks (Saw him live in Brighton a couple of weeks ago, absolutely amazing):
A Road Too Long: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dg_MbXNHw7s
Colour to the Moon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFo2wvQEm_s

Bob James - Raise the Roof: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3M2jQiGFt0
Daft Punk - Get Lucky (get the Qobuz Studio Master Edition if you can)
Diana Krall - All or Nothing At All: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxSadU8z4g0
Eagles - Hotel California (from Hell Freezes Over): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76J4TGcQ92M
Fun Lovin' Criminals - The Grave and the Constant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjH6XEzve9U
Hans Zimmer & Lisa Gerrard - Now We Are Free (from 'Gladiator'): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOOOfK_heU4
Hooverphonic with Orchestra - 2 Wicky: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJSQxbedplM
James Blake - Limit To Your Love: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOT2-OTebx0 (never heard anything test a pair of speakers' low end quite like this)
Keb' Mo' - Rainmaker: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=It2QOSUeQVk
London Grammar - Strong (get the Qobuz Studio Master Edition): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6drfp_3823I
Miles Davis - Blue In Green: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pz_eGZ8U5kY
Phaeleh - The Cold In You: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72_JQ_1NQFM
Propellerheads - On Her Majesty's Secret Service: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqEV6haSxmM
Tracy Chapman - Fast Car: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpXMTLqKCr0

Edited by Funk on Tuesday 6th October 02:08

[DoctorX]

^That Propellerheads track is awesome. That's all.

[Pachydermus]

IIIrd Tyme Out - Swing Low, Sweet Chariot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VQoSfEDzB0
Blind Boys of Alabama - Amazing grace: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-VcHPFUE5o
Blues Brothers - Sweet home chicago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79vCiXg3njY
buddy Holly - True love ways (from the mastertapes): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTNtoTHEB0U

and anything from MTV unplugged as they're all well recorded.

[Denis O]

DoctorX said:

^That Propellerheads track is awesome. That's all.

Seemed like a load of synthesised tripe to me, but it wouldn't do for us all to be the same.

[Funk]

Denis O said:

DoctorX said:

^That Propellerheads track is awesome. That's all.

Seemed like a load of synthesised tripe to me, but it wouldn't do for us all to be the same.

Indeed. I like it both from a music perspective and a production perspective. Overall my tastes are pretty broad though!

[Denis O]

Funk said:

Denis O said:

DoctorX said:

^That Propellerheads track is awesome. That's all.

Seemed like a load of synthesised tripe to me, but it wouldn't do for us all to be the same.

Indeed. I like it both from a music perspective and a production perspective. Overall my tastes are pretty broad though!

All is not lost though Funk. At least we agree on Tracy Chapman.....Fast Car.

[Funk]

Denis O said:

Funk said:

Denis O said:

DoctorX said:

^That Propellerheads track is awesome. That's all.

Seemed like a load of synthesised tripe to me, but it wouldn't do for us all to be the same.

Indeed. I like it both from a music perspective and a production perspective. Overall my tastes are pretty broad though!

All is not lost though Funk. At least we agree on Tracy Chapman.....Fast Car.

Did you check out the Allan Taylor tracks?

[Denis O]

Funk said:

Did you check out the Allan Taylor tracks?

Nice. Very Knopfler to me.

If you like acoustic guitar then try Antonio Forcioni and Tommy Emmanuel. Forcioni is on the Naim label so production is faultless.

[Funk]

Denis O said:

Funk said:

Did you check out the Allan Taylor tracks?

Nice. Very Knopfler to me.

If you like acoustic guitar then try Antonio Forcioni and Tommy Emmanuel. Forcioni is on the Naim label so production is faultless.

I have two albums by Forcione already... 'Acoustic Revenge' and 'Meet Me in London' feat. Sabina Sciubba. They're both lovely albums (especially the latter, Sciubba's voice is incredible).

Agree on Taylor sounding very similar to Knopfler - must be something of the era as his first album was in '71, Dire Straits' first was in '76...

A couple of further recommendations for the genre if it's your thing, check out Ulli Bögershausen and Peter Ratzenbeck (also RTL3 which is Ratzenbeck with Hans Theessink and Michael Langer).

[schuey]

varsas said:

I also use the MTV live version of 'Nutshell' by Alice in Chains. I like the way it builds but each element is still distinctive, the bass line is amazing and it actually sounds like you are there

I use that too,incredible sound. The James Blake song mentioned above is one I hadn't tried,so I just had a go with it,incredible low end,dog hid under the stairs and a load of stuff fell off the dresser in the room above!

[Funk]

schuey said:

I use that too,incredible sound. The James Blake song mentioned above is one I hadn't tried,so I just had a go with it,incredible low end,dog hid under the stairs and a load of stuff fell off the dresser in the room above!

By the way I wasn't advocating using the YouTube videos as actual test sources... It mangles the audio something chronic! Was really to give people a flavour of the music and you can hear the production is good even on a relatively poor source.

[schuey]

Yep,I tried it via YouTube and it was cack so put it through Deezer for a slightly better result! I'm cd/vinyl through and through so any streaming sounds rubbish to my ears.

[InductionRoar]

Funk said:

I have two albums by Forcione already... 'Acoustic Revenge' and 'Meet Me in London' feat. Sabina Sciubba. They're both lovely albums (especially the latter, Sciubba's voice is incredible).

Agreed. Have you listened to Sabina's solo album Toujours? My favourite album at the moment.

[Funk]

InductionRoar said:

Funk said:

I have two albums by Forcione already... 'Acoustic Revenge' and 'Meet Me in London' feat. Sabina Sciubba. They're both lovely albums (especially the latter, Sciubba's voice is incredible).

Agreed. Have you listened to Sabina's solo album Toujours? My favourite album at the moment.

I have not but shall do so on your recommendation! Thank you!

[InductionRoar]

Funk said:

InductionRoar said:

Funk said:

I have two albums by Forcione already... 'Acoustic Revenge' and 'Meet Me in London' feat. Sabina Sciubba. They're both lovely albums (especially the latter, Sciubba's voice is incredible).

Agreed. Have you listened to Sabina's solo album Toujours? My favourite album at the moment.

I have not but shall do so on your recommendation! Thank you!

You won't be disappointed.