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... which CDs should i bring to listen and test the quality of the speakers ? |
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one you know + diana krall - live in paris (they probably have this in the store if you don't.. it's like the ultimate hifi-cd...) + robbie williams (the one with a love supreme on it). |
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Burn your own CD with different tracks on. Pro Radii would be a good track, some dirty grime sounds too and definitely something with vocals on. |
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Bring something you know really well, preferably some thing that is highly produced. Mars Volta: De Loused, is a good one if you know it well. Also find something that your current speakers can't handle, the really Bassy one of SAWII is always a good one for seeing the shop assistants face when the bass distorts. |
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did you find that Pharoahe Monch cd? |
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robbie williams ? really ? and what is this diana krall so special ? sounds strange =D yeah i could make my own cd with : acroyear 2 parhelic triangle pro radii vord hosbn xmd5a some mf doom + madlib tracks one or two my bloody valentine a merzbow a deathprod a beatles héhé |
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which track are u talking about ? i've only had this CD for one month and don't know it by heart yet |
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I'm going to the hi-fi store today to look at headphonesss |
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Me too, although im going tommorrow, going to take LP5 i think |
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Nope :( |
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Put Iketa on the cd, for the bass test =p |
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i wouldn't want to play some of those loudly in a shop. you'll disrupt the customers and get funny stares. |
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and of course Halibut Acid |
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It doesn't matter if you disturb people you are going to be spending oodles of cash on something that should last you for ten years. Take whatever you like and know well right now, listen to the bottom of the range of speakers thay have as well. It is good to have a reference point. |
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thay=they |
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about playing weird stuff in stores, while this was not a home theatre store, it was a record store, my friend wanted to hear a sample of gantz graf so the guy put cap.iv his table to be broadcast in the store. everyone stopped and looked up at the speaker like 'what the fuck is that?' |
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oh good idea, i didnt think about that |
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at least he didn't play "gantz graf" |
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ha, excellent. the reactions would be funnier in some department store with house wives doing their shopping. |
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A love supreme is extremely well-produced, and that Diana Krall cd is one that every hifi-freak owns.. they don't necessarily even have to like the music, it's just so amazingly mastered plus being live... on a really good setup you can hear very clearly when the pianist uses the pedals and you can hear lots of small details... |
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I found Homogenic by Björk to be an excellent cd for testing soundsystems. |
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don't put JUST idm on it... put various stuff (and yes, one with high-pitched treble and one with heavy bass also - gwely mernans for the bass will be just fine, or Sabrina by Einstürzende Neubauten, or some stuff by SunnO)))) |
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"or some stuff by SunnO)))) " make yourself sit comfortably for the next two hours then ;p |
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you shouldn't do two separate tracks with bass and treble. one with both is what is good... and vlari is right.. homogenic is also good.. and esbjørn svensson trio - seven days of falling... oh, and if you're going to compile your own cd, don't use mp3s... preferrably bring the original copies of the cds (and not too many cds). If they have vinyl players in store, bring a 12" as well (not windowlicker, as I know you have, as the mastering on that track sucks hard). |
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found only one place with a listening thing set up. grado was clleeeaar. though they were the best ones on display, none of the sennheisers or sonys they had up there were at the same level. the bass was definitely lacking (they were grado 125) but very transparent. I would go for the grado rs-2 if they weren't $500. |
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SunnO)))) ?? wasn't he a reviewer of the Metal Maniacs magazine? (Stephen O'Malley?) |
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