TheGoldenBoy
Active Member
So I was just checking out a thread, and there was discussion of listening to Dark Side Of The Moon as a test for the system... it got me to thinking-
What do you use to test a stereo?
For me, I love listening to "Foreplay/Long Time" by the Bostons. There's so much dynamic there- so many instruments that you know what they should sound like, so many unique feelings that run through that recording- and dunking you into it.
One of the other things I love using is Led Zeppelin's "Carouselambra." There's some bleeding, but the dynamics are just so beautiful to me.
And speaking of "beautiful..." One of the finest sounding records to me is the B-52s Cosmic Thing album. Niles Rodgers totally outdid himself. The presence, the bottom, the fullness... I so much love the sound of that record.
OK... so there I was, no shit... When I was a kid, I fancied myself as a little local rockstar/barstar- playing in several bands and such- This band I was in at the time had just finished a recording... I don't recall exactly why I went down to the studio- to ask for something or something... But the band recording in the studio at that time was a band called Custom Grand, featuring Danny Kubinski on vocals. I don't remember if they were mixing or what - they needed to listen to some relatively neutral monitors- as I had just upgraded my car stereo to an Alpine 3 disc changer and Infinity Kappas... I volunteered to have everyone come out to my car and listen to what they had done... Now... Dan Kubinski, of Die Kreuzen, despite being "local" was a ****ing rock and roll "legend" to me. So inviting Danny out to my car to listen to a mix of his band was a giddy proposition for me. Well Paul, (the engineer/studio owner) popped the CD into my 3 disc Alpine changer- and at an outrageous volume came Fred Schneiders' voice:
"GYRATE IT TIL YOU'VE HAD YOUR FILL! JUST LIKE A PNEU-MATIC DRILL."
Yeah, I'd left Cosmic Thing in there, and regardless of any punk rock pedigree I may have had... it went all out the window right there...
How's bayou?
What do you use to test a stereo?
For me, I love listening to "Foreplay/Long Time" by the Bostons. There's so much dynamic there- so many instruments that you know what they should sound like, so many unique feelings that run through that recording- and dunking you into it.
One of the other things I love using is Led Zeppelin's "Carouselambra." There's some bleeding, but the dynamics are just so beautiful to me.
And speaking of "beautiful..." One of the finest sounding records to me is the B-52s Cosmic Thing album. Niles Rodgers totally outdid himself. The presence, the bottom, the fullness... I so much love the sound of that record.
OK... so there I was, no shit... When I was a kid, I fancied myself as a little local rockstar/barstar- playing in several bands and such- This band I was in at the time had just finished a recording... I don't recall exactly why I went down to the studio- to ask for something or something... But the band recording in the studio at that time was a band called Custom Grand, featuring Danny Kubinski on vocals. I don't remember if they were mixing or what - they needed to listen to some relatively neutral monitors- as I had just upgraded my car stereo to an Alpine 3 disc changer and Infinity Kappas... I volunteered to have everyone come out to my car and listen to what they had done... Now... Dan Kubinski, of Die Kreuzen, despite being "local" was a ****ing rock and roll "legend" to me. So inviting Danny out to my car to listen to a mix of his band was a giddy proposition for me. Well Paul, (the engineer/studio owner) popped the CD into my 3 disc Alpine changer- and at an outrageous volume came Fred Schneiders' voice:
"GYRATE IT TIL YOU'VE HAD YOUR FILL! JUST LIKE A PNEU-MATIC DRILL."
Yeah, I'd left Cosmic Thing in there, and regardless of any punk rock pedigree I may have had... it went all out the window right there...
How's bayou?