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Music test tracks

Home Music test tracks

These are just a few of the tracks and what we listen for when testing that our loudspeakers will play all types of music (are ‘omni-musical’) and not just designed to favour one type. They are also enjoyable music!

Classical

Chopin’s Nocturne in C_sharp Minor  played by Meneham Pressler – tonal accuracy

Bartok Quartet no. 3  2nd movt  played by Engegårdkvartetten – attack & decay of notes

Bach Brandenberg concerto no. 3  in G major BWV1048 played by the Tasmanian Symphony Chamber Players – integration of sound

Britten’s Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra  by Kansas Symphony Orchestra – tonal colours of different instruments plus orchestral power

 ‘And He Shall Purify’ from Handel’s Messiah  by Dunedin Consort – distortion particularly of upper frequencies

‘I Feel Pretty’ from Bernstein’s West Side Story  by the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra – female voice accuracy

Nigel Westlake Compassion  played by Sydney Symphony Orchestra – resolution of complexity and dynamics

Rodrigo Guitar Concerto  2nd movement  played by Antony Hermus – atmospherics

Jazz

Holly Cole ‘Hold On’  –  particularly for testing timing/rhythm (PRaT)

Modern Jazz  Quartet ‘Fine’ –  high frequency purity (of xylaphone)

David Becker Tribune ‘Frebahn’ – high frequencies hardness (cymbals etc)

Diana Krall  ‘My love is’ – clarity of bass performance (of plucked double bass)

Ray Charles & Natelie Cole  ‘Fever’ – midrange performance of male & female voices

Patricia Barber ‘Touch of Trash’ – resolution of complexity & difficult timing

Steve March Torme ‘On the street where you live’ – hardness/harshness in big band sound

Popular

Garett Brennan ‘The Dog Song’ –  extraordinary dynamics (close miked guitar)

Baker Boy & Yothu Yindi  ‘Treaty’ – rhythm, detail & emotion

Kasey Chambers ‘Too Long In The Wasteland’ – resolution of detail plus hardness in voice

Rebecca Pidgeon  ‘The Raven’ – purity in female voice & piano

Jackson Brown  ‘Casino Nation’  – male voice in big production

Arab Strap ‘Turbulence’ – bass depth and tightness

Kraftwerk ‘The Man Machine’ –  resolution of computer music complexity

Nils Liefgrun  ‘Keith Don’t Go (live)’  – low level ambience plus naturalness of audience applause

Michael Jackson  ‘Billie Jean’ – bass tightness

Rock and R&B

John Butler Trio ‘Treat Yo Mama’ – resolution of general complexity

John Lee Hooker ‘Highway 13’ – male voice (lower midrange)

Heart ‘Crazy On You’ – female voice (upper midrange)

Pink Floyd ‘Time’ – treble detail

Silverchair ‘Tomorrow’ – bass complexity

 AC-DC Live ‘Hells Bells’ – rythmic drive & resolution of detail

 Peter Gabriel  ‘Sledgehammer’ – hardness/harshness

 The Flaming Lips ‘Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Pt. 2’ – more complex sounds

 

When our loudspeakers pass all these test tracks  then they are truly ‘omni-musical’!

 

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