SQ & SPL - Share your favorite demo songs

[DavidRam]

Lately, I have been searching for songs that sound particularly good on my system or have an interesting sound, instrument, beat or note...

Below are a few songs that show off some SQ

The pluck of the guitar strings sounds amazing:
Ottmar Liebert - Surrender to Love https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPcvogKgpV0
Gypsey Kings - Passion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k22M_RtXq5Q

Pretty cool electronic sounds with great vocals:
Ed Sheeran - I See Fire https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWYp1xRPH5g

Hard-n-Heavy, badass beat and guitars:
Disturbed - The Night https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbwH5DADhDA

Let's hear what you got! Please mention what to listen for, if their is something about the song or a certain part of the song that is noteworthy.

 

[lizardking]

Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon "Entire Album"

RUSH - Tom Sawyer

Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms "Entire Album"

Telefon Tel Aviv - Bubble and Spike

Michael Jackson - Thriller and Billie Jean

Damien Rice - 9 Crimes

Eagles - Hotel California Live AND album version

Alice in Chains - MTV Unplugged "Brother and No Excuses"

Ronald Jenkees- most of his stuff

Guns N Roses - November Rain

 

[woojyee]

Back in my SQ & SPL competition days, we used these tracks quite often since they were pure digital recordings with wide frequency range. I've seen many subs smoking after a run with this disc..... gets down into the 5hz range so be careful!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SG-NBnTv2SI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUxTsjEY3WQ

 

[autokraftgt]

Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon "Entire Album"

RUSH - Tom Sawyer

Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms "Entire Album"

Telefon Tel Aviv - Bubble and Spike

Michael Jackson - Thriller and Billie Jean

Damien Rice - 9 Crimes

Eagles - Hotel California Live AND album version

Alice in Chains - MTV Unplugged "Brother and No Excuses"

Ronald Jenkees- most of his stuff

Guns N Roses - November Rain

I love all of these

Jason Mraz - Geek in the pink
Paul Simon - Live in Central Park
Tool- anything & everything
Dispatch- Ain't no trip to cleveland "Walk with you"
David Gray- White Ladder...whole album

 

[troutspinner]

Lizard and Auto, we have very similar tastes in music. I'll have to check out Ronald Jenkees and David Gray.

At the risk of sounding old......These are what I consider "Easy and Dynamic Listening" and just sound good on a long ride.

Lionel Richie - Sail On and All Night Long
Bob Seger - Greatest Hits
Marc Cohn - Walking in Memphis
Van Halen - Finish What You Started
A-Ha - Take On Me
Bruce Hornsby - The Way it is, Mandolin Rain
Elton John - Too may to list, Great Piano
Billy Joel - Great Piano
Genesis - Lots of stuff
Peter Gabriel - Shock the Monkey - Live in London
John Cougar Mellencamp - Words & Music / Greatest Hits
Shinedown - 45 (Live from Kansas City)
Styx - The Best of Styx
Toto - Hold the Line
Marvin Gaye - ****** Healing

 

[jawzs2]

ELO - Fire On High

This was one of our test songs back in the day I played with systems, But I'm more into a crisp violin as opposed to thumping the back window out.

This song is what convinced me to buy a pair of ESS AMT-1A's

 

[DavidRam]

Great songs guys!!!

Nobody does it like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Favl3kzWejA

 

[Etroze86]

Three Days Grace- Chalk outline is freaking amazing when you get your mids tuned up. I do have to say I get a ton of wow factor when I play that one for my friends.

 

[SomeGuyInTexas]

Ages ago, OK back in the late 80's and early 90's, when I was spending freely on car audio a CD that really put systems to the test was Pink Floyd's Momentary Lapse of Reason.

Track 1 Signs of Life was great for shocking folks sitting in my truck and not expecting the bass kicking in. ☺
Track 3 Dogs of War was great as well.

I have resisted doing any car audio upgrades since 94 on any of my vehicles because addiction. ☺ I have enjoyed the build threads on this forum (DavidRam yours is awesome), but hope that I can live vicariously through you guys...

 

[autokraftgt]

Three Days Grace- Chalk outline is freaking amazing when you get your mids tuned up. I do have to say I get a ton of wow factor when I play that one for my friends.

I love that song!!!!
My friend turned me onto Five Finger Death Punch recently...
pretty well recorded stuff, pretty heavy, mid bass workout with the distorted guitars...good drums= HAPPY HAPPY

 

[ou812]

Steve Wilson solo or porcupine tree.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSEQZ8reJA4&list=RDMSEQZ8reJA4

 

[Thmupr]

Dream Theater - Images and Words -- great for testing transient response and staging

Billy Thorpe - Children of the Sun intro

Joe Satriani - Engines of Creation

Extreme - More than Words - Vocals

Just a few I have used...

 

[Jalouis]

'Marc Torch - Sunset Road' is really nice

 

[TomT]

Dream Theater - 6:00

Always dropped this CD In immediately after any new installs or retunes.

 

[TomT]

Always loved the drums in this on a system that imaged well.
Allan Holdsworth - Metal Fatigue

 

[TomT]

Dream Theater - Images and Words -- great for testing transient response and staging.

Love Mike Portnoy’s cymbal work on this one.

 

[SublimeZ]

Dire Straits- Fade to Black is my go to demo song.
Robin Trower- Bridge of Sighs intro really tells you about tweets.
Green Day- We Are the Waiting intro is a good midbass test