middlecreekguy Posted April 25, 2003 Share Posted April 25, 2003 This is a tough one. I`m still pacing around the house going through album after album. What is right for my first Cornwall experience. I am a virgin you know. What was your choice when you got your last pair of speakers. Klipsch or not. It does`nt matter. Lets have some fun with this. That`s what I`m doing, prolonging the anticipation. They`re hooked up and ready to fire. My God, they are BIG! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymd Posted April 25, 2003 Share Posted April 25, 2003 Always play something that you are intimately familiar with and is a great recording (it's nice to start out with good recordings). I have different selections for CDs vs LPs. On CD I play Chris Rhea's "Texas" from the "Road to Hell" CD. Great vocals and good bass thump. Then I go to something acoustic like "Grateful Dawg" studio version on the "Grateful Dawg" motion picture soundtrack. On LP, something like Jethro Tull "Thick as a Brick" which has about every kind of instrument in a rock album you can find. Those are just some of my preferences. I'm sure you have your favorites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjohnsonhp Posted April 25, 2003 Share Posted April 25, 2003 Queen - "I'm in Love with my Car" Less than 60 seconds into the track on CD there is a guitar squeel that will pierce your skull with digital audio and SS. Try some songs with a lot of cymbals to test the highs. With the wrong electronics and source the sound from the tweeter can disconnect from the rest of the sound. MIDNIGHT OIL - "Beds are burning" One of Mallett's favs with big bass and crashing highs. RUSH - 2112 "the instramental beginning--the sound rapid fires back and forth between the left and right speakers with some big drum sounds. Acoustic recordings (voices and instraments) are good to evaluate accuracy. There is a test CD with solo sounds from major instraments. I agree with the post above...it's important you know the recording and that it is a good recording. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougdrake Posted April 25, 2003 Share Posted April 25, 2003 Auditioned my first Klipsch's (KG-4) to Dire Straits "Brothers In Arms" - The Walk of Life - and I still remember the moment, where I was standing, what the sales person looked like. That's a good one. DD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynnm Posted April 25, 2003 Share Posted April 25, 2003 The first thing I ever heard on my KLF 30's was Louis Armstrong singing What a Wonderful Life . The first pieces I played when I hooked them up at home were Drums of War and Paul Roebling's reading of a quotation from Oliver Wendell Holmes* from Ken Burns' The Civil War Soundtrack . It gave me shivers then and again about 5 minutes ago when I gave it another listen. * "We have shared the incommunicable experience of war.We have felt,we still feel,the passion of life to its top....In our youths,our hearts were touched with fire." Oliver Wendell Holmes Thank You for causing me revisit those first glorious moments with my KLF's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_gto Posted April 26, 2003 Share Posted April 26, 2003 Metallica's Load cd, then Led Zeppelin's Stairway To Heaven cd, and then Robin Trower's Bridge of Sighs cd. My downstairs neighbor called me some terrible things. Teach him to play his Cello with his door open! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arena Posted April 26, 2003 Share Posted April 26, 2003 anything stones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hwatkins Posted April 26, 2003 Share Posted April 26, 2003 Patrick Moraz - self titled album - was the Keyboard player for the one YES album hiatus that Rick Wakeman took. St. Louis or Philadelphia Philharmonics - both have excellent recordings that are generally artfully mastered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easylistener Posted April 26, 2003 Share Posted April 26, 2003 Bonnie Ratt "Love me like a man" The Wall Stevie Ray Voughon "Texas Flood" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobLikesTubes Posted April 26, 2003 Share Posted April 26, 2003 XTC - Apple Venus Vol I - great for frequency range, dynamics I'll 2nd the Dire Straights - Brothers In Arms, Ride Across The River is great for imaging. Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds - Live @ Luther College - great for acoustic guitar and that 'being there' live feel. Paul Simon - Graceland, Rhythm of the Saints Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach Patricia Barber - Companion Yo-Yo Ma - The 6 Bach Unaccomanied Cello Concertos Crash Test Dummie - God Shuffled His Feet Rush - 2112, A Farewell to Kings Pat Metheny - Letter From Home Bela Fleck and the Flecktones - Outbound Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m00n Posted April 26, 2003 Share Posted April 26, 2003 When I plugged in the belles, first thing I spun was Pink Floyd The Wall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audible Nectar Posted April 26, 2003 Share Posted April 26, 2003 Steely Dan - AJA Talking Heads - Naked Eric Clapton - Unplugged Sibilance test: Emerson, Lake, and Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery (first cut "Jerusalem" will tell you all you need to know). The snare will drive you nuts on poor gear. Great for testing the electronics chain. If your system passes this test, you are doing very well. I'll warn you, though - this can make one very dissatisfied with their equipment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fini Posted April 26, 2003 Share Posted April 26, 2003 Yeah, I know. The first time is always a little scary. And then when you see those things in person--after only seeing pictures in magazines and websites--they do look so big, and you wonder, "How are they going to fit?!?" Don't worry. They'll fit. I think the best thing to do (and it worked for me), is pour yourself a glass of wine, and take it slow. I wouldn't neccessarily expect them to be gentle with you, though... And remember, report back! Doug, I seem to remember a "first time" story involving you and Ross Taylor in some motel in Arkansas... fini Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deang Posted April 26, 2003 Share Posted April 26, 2003 The Star Mangled Banner by Rosanne. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foodshouldbefree Posted April 26, 2003 Share Posted April 26, 2003 anti-flag - red, white, and brainwashed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyKubicki Posted April 26, 2003 Share Posted April 26, 2003 Well, interesting things here! My choice would be (which was sent to David Mallet for his evaluation) a CD made by Stanley Clark, Jean-Luc Ponte and Al Di Meola called the Rite of Strings. Awsome acoustics on that one! Another one would be Stravinsky's Firebird on Telarc for some superb dynamics (and music!). I forgot that Patric Moraz played with yes...that explains why I love Flags done by Moraz and Bruford (also of Yes fame). I never thought of using ELP as a test of sound, and I absolutely love Jerusalem...I'll have to try it...maybe even when tube rolling! Are you still holding out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyKubicki Posted April 26, 2003 Share Posted April 26, 2003 Oooops, you said album, as in vinyl. Well, the Telarc recording was a direct to disk so that's one. I don't know if the Rite of Strings is on vinyl. Flags is not on CD, so that will work. Another good one (both vynil and digital format) is Dr. L. Sabramaniam and Stephane Grappelli called Conversations...very nicely recorded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymd Posted April 26, 2003 Share Posted April 26, 2003 Oh yeah, ELP's Trilogy album has a great variety of songs for testing purposes. Full range piano, ear piercing synthesizer, smooth as silk guitar and nice deep vocals. One of my favorite albums of all time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
middlecreekguy Posted April 26, 2003 Author Share Posted April 26, 2003 OK. I ended up starting out with The Eagles Hotel California. They were the band I used when I auditioned my first CD player also. I`ve heard them more than anyone I guess. #2>>Moody Blues/On The Threshold Of A Dream. On Nautilus Super Discs Vinyl. A little classical and a little R&R. #3>>REM/Reckoning. On vinyl. One of my favs. #4>>Miles Davis/Someday My Prince Will Come. Columbia Jazz Masterpieces. My favorite Miles recording. #5>>Sara Vaughan/No Count Sara. Vinyl, first pressing and I found it for 10 bucks. Mint! #6>>The Beatles/A Hard Days Night. Mobil Fidelity Vinyl. George Martin was the greatest producer ever! #7>>Rolling Stones/Let It Bleed. Vinyl. #8>>Pink Floyd/The Wall. Vinyl #9>>Horowitz Plays Mozart. CD Cornwall review forthcomming... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazman Posted April 26, 2003 Share Posted April 26, 2003 Miles Davis "KIND OF BLUE". Klipsch out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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