boxerboy;409662 Wrote: > El Duderino: > > I am going to share with you the way that I audition equipment. You are > cerainly free to use other selections that you may find more in tune > with your tastes. > > I have used the same four tracks to test different audio systems for > several years. This enables me to establish a base line of expectations > so that I can hear diferences when they occur. Each track offers > sometihing different from the others. > > 1) Diana Krall - "Love Scenes" - Tack 1 "All or nothing at all" > > This track sounds good on almost any system. If it doesn't sound good, > there may be something wrong with your set-up. > > 2) Fleetwood Mac - "Rumours" - Track 7 "The Chain" > > Listen for the high pitched guitar of Lindsay Buckingham; the deep bass > of of the Bass guitar and the clear sounds of the bass drum and the > cymbols. > > 3) Brad Mehldau - The Art of the Trio (Vol 3) - Track 1 "Song-Song" > > The three instruments should clearly be positoned on your sound stage. > The piano should sound like a real piano. The bass should sound deep > and authoritative. The drums should sound crisp and distinct. > > 4) Rimsky-Korsakov - "Scherazade" Track 1 "The Sea and Sinbad's Ship" > > This movement has great dynamic range. The loud sections shouldn't > sound muddy. The violin solos should sound real. Set the volume up high > to enjoy this music. > > I hope you find this useful. > > Jim
Jim, much appreciated. I will try and acquire a few of the above albums and give them a good listen. I have a fairly eclectic mix of music crossing multiple genres including blues, jazz, rock, reggae, electronic and hip-hop. I do not have a significant collection of classical music...yet. Teus de Jong;409712 Wrote: > In my eyes :-) that's not a small feat. I have seen all kinds of phrases > used to illustrate the quality of the transporter, but 'less fatiguing' > might be the most important for me. That's the main reason I think you > hear some differences between system components only after a relatively > long listening period. E.g., several amps become very fatiguing after > some days. > > Teus Absolutely and I am not underplaying this strength of the Transporter. The non-fatiguing nature of the Transporter vs the SB3 in my setup--regardless of the underlying mechanism--may, alone, be enough to convince me to keep the Transporter. I appreciate all the input thus far. This thread is evolving in a fairly interesting manner... -- El Duderino ------------------------------------------------------------------------ El Duderino's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8171 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=61686 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
