Let's talk about song recommendations for testing and showing off your audio !

Splack Pack - Shake that ass

HAHA, funny song but lots of bass.

 

Also, I found David Guetta - Sexy Bitch works fairly well.

 

Breakdown-Mariah Carey featuring Bone thugs-n-harmony

The bass is clean and if your mids and highs don't crack from Mariah you've got a pretty impressive system.

 

Dire Straits - Money for nothing.

 

Golden Earring- Radar Love........ Great highway tune too,IMO

 

Someone was nice enough to post the Focal Demo CDs ripped to Apple Lossless format here:

http://www.diymobileaudio.com/forum...15-all-6-focal-demo-discs-ready-download.html

It's a real mix of music styles and the quality is incredible. It will really show you what you system is capable of (or deficient in ).

 

If you want some good bass from a rock song try Becoming the Bull by Atreyu about middle ways lots of bass!!! A lot of songs by Atreyu has good bass.

 

Try throwin in some candlebox. I think thats them. It has some real crisp vocals and guitars followed by some rock. It will definately let you know where your treble should be.

 

pink floyd, welcome to the machine

 

x2

 

chevelle comfortable lair

definatly a ton of bass and a really good song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZU5XM0JyO4M

 

Techmaster P.E.B.

We used to jam that in HS. Back before bass in your car was cool. We had to steal Dads Cerwin vega speakers out of the living room.

EDIT: It has to be the cassette tape.

 

skynard- call me the breeze.

I just put in a new head unit and this song is saweeet

 

Another vote for Incubus "Echo". "Nice to know you" is nice too. Pink Floyd, Stevie Ray, John Mayer.

 

Waddle by Gorilla Zoe

 

slayer, raining blood.

 

X3

I actually selected this song after recently replacing my radio for the initial assessment. There's not really anything more dynamic than a synthesizer and this song has a lot of panning left to right, it's plenty crisp yet fat on the low end. The only thing you really can't test for with this song is how much punch you have in your system.

 

Calexico- He Lays In The Reins
Elbow- Any Day Now
Elbow- Can't Stop
High Places- From Stardust to Sentience
Manchester Orchestra- I Can Feel a Hot One
Mogwai- Batcat
Jeremy Enigk- Cannons
The National- Squalor Victoria
Pat Metheny- Minuano
Peter Gabriel- Soundtrack from The Last Temptation of Christ
Radiohead- Kid A, Amnesiac, or OK Computer- great albums.
Rogue Wave- Publish My Love
South- Fragile Day
Strength In Numbers- Blue Men of the Sahara
Swervedriver- Duress
Temper Trap- Sweet Disposition, Fools
Weather Report- Teen Town
Yo La Tengo- Last Days of Disco

 

In the Air Tonight-Phil Collins
School -Supertramp

Not so much for testing purposes but it's just a tradition(first songs played) since I put a 8 track player in my first car..a '69 Chevy Impala coupe many moons ago.If they both sound good..then I know I will like the stereo..I will carry on the tradition hopefully a little later this summer..

 

Many a good songs listed so far
I had almost forgotten the Pink floyd stuff. Thanks for reminding me

Candlebox- Cover Me
Green Day - Brain Stew (Godzilla Remix) awesome mids and highs
Metallica - One, Nothing Else Matters
Pantera - This love
Silverchair- Tomorrow

Im showing a little age as well with this one:

Steeheart- I'll never let you go

Of course some of the others listed as well: Tool, Korn, maybe a little ZZ Top thrown in the mix