Any song recommendations for testing purposes?

preston8452

preston8452

Enthusiast
Hi y'all,

So me and my pal came up with an idea about testing our own " streaming system " and see which is better, but yeah ofc, there can only be one variable, otherwise the test wouldn't be fair, no?
we decided to only change the streamer/player in each test, well luckily, my friend who happens to be an ultimate PC Hi-Fi fanatic, so the test itself which became rather easy haha, equipment-wise for sure.

Last Sunday, we were just chilling in my living room and chitchatting, he said he wanted to listen to some new modern pop song, so I played Shiver by Ed Sheeran, and he said the dynamics don't seem quite enough, I was like what the heck do you mean, and he said his system could present more details in the music than mine, anyways, so I brought my streamer over to his place, and would like to have a competition hahaha.

As I mentioned, he's a PC Hi-Fi dude, so he's done a lot modifications and all that upgrade stuff to his PC, so he used USB port to connect to his DAC and the rest to play the same song, Shiver by Ed, well truth to be told, I also thought the dynamics weren't quite sufficient as well lol, ofc he said my perception was biased bc he judged my system first, thus, we both agreed to play some more complicated tracks, like classic genre or something, however, both of us aren't that much of a elegant music admirer I'd say, which I sincerely hope you guys can share some nice songs with me!!!

BTW, we both played TIDAL via Roon, the only difference is just he used PC, I used Munich M1T, no network switch or linear power supply attached.

Best,
 
NINaudio

NINaudio

Audioholic Samurai
This thread here has been continually updated for a while by myself and others. You should find lots of music of all types there to check out.

As we've already told you in every thread you've started here, you shouldn't expect to see much in the way of differences between streamers.
 
preston8452

preston8452

Enthusiast
This thread here has been continually updated for a while by myself and others. You should find lots of music of all types there to check out.

As we've already told you in every thread you've started here, you shouldn't expect to see much in the way of differences between streamers.
Yeah yeah, I'll look through the post that you attached, many thanks!!!
 
lovinthehd

lovinthehd

Audioholic Jedi
Do you both use the same speakers in the same room? If not that could explain differences in sound, unlikely to be anything in the streamer particularly except perhaps level difference or dsp/settings...
 
MalVeauX

MalVeauX

Senior Audioholic
Hi,

Too many variables in this for context.

But for what music to use to test, I would suggest using songs you're both extremely familiar with no compression and known high dynamic range and verify that source with something other than your ears (ie, look at the recording in something like Audacity to know right away if its compressed loud mess or if it's truly a recording with high dynamic range or not).

Very best,
 
SithZedi

SithZedi

Audioholic General
There's a lot of great music suggested in the Music Test Thread, including Leonard Cohen vocals (my fav is Everybody Knows, also check out Concrete Blondes version.)
Subjective input of course but my go to for testing is the soundtrack to a "Clockwork Orange". Try streaming the movie in surround. If you haven't seen the movie you'll be in for an experience.
 
F

fmw

Audioholic Ninja
I'm with Malveaux. The most meaningful test is the music you normally play and enjoy.
 
S

sterling shoote

Audioholic Field Marshall
I've experimented with means to recorded music for about 50 years and right now I am enjoying the most lifelike sound streaming Apple Music stereo Lossless and Hi-Res music via usb connection to my Parasound P6's DAC, stereo SACDs via Sony UBP-X800M2 Player HDMI output to 2.1 Marantz NR1200 Receiver's DSD DAC, and 5.1 SACDs via OPPO-205's RCA output to Sony TA-P9000ES Analog Preamplifier. Sometimes I even get the most lifelike sound from Vinyl, but pops from record defect preclude complete satisfaction. At any rate, I find there is no singular best means to recorded music but I think I've got the bases covered to get great sound one way or another.
 
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