What gives your bass units a work out?
Posted by: Gale 401 on 17 July 2011
This album is still at the top of my list.
Along with one track from this album.
The Born slippy intro on cd or vinyl will blow units,If you dont take care.
It has to be played VERY LONTANO OR EVEN MILES LOUD Stu.
Try this on the Black goes much lower than CD!
Or on Silver!
Try this on the Black goes much lower than CD!
Or on Silver!
Blue,
I have them both on vinyl and cd.
The xx album couldnt blow a speaker unit if it tried.
To be honest i dont think their is a track that i have heard, That's a better test for a speaker and system than the Underworld;s Born Slippy
If speaker dems can cope with it PLAYED LOUD you are on a winner imo.
My dream is to hear it played loud through a active 552/3x 500 /DBL System
Stu
Come over Stu! 
There are some pretty good bass moments on this -
And this -
Brian Eno & J. Peter Swalm 'Drawn from Life', especially Rising Dust.
Four essential albums for any record collection that have more than enough bass, but very tuneful bass. Joni Mitchell's absolutely wonderful 1990s album Night Ride Home, the Thompsons: Richard and Danny the bass Industry. Surprised I'm the first to mention, the fast and furious bass that is present on the 1971 elpee Moon, by ex-Jucy Lucy vocalist Ray Owen and his band Roy Owen's Moon and that stunning album that hits the bass notes like a Stuart Broad short delivery hits the pitch when attempting to bounce out Harbhajan Singh: Medicine Head's Heavy on the Drum. No Techno, no Drum n Bass, no thumping noise with someone bleating over the top about how awful things are (if I wanted to know that I'd buy the Best of the Nine O'Clock News Volume 3), just good solid songs.
Fun electronica, track 2, 'Sofi Needs a Ladder' really gets those drivers going and will show if your speakers are starting to compress, and the timing and rhythm remians if your room reflections are good - great fun..
Chris Clark, one of my favourite electrnica artists - very creative and intense - which makes a change from the typical electronica fayre. Track 2, Growls Garden is superb, with lovely pace, rhythm and texture, if your drivers are up to it there is some lovely filtering and variation of bass notes and grooves, especially after the bridge.
Track 2 - nasty nasty bass
Both on vinyl.
On Double LP - absolutely groundshaking!!
A bit of dark / forest psy or psy in general with rolling tight bass lines.
eg listening just now to Dark Soho Combustion LP
Orbital - In Sides
Any Massive Attack album but especially this one
Any Massive Attack album but especially this one
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I got that s/h a couple of weeks ago. It does really test out the bass performance of a system
My bookshelf speakers sadly, aren't up to it (though I'm not sure exactly how it should sound).
This new double vinyl album has been giving my system a good work out today.
Stu
This new double vinyl album has been giving my system a good work out today.
Stu