cross-posted from: https://lemmy.today/post/33411412
Recently I switched from Apple Music to Spotify free/Navidrome. I am moving my library to Navidrome slowly. I have done a similar thing in the past as well.
I noticed that both times, as well as trying out new speakers, the first song I listened to was In the End by Linkin Park, followed by their latest album.
What is yours?
Edit: Holy Shit! I was not expecting so many replies. It is not possible for me to reply to everyone right away. I will listen to each of your first songs and reply to everyone.
For testing speakers, Infected Mushroom, Tame Impala and 20syl/AllttA are always good choices. Maybe Tool as well (10000 days). Song depends on what I’m most familiar with atm.
For a new library, I’d probably just choose whatever I listen to the most. Which would be The Fearless Flyers and Aesop Rock rn.
Fellow IM enjoyer in the wild! 🍄
Mindful Solutionism is probably my favorite track from Aesop even after black hole superette came out, such a banger
„Rumors“ by Fleetwood Mac.
This song was made to test new setups lol. It has such a wide overlapping range. It can truly be appreciated in hi-res
The Chain
One of the THX Deep Notes
Herbie Hancock - Chameleon
Then listen to the whole Head Hunters album tbh
Introduced my son to Watermelon man yesterday. Legendary!
You must be a cool dad
I don’t know. I’m pretty eclectic when it comes to music. Seems like my son and his friends like my curated playlists. They’re aged 15 to 17 so at an age where they develop a broader taste for music. Really fun.
Same!
Led Zeppelin II in its entirety
But Damone said side 1 of Led Zeppelin IV should be played “whenever possible!” /s
Probably A Night at the Opera by Queen, which was the first album I ever bought with my own money. A ton of classic tracks, lots of tonal range, weirdass spatial effects from early-era screwing around with stereophonic production, and a hell of a good time any day of the week.
46 and 2
Amon Amarth - Twilight of the Thunder God
New speakers? Maurice Ravel, “Bolero”. No better music to test an audio system.
Rage Against the Machine?
Guitar mass but infected mushroom.
If the speakers have no problem with that they’ll play anything else I listen to
This was a really good suggestion. I enjoyed this a lot. Thank you.
If I got new speakers, better quality ones than the ones for my old RCA thing or the ones in my Bria radio CD player thing, or even my beats headphones, I’d have a hard time choosing an album. Would probably go with whatever I’m in love with at the moment. Currently that’s a 3 way tie between R.E.M.'s Out of Time, Alice in Chains Jar of Flies, and New Radicals Maybe You’ve Been Brainwashed. Would struggle to lick between those 3.
As for individual songs, I got a couple I’m currently absolutely in love with that I’d love to play on very high quality speakers:
Deafening - The Nixon Rodeo ( emotionally hard rock, at least I think so )
OR
Someday We’ll Know - New Radicals ( for some reason this just became my absolute favorite New Radicals song immediately after hearing it once on CD )
Hotel California by Eagles
Never gonna give you up
Evil Empire by Rage Against the Machine
Dark Side of the Moon and now I feel old.
I was surprised how much I had to scroll for this. I thought a lot of people still test with it. E.g. I was born 10-ish years after DSotM was released, listened to it first in my teens, but it has been my go-to album for every audio upgrade ever since that.
