Seen MANY threads about this but..

[jimbo_limited]

I want all of your opinions on this topic. I've been surfing the web for GOOD SPL Songs for all Genre. Rap, Hip Hop, Rock, Metal, Country, Techno, Trance, and Club. I want to build an MP3 CD that i could use to "Show Off" my system.

List me songs that you know have good SPL.

[mfreak]

> I want all of your opinions on this topic. I've been surfing the web
> for GOOD SPL Songs for all Genre. Rap, Hip Hop, Rock, Metal, Country,
> Techno, Trance, and Club. I want to build an MP3 CD that i could use
> to "Show Off" my system.
>
> List me songs that you know have good SPL.

All songs can have as much SPL as you want, provided your system is
sufficiently powerful. SPL isn't a property of the song being played.

I know that's not the question you meant to ask, so here's the answer
to the question you're TRYING to ask: It depends. Songs sound
different on all systems. Systems sound different in different cars.
People set gains, crossovers, and eq's all different, have different
sub enclosures, etc. I have a small-ish SPL box in one car that spikes
+8db at 60Hz and drops like a rock below 45Hz, and my van has a huge
box that's +/-2db of flat down to 33Hz or so. All songs sound very
different on either one, depending on how they're produced. Some sound
better in the car, some sound better in the van.

The way to determine which songs flatter your system the most is to
listen to lots of songs on your system, and then pick the ones you
think sound the best.

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If you are looking for clean performance, I would recommend something
by Bass Mechanik. They make a few test tracks that have pure tones in
them. Alot of bass in today's music is a mixture of different
frequencies, and dosen't sound that good, for example 3 6 mafia. Test
tones are clean, single frequency tones that will produce higher SPL
levels than regular rap CDs. Use with caution.

[Captain_Howdy]

wtf is the point of listening to a test tone? Alright a test tone will produce
higher SPL levels than regular rap CD, again what is the point of that?


In article om>,
wrote:
>If you are looking for clean performance, I would recommend something
>by Bass Mechanik. They make a few test tracks that have pure tones in
>them. Alot of bass in today's music is a mixture of different
>frequencies, and dosen't sound that good, for example 3 6 mafia. Test
>tones are clean, single frequency tones that will produce higher SPL
>levels than regular rap CDs. Use with caution.
>

[John]

One point of using a test tone is in SPL contests to achieve a higher
score, a common use for sine waves and similar tones is to set gains.
Compared to music, it is easier in many cases to hear distortion...


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John

[GregS]

In article >, John > wrote:
>
>One point of using a test tone is in SPL contests to achieve a higher
>score, a common use for sine waves and similar tones is to set gains.
>Compared to music, it is easier in many cases to hear distortion...

Sine waves would be good to blow out your system at high levels, nothing
else. Broadband signals are going to show higher SPL levels.

greg

[John]

You obviously do not know nothing what you speak of, so there is no use
to argue.


--
John

[Captain_Howdy]

I guess that you haven't read the SPL competition rules, a test tone will give
you a score of nothing in any registered event. I do agree that test tones are
a great way to adjust gains, only if you use multiple amplifiers and you want
to match gains. You might find it easier to hear distortion with a test tone
but what good does that do in the real world?



In article >, John
> wrote:
>
>One point of using a test tone is in SPL contests to achieve a higher
>score, a common use for sine waves and similar tones is to set gains.
>Compared to music, it is easier in many cases to hear distortion...
>
>