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Topic: | Songs for Demo This thread has 22 replies. Displaying posts 1 through 15. |
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Post 1 made on Wednesday January 22, 2003 at 23:14 |
cbrody Long Time Member |
Joined: Posts: | January 2003 16 |
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What songs/CD's do you guys feel is the best to demo speakers to customers?
Thanks
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Post 2 made on Thursday January 23, 2003 at 02:54 |
tsvisser Founding Member |
Joined: Posts: | March 2002 1,228 |
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I used to use
Floyd - Wish You Were Here : Intro on the guitar takes lots of people by suprise. Hard center image gives some people their first real experience with speaker imaging.
Cranberries - No need to argue : nice sounding female vocal combined with a pipe organ that makes any decent speaker sound impressive compared to the low end client's home speakers.
Then there are the standards or songs that clients have heard repeatedly on other systems and can make analytical comparisons such as David Brubeck - Take 5, Miles Davis - So What (first song off of Kind of Blue), Beethoven - PSno14C#m(Moonlight) - PSno8Cm(Pathetique) (usually go with Rubenstein's "unique" interpretations, Horowitz, or Earl Wild), Tchaikovsky PCno1bm (must go with VanCliburn here, the American that beat out the Russians in Moscow!), Buena Vista Social Club - Chan Chan... just too much to list.
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Post 3 made on Thursday January 23, 2003 at 04:50 |
QQQ Super Member |
Joined: Posts: | January 2002 4,806 |
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1. Put Em on The Glass 2. Shake that Nasty Thang
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Post 4 made on Thursday January 23, 2003 at 17:48 |
aj the av tech Founding Member |
Joined: Posts: | January 2002 19 |
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try Thomas Dolby- Pop Culture Lenny Kravitz- Livin in fear Floyd- Money queens of the stone age-new album Nirvana- inutero for the rockers... cant forget Def Lepard
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Post 5 made on Thursday January 23, 2003 at 19:59 |
Matt Founding Member |
Joined: Posts: | August 2001 1,802 |
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Wow, someone who wants to demo music NOT movies. A change has begun....
and I like it.
I think one of the best is
Sting-Englishman in New York.
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Post 6 made on Thursday January 23, 2003 at 20:17 |
daytech Founding Member |
Joined: Posts: | December 2001 29 |
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It all depends on the speaker in question, you should demo something that will showoff the speaker, not the other way around,
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Post 7 made on Thursday January 23, 2003 at 21:33 |
Matt Founding Member |
Joined: Posts: | August 2001 1,802 |
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Or maybe show off the INTENTION of the system. To be honest, I think more people listen to music rather than watch movies, and thus, systems should be more dual purpose rather than sound good only on movies...
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Post 8 made on Friday January 24, 2003 at 09:24 |
tsvisser Founding Member |
Joined: Posts: | March 2002 1,228 |
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Oh yeah, Sting... I also like Shape of My Heart.
Dual purpose is good and all, but there is also the client... manybe 5% of them... that really need to go with a dedicated theater and then a dedicated music system. The requirements can be so different that it would be difficult to get 1 system to do everything.
"So... you're telling me I need 7 speakers and 2 subs to get great audio for movies and music?"
answ: "Oh, you want to listen to music to? In that case, you really need to get 9 speakers, then."
Just kidding. a bit of the salesman in me getting out.
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Post 9 made on Friday January 24, 2003 at 09:41 |
Thon Founding Member |
Joined: Posts: | November 2001 726 |
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I saw (heard) a series of THX trailers at a trade show once and it was really great for demoing surround sound (especially the rear speakers). Has anyone seen this? and is it available anywhere?
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How hard can this be? |
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Post 10 made on Friday January 24, 2003 at 13:25 |
Ahl Founding Member |
Joined: Posts: | October 2001 1,241 |
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for older customers, i use Russel Watson's "The Voice"
For middle aged customers I use Motley Crue's first album, specifically, "Piece Of Your Action" which has a raw, crunchy sound to it (i point out how bad the production is, and since these speakers are good, you can REALLY hear it... this, while the low end is so good it's ripping your face off...LOL)
For younger customers... well.... haven't had any of those yet- no money!
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Post 11 made on Thursday February 6, 2003 at 20:35 |
RickDude No Longer Registered |
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Holly Cole Trio- Don't Smoke in bed- Incredible
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Post 12 made on Saturday February 8, 2003 at 01:30 |
Michael J. C. Long Time Member |
Joined: Posts: | January 2003 29 |
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If you would like to test the subwoofer, I'd go with: "Pimp Juice" by Nelly (Track 6 from the Nellyville CD)
:)
try it...
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Post 13 made on Saturday February 8, 2003 at 09:01 |
Dave Blaker Founding Member |
Joined: Posts: | September 2001 613 |
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On 01/24/03 09:41, Thon said...
I saw (heard) a series of THX trailers at a trade show once and it was really great for demoing surround sound (especially the rear speakers). Has anyone seen this? and is it available anywhere? Don't got the disc in front of me, but I have an extra if you want it. Then there's the DTS music sampler, and the DVD audio sampler.
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Post 14 made on Saturday February 8, 2003 at 10:28 |
Thon Founding Member |
Joined: Posts: | November 2001 726 |
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Yes, I would like to get a copy. Is it publicly available?
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How hard can this be? |
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Post 15 made on Saturday February 8, 2003 at 15:38 |
Dave Blaker Founding Member |
Joined: Posts: | September 2001 613 |
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I don't think so. It was given to us by one of our reps.
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