Optimum song/piece to show off your Beolab 5

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MrDMoulton wrote:
If you will send me your address (off-thread, to dmoulton@moultonlabs.com), I'll be happy to send you a copy of the CD gratis.  

Dave,

I think you might be inundated with requests after that offer!

Cleve

 

I am very interested in that material too...!!...:)

So far I used the Quincy Jones album 'Back ón the Block', an awesome album with 14 songs containing All styles like jazz, funk, rap, pop, rock...

Featuring artists like Ray Charles, Chaka Khan, George Benson....beautifuly arranged by Quincy Jones and recorded and mixed by the world's most famous engineer Bruce Swedien - produced in 1989....

Stefan

Sorry, but I'd go broke on the mailers and postage.  So, I'm sorry to say, this offer is for Beology only.  

 

However, if you're ever near Boston  .  .  .

 

Best regards, Dave Moulton, Sausalito Audio

I'm thinking about Boston....:))

But What about Struer? We could meet at your next visit in Struer...:)

Another option is: I'll pay for shipping...?

Stefan

MrDMoulton wrote:
Sorry, but I'd go broke on the mailers and postage.  So, I'm sorry to say, this offer is for Beology only.  

MrDMoulton wrote:
It's got some technical material on it plus excerpts of 12 recordings and two long medleys of recordings of all types.  These might be of interest to you because these are a significant part of the listening materials we used to develop the BeoLab 5.

I think .. an album / track- list would be sufficient.

 

 

Jennifer Warnes - hunter. Without doubt the best cd to show off bl5s. Grab one from amazon and try it out!!
Mari Boine - Vuolgge Mu Mielde Bassivarrái

On the CD Leahkastin-Unfolding

I do not understand what she is singing but the dynamics of the sound is very nice.

-F

Pink Floyd - Wish you were here

No doubt it's an excellent track, but the intro takes too long. It takes more than a minute, before the 2nd guitar comes in. That’s where it becomes interesting. Not really perfect for demo. Imo, if you want to impress, your “audience” needs a wow-factor from the first second, to get them focussed. For example, Jack Johnson’s Banana Pancakes has a super catchy intro riff. But overall I like acoustical instruments to demo, because the sound is more pure

A bit of surprise factor wil help also. I mean choosing “Hotel California” or “Rolling in the deep”? I don’t think anybody is waiting for that song to hear it for the zillionist time. Well, I don’t..

Stefan beat me to Quincy Jones (track: The Places You Find Love). So I'll go with The O-zone Percussion Group, La

Bambara, track 10 "Jazz Variants".
Many pieces of Pat Metheny are well suited to demonstrate speaker capabilities. My favorite and recommendation is the title song from the "Imaginary Day" Album.
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