Yeah, those tracks should be fine for testing bass. They have a steady bass line all the way through. I don't think dynamics has anything to do with it. They are studio recordings, which is mostly what I listen to, and it's also why I ask people what kind of music they listen to when choosing tube amps, because if it's open, airy, live recordings, certain tubes might not work well with polyphonic, dense studio recordings.
@aniwolfe - I can test the same tracks when I get home and realign my speakers. I know them very well.
Do you have your speakers on stands/platforms at all? I know you're using room correction, so you need to be careful that it doesn't suck the bass right out of the recordings. Chris Squire's bass has a lot of mids in it, while Sting has a much more traditional sound.
It need not be "audiophile quality." I've found that there are audiophile elements in almost every recording, live, or studio. One just needs to know what to listen to, and what to listen FOR. In fact, one might not even know what their speakers are fully capable of if they are always listening to the usual suspects.
I was talking to Aric and we both agreed that hear what your speaker/amp (possibly DAC) combo is capable of, one needs to put on some super dense recordings, with a lot going on. It's not that something needs to always be pure in its timbre and tone, merely that the instruments need to be pure within the context of the mix.
Me, I like to be able to listen to every kind of music on the planet, so I know if my speakers and amp can fully "decode" Metallica, some of those early well-recorded Iron Maiden albums, some Prince, with those lo-res Linn drum beats, and YES' Tales From Topographic Oceans, then I know that my Mozart, my solo Neil Young, and my Cannonball Adderley will be in good hands.
This method has never let me down.
@aniwolfe - I can test the same tracks when I get home and realign my speakers. I know them very well.
Do you have your speakers on stands/platforms at all? I know you're using room correction, so you need to be careful that it doesn't suck the bass right out of the recordings. Chris Squire's bass has a lot of mids in it, while Sting has a much more traditional sound.
It need not be "audiophile quality." I've found that there are audiophile elements in almost every recording, live, or studio. One just needs to know what to listen to, and what to listen FOR. In fact, one might not even know what their speakers are fully capable of if they are always listening to the usual suspects.
I was talking to Aric and we both agreed that hear what your speaker/amp (possibly DAC) combo is capable of, one needs to put on some super dense recordings, with a lot going on. It's not that something needs to always be pure in its timbre and tone, merely that the instruments need to be pure within the context of the mix.
Me, I like to be able to listen to every kind of music on the planet, so I know if my speakers and amp can fully "decode" Metallica, some of those early well-recorded Iron Maiden albums, some Prince, with those lo-res Linn drum beats, and YES' Tales From Topographic Oceans, then I know that my Mozart, my solo Neil Young, and my Cannonball Adderley will be in good hands.
This method has never let me down.