Favorite genres for fun listening


I see a ton of negative comments about music that I truly love on this site. To me, there’s some really fun music that certainly sounds better on a high end stereo system. 
 

I have parasound and Krell amps. I have treated power, but the former owner did that not me. Dynaudio studio speakers (7.2.4) although I’m sure that surround would annoy most audiophiles. I have 2 huge SVS subs. I use all of this to listen to various genres of music:

1)rap

2) EDM/techno/various genres of electronic music

3) rock (old and new)

4) classical 

5) jazz

6) reggae

7) Hawaiian 

8) country 

I go to a lot of shows and the audio is way better in our basement than most shows. It doesn’t matter if it’s rock, EDM, rap etc.

the reason for my post is that some of the odd music just sounds better on a nice system. I love to find random playlists on tidal and let them stream  

songs that I love in the car or Soundbar upstairs or even the club/concert venue, sound awful on the end system. Similarly, weird sounding songs that may seem robotic.

 

I would love to hear what other genres of music or even specific songs that sounds great to you on your high end system! Thanks!!

 

 

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Chmaiwald that’s pretty funny about death metal. I really like Korn and saw them in concert and thought highly of them. on the system, it sounds like hot garbage. Not that enjoyable for me at all lol like you’re saying as if recorded on a phone. 

I have become a big jazz fan purely because of the detail and depth I hear on my system. It’s just background music for me on anything else. I also have developed a liking for some electronica for the same reasons. Am I listening to the music or the gear? Both, with no apologies.  

Psychedelic Surf Rock. Check out The Mermaids. 

Or give a listen to The Incredible Bongo Band. Start with Apache, Bongo Rock and Let There Be Drums. 

Chmaiwald that’s pretty funny about death metal. I really like Korn and saw them in concert and thought highly of them. on the system, it sounds like hot garbage. Not that enjoyable for me at all lol like you’re saying as if recorded on a phone. 

Anything is likely to sound better on a better system.

For me that can also mean a badly recorded black metal album can dound more like what it is then. Even if that means it sounds more like recorded through an old phone.

+1 for Ambient and adjacent genres. The new Hollie Kenniff album is so good!
When it comes to electronic music or dub sometimes nothing beats Alva Noto or Pole. Subs come in handy then.

For pure fun I like my dose of drum‘n‘bass.

 

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Electro Swing

Never heard of it before streaming. Artists like Caravan Palace, Caro Emerald and Bart and Baker.

Very uplifting and they sound GREAT!

larsman I love listening to reggae, but I'm finding it's hard to find good quality recordings of roots reggae music. It doesn't sound as nice as listening in person. 

I am assuming it's because they are digital versions of the vinyl records, and perhaps it would sound better on vinyl itself. 
czarivey Ambient is a great example of music that really, really needs a good system or it just sounds like noise! Some ambient songs have no real melody, but evoke a ton of emotion for me at least. Acid is the best! 

I'll check out some of the calypso later

Old country (hillbilly) fiddle is my #1 fun music. Jazz from the 60's & 70's  is #2. But solo instrumental classic music, mostly piano, gets the most play time.  

For pure fun nothing beats Power Pop. But instrumental Bluegrass played at breakneck tempo is also thrilling, as is Baroque-era Classical keyboard works, particularly when performed on harpsichord.

I always listen to music for fun, so my favorite genres are the many sub-genres of rock music and reggae, and I've also got time for various sub-genres of hip-hop/rap and electronic/techno, though I don't listen to those as much. 

My favorites for fun

1. Electronic Ambient, Dub, Downbeat, Acid, Trip-Hop and instrumental Hip-Hop.

2. Afro-Cuban-Latin Salsa, Calypso, Tresero