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My test for bass is not necessarily about bass quantity but more 'presentation'. The intro to the Logical Song by Supertramp has a low-tuned tom roll as the drums come into the mix. It tends to be just low enough in pitch and volume that it can become subtle with certain speakers. It's as if one of the speakers has its polarity reversed. Adding a subwoofer didn't help because the bass on toms is higher up in the lower frequency band. Getting that to fill in meant overcompensating with the subwoofer which ruined the mix. The whole track has excellent bass with my previous 88db speakers but that initial tom roll was insipid...as if it was recorded in another room. My new 93db speakers also has great bass throughout the track but captured the tom roll with great detail and presence. It was a revelation. |
Thanks for all the great suggestions I am discovering great new music Really love the Nend Vasilic sound on album Bass Room. Also I don't listen to EDM music that much but I am really impressed by the integration of percussion and horns used in Yello's "Live in Berlin"video/album on you tube (video) album on Tidal. |
Jim Smith book I'm reading (Get Better Sound) cautions against setting up the bass with too much of a focus on bass. There's a danger of not attending sufficiently to soundstage and voice. His book is better on this, but here's a bit of his thinking: https://audioexotics.vanillacommunity.com/discussion/13088/subwoofery-by-jim-smith |
One of mine is Illinois Jacquet playing the Bassoon on Round Midnight from the album The BLUES; THAT’S ME! https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Illinois+Jacquet+Basoon+Fagott+YouTube&&view=detail&... |
thats really funny - I just wanted to recommend the same album as ecpninja did: "bassroom" von Nenad Vasilic! I love his music and he is extremely demanding in sound- and recording-technology. this one is incredibly well recorded! my favourites are track 3, 5, 7, 10, 11 and 12 :-) https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/jazz/detail/-/art/nenad-vasilic-bass-room/hnum/9425988 |
https://repeatreplay.com/best-bass-songs/ https://www.guitaraficionado.com/bass-heavy-songs/ https://www.whathifi.com/us/features/25-best-tracks-testing-bass https://tidal.com/browse/playlist/8a653b3e-8a53-4347-9258-f6b8b062b57a https://spinditty.com/playlists/songs-with-good-bass https://www.guitarlobby.com/bass-heavy-songs/ |
"Love", the fourth track from the 1971 Pharaoh Sanders album Thembi. 5 minutes of brilliant stand-up bass playing by Cecil McBee. The engineer of this recording got everything right. Sounds like you are inside the bass. You can feel the wood of the instrument vibrate. My go-to for testing bass and imaging. |
Eeg – Fonnesbæk Sinne Eeg I'm listening to it now and I can't pick a song that stands out they are all keepers. For Electric Bass Erykah Badu – Rimshot https://youtu.be/OTfa4RQhU4Y |
Just about any Jazz Trio or Quartet with Ron Carter or Ray Brown one of my favorites, Ray playing with Oscar Peterson https://www.discogs.com/release/2715156-Oscar-Peterson-Ray-Brown-Milt-Jackson-The-Very-Tall-Band |
I rediscovered Mila Drumke, (heard her live when she was a teenager) she has an album of standards, the whole album is terrific, her version of My Funny Valentine is just her and a bass player. Not the most bass, but the tonality explored is DELIGHTFUL! https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=ukrNpHCDSjc It’s a perfect example of "It’s not how many notes you play, it’s the notes you play". |
