cross-posted from: https://lemmy.today/post/33411412
Recently I switched from Apple Music to Spotify free/Navidrome. I am moving my library to Navidrome slowly. I have done a similar thing in the past as well.
I noticed that both times, as well as trying out new speakers, the first song I listened to was In the End by Linkin Park, followed by their latest album.
What is yours?
Edit: Holy Shit! I was not expecting so many replies. It is not possible for me to reply to everyone right away. I will listen to each of your first songs and reply to everyone.
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Bear with me on this one.
I like to use the maestoso from Saint-Saëns’s Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, often called the Organ Symphony, for testing speakers. Turn it way up and blast that organ sound. Also reminds me of the movie Babe since they used the theme from this movement for that movie. 😁
(Links below are YouTube Music, but I’m confident you can find the same recordings on Spotify.)
Here’s a good recording, listen to at least the first 1:45, though the full movement isn’t very long (a bit over seven minutes). Again, volume is your friend for this movement. It’s MAJESTIC, and on a good set of speakers it’s incredible.
Another good orchestral work for this type of showing off is Holst’s Jupiter, or the fourth movement of Dvořák’s New World Symphony
(There are many more but these are some relatively well-known-without-people-knowing-they-know-them ones.)
Evil Empire by Rage Against the Machine
„Rumors“ by Fleetwood Mac.
This song was made to test new setups lol. It has such a wide overlapping range. It can truly be appreciated in hi-res
The Chain
A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out by Panic! At the Disco. It’s been my favorite album since it came out. I never get tired of it. Specifically Camisado is my favorite track on it.
T.Rex - 20th Century Boy.
colors by btbam
Hells Bells by AC/DC.
Finlandia by Sibelius
One of the THX Deep Notes
Never gonna give you up
Guitar mass but infected mushroom.
If the speakers have no problem with that they’ll play anything else I listen to
For testing speakers, Infected Mushroom, Tame Impala and 20syl/AllttA are always good choices. Maybe Tool as well (10000 days). Song depends on what I’m most familiar with atm.
For a new library, I’d probably just choose whatever I listen to the most. Which would be The Fearless Flyers and Aesop Rock rn.
Mindful Solutionism is probably my favorite track from Aesop even after black hole superette came out, such a banger
Fellow IM enjoyer in the wild! 🍄
Hotel California by Eagles
TBH when testing new audio equipment the first thing I play is probably something none of you have ever heard of but it has good range and is one of my favorite workout songs (great adrenaline drops). Ready to Go by Klaypex
