Guilty Pleasures Test Tracks

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Working on de-buzzing my listening room so I need some low notes.  How low can I go? ;-)  Not exactly audiophile-grade stuff but it makes me happy.

Ace of Base The Sign

Bloodhound Gang The Bad Touch

Rockwell Who's Watching Me

Gnarls Barkley Crazy

Bee Gees You Should be Dancing

And yes, I have three pressings of Kind of Blue to even things out.
 
Not heard any of these bass notes myself, then again don't listen out for this stuff, but here's the list compiled by someone who thought it was important and had some time on his hands of "the top thirty lowest bass notes on CD" probably needs updating now as it shows 2002 on the page ;-)

Paul
 
Gary Neuman - "Cars"  - synth
Michael Jackson - "Billie Jean" - bass line
Culture Club - "Time (Clock of the Heart)" - bass synth
Simply Red - "Holding back the years" - just because
Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack
 
Mudhiker said:
Working on de-buzzing my listening room so I need some low notes.  How low can I go? ;-)  Not exactly audiophile-grade stuff but it makes me happy.

Ace of Base The Sign

Bloodhound Gang The Bad Touch

Rockwell Who's Watching Me

Gnarls Barkley Crazy

Bee Gees You Should be Dancing

And yes, I have three pressings of Kind of Blue to even things out.
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I have Kind Of Blue but haven't heard of any of the others.  I discovered KOB late.  I don't know why I hadn't heard it before the 90s.
 
paulw said:
Not heard any of these bass notes myself, then again don't listen out for this stuff, but here's the list compiled by someone who thought it was important and had some time on his hands of "the top thirty lowest bass notes on CD" probably needs updating now as it shows 2002 on the page ;-)

Paul
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That's quite a list.
I might have to pick up "It Came From Outer Bass" just so I can say I have it!
 
Does anybody remember Walter (now Wendy) Carlos and the "Switched-on Bach" album? Somewhere there's a track with a major pedal note that comes in partway through - 16Hz perhaps? Most people never got to hear iy and were not aware it exists. But it's well recorded.

I once was in a hifi store who were showing of some new speakers with eight 12" woofers (!) per channel - I think the front panel was a 4' by 8' plywood sheet - and I asked for that track. The guy flicked the bottom band of the octave equalizer to the max (up 15dB ...) and dropped the needle. Did I mention the brand-new Crown DC-300 amp?

Anyhow, if you've never heard sixteen 12" woofers bottoming out, your musical experience is the poorer. I never saw anyone, before or since, make a leap for the volume control that far or that fast.
 
PJ,
I've got that on a pretty minty 1/4 track tape. There's quite a few low notes on it and it's fun to crank that baby and not have to worry about acoustic feedback. My reel to reel lives in the next room fed through a hole I have disguised with a switch plate.
I really loved those synth albums when they were all the rage. If you ever run across the "A Clockwork Orange" album that's not the soundtrack, it's really something. Probably the best writing that Carlos did IMHO (the soundtrack has abbreviated versions of things like "Timesteps" and "Country Lane" but the Walter Carlos versions are long and amazing!).
 
PJ, yes I remember Walter (Wendy) well.  But I don't think I have heard the 16 Hz note from the LP.  Was that the LWE 8 you were listening to?
 
Grainger49 said:
PJ, yes I remember Walther (Wendy) well.  But I don't think I have heard the 16 Hz note from the LP.  Was that the LWE 8 you were listening to?
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Nah - it was at the Speakerlab store/factory/hangout.
 
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These aren't guilty pleasures but back when I sold "High End" stereos, the dark day of the 70s, we demonstrated with Lucky Man, Frankenstein, Pinball Wizard and 2001 opening (I can't spell it).  All for the bass content of course (except for Pinball Wizard).  No one seemed to demonstrate the presence of midrange or the extended high frequencies a tweeter had.  

I still like Maria Muldaur's Midnight At The Oasis and Don't You Make Me High (Don't You Feel My Leg) from those days.

I had the name of the second MM song wrong.
 
Grainger49 said:
This isn't guilty pleasures but back when I sold "High End" stereos we demonstrated with Lucky Man, Frankenstein and 2001 opening (I can't spell it).  All for the bass content of course. 
I still like Maria Muldaur's Midnight At The Oasis and Don't You Feel My Thigh from those days.
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I used Lucky Man (the LP) when testing the Quickie low pass filter. I was surprised when that first pedal hit. Wow, those Pi theater seven cornerhorns handled them admirably, much better than my windows.

As for Maria Muldaur, you and I must have the same obsessions. I always dreamed of leaving my camel behind in those days.
 
I did a quick Google and the first hit had some MP3 links.  Of course the first was Midnight At The Oasis.

Then there were some pictures.  Attached below.

The first is a current picture, the second from 1963 and the third I just had to include as it was captioned "M.M. with her tools of the trade."  I just couldn't believe that!
 

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Then there were some pictures.  
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I never even knew what she looked like. When I was (even) young(er than I am now), I was afraid the looks would not coincide with the fantasies she provoked.
 
Grainger49 said:
You should have bought the self titled LP.
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I'll check my basement stash one day this winter. I have about 7,000 lp's, and it took a while to vet out the ones I thought would not play well, just from visual inspection. I put those in the basement.

For most of those, I didn't even look at the covers. I'm sure some of them will play after cleaning, and she may be in there somewhere.

Come to think of it, that LP might even be in the music room itself. The best few thousand are there.

Did I mention that I'm a vinyl nut? But I'm slowly caving to the possibility of a digital music server as well. I'm starting with my Blackberry.

But lately I've been looking at my old 45 rpm singles. I miss them, and many cannot be had on LP. Just another diversion...
 
Try this for cleaning old treasures that are not in pristine condition:

http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=99837

Here is a link to a video of how to:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bm4bQVmV3Ok

It peels easier in the summer for me.  Painter's tape helps start or pick up small pieces left after the peel in winter.

Hope this makes a difference for you.


Of course it will not help scratches but lowers the noise floor very well.
 
Grainger49 said:
Try this for cleaning old treasures that are not in pristine condition:

http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=99837

Here is a link to a video of how to:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bm4bQVmV3Ok

It peels easier in the summer for me.  Painter's tape helps start or pick up small pieces left after the peel in winter.

Hope this makes a difference for you.
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That is a very interesting thread! I'll try it on some of my treasures that might be noisy.

I use Joy dishwashing liquid once in the sink, then my nitty gritty record cleaner before every play. Once it's on the turntable, I use a carbon fiber brush to remove any dust or static.

With so many records, I vetted out the badly scratched ones that I thought wouldn't play well. Also some moldy ones that I could probably clean with enzyme cleaner when I get around to it. But it will take me many years to play just what I have upstairs. The cost in record sleeves alone needs to be budgeted.

But the face peel method just has to work if done correctly. Very cool.

BTW, I think that once I post this, I become a full member and enter a whole new social strata (stratus?) Do I get a lapel button? Will NYC cops stop pulling me over to check if I'm wearing my seatbelt?

 
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