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Top of the charts: The songs the sound engineers use to tune your stereo (2021)

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  1. cfabbro
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    Song.link for all the listed tracks: Pink Noise Team - Pink Noise Background Stereo One Minute Continuous Holly Cole Trio - I Can See Clearly Now Johnny Cash - Bird on a Wire Bruno Mars - 24K...

    Song.link for all the listed tracks:
    Pink Noise Team - Pink Noise Background Stereo One Minute Continuous
    Holly Cole Trio - I Can See Clearly Now
    Johnny Cash - Bird on a Wire
    Bruno Mars - 24K Magic
    Winterplay - Billie Jean
    Tom Petty - Learning to Fly (Live)
    Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five
    Steely Dan - Hey Nineteen
    Straight No Chaser - Homeward Bound

    p.s. I stumbled upon this article on Pocket (hence the 2021 article date), but still thought it was interesting enough to share. Some great tracks, and a few covers I've never head before either. I can see why they use them, since they're a really good mix of all the various musical elements.

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  2. vord
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    Its a great list, I love it. I suppose they didn't include it because it's cliche, but I'm mildly surprised they don't do final tests with Dark Side of the Moon. It's my goto post-calibration...

    Its a great list, I love it. I suppose they didn't include it because it's cliche, but I'm mildly surprised they don't do final tests with Dark Side of the Moon.

    It's my goto post-calibration (which thankfully my home stereo does itself), in part because I know it so well, but also because it has a lot of depth and variety in the instrumentation and volume. And frankly, if there's one place the quad mix makes sense, it's using a car sound system. If you twisted my arm to demand a single track, I'd probably choose Time.

    Here's my personal list for all sound systems, truncating Dark Side of the Moon (ya nonbelievers):

    Pink Floyd - Time
    The Beatles - Hey Jude
    Gunship - Empress of the Damned
    Nine Inch Nails - We're in this Together
    Dragonforce - Through the Fire and Flames
    Blackstreet - No Diggity
    Catch 22 - 9mm and a 3-piece Suit
    Daft Punk - Lose Yourself to Dance (and Discovery)
    Frozen Soundtrack - Let it Go (That high E omg)
    Rush - 2112 (sorry you play this album full or go home)
    William Shatner - Together (ft Lemon Jelly, a band with a nigh-perfect discography)
    1200 Micrograms - Acid for Nothing
    Dark Nebula - Unwanted Emotion
    BT - Superfabulous

    Ok that's enough. I could do this all day.

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