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Speaker punishing bass

I was wondering if anybody had suggestions for quality recordings with frightening bass. I use several discs for auditioning speakers to see if they can stand up without distorting. My favorites are: Vic Wooten with the Flecktones, Marcus Miller, Copland's "Fanfare for a Common Man", Edgar Meyer's "Uncommon Ritual" and "Passage" by the Empire Brass Quintet. While bass isn't the last word it has made short work of some speaker choices. As always I look forward to any suggestions.
wirehead
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estrnad
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Telarc's CD of "1812 Overture" of course. The cannon shots have bass down to 6hz!! That's s-i-x. Maybe too punishing; more like speaker abuse...
kitch29
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Another Telarc Holst Suites 1&2, Mercury re-issue 1812 Overture, etc more for dynamics than low Hz with the bronze cannon and Riverside Chapel Carillon going at it. Watch out when you start a listening session with the Eurythmics Sweet Dreams, the opening bass is baaad, especially in your car.
thorman
1,262 posts
 
try Billy Cobham cd named "WARNING" in jazz section
tireguy
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Messiaen: Pentecost Mass(DE 3147), it is an organ (stop laughing) that plays to as low as 20Hz which is not as good as 6Hz but we can't hear that low any way. Also check out Techmaster P.E.B.: Bass Computer Limited Gold Disk, LOTS of bass.
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