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20 Best Tracks For Testing Bass, According To Musicians
One of the most challenging things about getting your home Hi-Fi system set up is ensuring that the bass is right.
We’re pretty picky when it comes to our bottom end!
Fortunately, we know a whole bunch of musicians and they helped us identify some of the best tracks to test out the bass on your new speakers.
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Fat Larry’s Band
80s funk and with one of the fattest bass lines in history.
Listen closely to hear the punch and the detail as you examine this classic.
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The Rite Of Spring
Igor Stravinsky
This is a seriously powerful classical piece with plenty of power to really push the limits of bass reproduction.
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GoGo Penguin
Raven
It’s all about the double bass with GoGo Penguin and the epic quality of this tune really needs to be rendered perfectly.
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Mala
New Life Baby Paris
This is more about feeling the bass than listening to it and you’re going to need speakers that can handle a thrashing to make it work.
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The XX
Fantasy
So much weight in the bass lines here, that if your system can’t handle the lowest of lows, it will sound almost invisible.
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Rage Against The Machine
Bullet In The Head
You want to be able to hear each individual slap against the bass strings with this raging classic.
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Bicep
Aura
The deal here is simple, the bass is loud and it needs to be heard to be enjoyed.
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Dead Prez
Hip Hop
One of hip-hop’s most recognizable bass lines brings you a track bursting with low frequency greatness.
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The Weeknd
Wasted Times
You’ll know if you’re getting the right levels of textural definition in the bass as soon as this starts to play.
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Anton Bruckner
Symphony Number 7
Another classical piece that will give your bass drivers a thorough workout. Look for the dynamic control.
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Chic
Good Times
One of the most important bass riffs of any musical genre and you want to pay attention to the clarity of the length and attenuation of individual notes.
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Thundercat
Uh Uh
Fast and erratic, there’s no doubt that Thundercat will give your drivers a firm going over.
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Photek
The Hidden Camera
Some technical drum and bass here that offers you a chance to test the subtleties of your bass rendition.
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Massive Attack
Angel
The endless variation in the bass note during this track is sure to put your subwoofer to the sword if it’s not up to the task.
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Van Morrison
Moondance
A classic track from a classic album and the bass is subtly threaded through the rest of the instrumentation.
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Miles Davis
So What
The complexity of the bass in this awesome number will enable you to decide, do instruments really sound right on my system?
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Ini Kamoze
So What
A little reggae that brings a lot of bass that has been sampled over and over again, make sure it doesn’t seep into the midrange.
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Hans Zimmer
Time
To make this work, the sound needs to fill every corner of your room and the detail should come to the fore.
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If your stereo can handle all of these tracks without losing bass definition then it’s perfectly set up and you can rest easy knowing that your hi-fi investment has been worthwhile.
