Songs that get better at higher volume

[ConstipatedVigilante]

I'm blasting Vicarious by Tool into my headphones right now and it's AWESOME. Cat Stevens songs don't get quite the same effect.

 

[Tiamat]

I've found that most all music sounds better at volumes commensurate with a non-outdoors, good-acoustic environment live performance. Especially for classical music since it has a lot of dynamic range, much of the nuances get lost at lower volumes due to our hearing threshold. Rock music sounds like crap at low volumes as your ears do not get that almost-visceral feel of the kick drum. Classical guitar does improve with volume, but not as essential as you pointed out. The guitar has more limited range although the lower timbres do improve with increased volume up to a point.

When you listen to recordings at a relatively low volume, you are not hearing even close to what was intended. Quantitatively, I've found average loudness about 68-72 dB for music to sound "correct" (with peaks around 95dB and quiet sections around 50dB).

 

[IronWing]

Every song ever recorded by Joan Jett sounds better loud.

Country music sounds like crap when played above 20dB.

 

[Arcadio]

Any song by Pantera.

 

[Sea Moose]

System of a down - Sugar

 

[yhelothar]

benny benassi, especially with the bass thumping da houz

 

[shocksyde]

Every song sounds better if you turn it up (unless you have shitty speakers).

 

[ConstipatedVigilante]

Originally posted by: shocksyde
Every song sounds better if you turn it up (unless you have shitty speakers).

You obviously have not heard Chocolate Rain turned up.

 

[skyking]

Tom Sawyer

 

[shocksyde]

Originally posted by: ConstipatedVigilante

Originally posted by: shocksyde
Every song sounds better if you turn it up (unless you have shitty speakers).

You obviously have not heard Chocolate Rain turned up.

That's as much of a song as a bunch of cats meowing and being strangled.

 

[ConstipatedVigilante]

Originally posted by: shocksyde

Originally posted by: ConstipatedVigilante

Originally posted by: shocksyde
Every song sounds better if you turn it up (unless you have shitty speakers).

You obviously have not heard Chocolate Rain turned up.

That's as much of a song as a bunch of cats meowing and being strangled.

On that note, I bet keyboard cat sounds awesome turned up.

 

[Saint Nick]

When audio is mixed, I think they mix at relatively high volumes so that might explain it. NL5 could tell you more about it.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Originally posted by: shocksyde

Originally posted by: ConstipatedVigilante

Originally posted by: shocksyde
Every song sounds better if you turn it up (unless you have shitty speakers).

You obviously have not heard Chocolate Rain turned up.

That's as much of a song as a bunch of cats meowing and being strangled.

Are you implying that Bob Dylan recorded Chocolate Rain?

 

[buck]

You know what song I heard the other day that i blasted?

Shake hands with beef by Primus.... Good shit.
Or disengage the simulator (instrumental version) by CKY

 

[Via]

Any AC DC.

Those songs take on a new life when blasted at eardrum-shattering levels.

Black Dog.

 

[BoomerD]

If you can't play good...play loud.

 

[WT]

Kashmir - Led Zeppelin

 

[sdifox]

Whatever songs that strike a cord in you will sound better when cranked up.


Currently cranking George Strait Honkeytonkville DVDA.

For some reason my mind was thinking Dire Strait when I ordered it :laugh:

I am actually enjoying it, though I am not really a country kind of guy.


One thing I do blast (well -10db from reference) is symphonic music.

 

[ManchesterManson]

I normally hate loud music, but for some reason I love to blast L.A Woman by The Doors.

 

[DT4K]

Led Zeppelin, Metallica, AC/DC.
Metallica and AC/DC because higher volumes enhance the head banging.
Led Zeppelin, so you can truly enjoy the talent of John Paul Jones.

 

[JS80]

classical music

 

[jamesbond007]

I really, really, really enjoy Black Magic Woman from Santana played at loud volumes. When your system is tuned right, the guitar is stunningly clear and the bass is so low, it blows you away into a musical abyss.

Other than that, pretty much any NIN, Tool, Marilyn Manson, or A Perfect Circle song will sound better when cranked.

 

[KeithTalent]

Originally posted by: buck
You know what song I heard the other day that i blasted?

Shake hands with beef by Primus.... Good shit.

Sweet chunky bass sound in that tune! :thumbsup: I love Primus.

Stigmata by Ministry is one I always have to crank up super duper high, along with many other songs, but that one jumped in my head first for whatever reason.

KT

 

[buck]

Originally posted by: KeithTalent

Originally posted by: buck
You know what song I heard the other day that i blasted?

Shake hands with beef by Primus.... Good shit.

Sweet chunky bass sound in that tune! :thumbsup: I love Primus.

Stigmata by Ministry is one I always have to crank up super duper high, along with many other songs, but that one jumped in my head first for whatever reason.

KT

He was in a band called Sausage a while back, if you ever get a chance to find the album riddles are abound tonight, its sick.

I am not what you would call a primus fan, I just always find myself coming back to them every once in a while.

 

[buck]

Originally posted by: KeithTalent

Originally posted by: buck
You know what song I heard the other day that i blasted?

Shake hands with beef by Primus.... Good shit.

Sweet chunky bass sound in that tune! :thumbsup: I love Primus.

Stigmata by Ministry is one I always have to crank up super duper high, along with many other songs, but that one jumped in my head first for whatever reason.

KT

Also funny that you mentioned Ministry, I cranked that up a couple of weeks ago after not listening to them for 10+ years. I played probably 3 solid hours of Team Fortress 2 going apeshit on dustbowl with that cranked up.