From: bill@thd.tv.tek.com (William K. McFadden)
Newsgroups: rec.audio
Subject: Deep Bass Follow-up
Date: 28 Jul 92 18:12:59 GMT
Organization: Tektronix TV Products
Originator: bill@thd.tv.tek.com

Thanks to all who responded!



From:    uwcr@pool.info.sunyit.edu (Warren Richardson)

 I posted an article asking what disks were good for Bass a while back
and someone recommended the CD's Produced by Telarc.  I purchased the
Telarc sampler V disc two weeks ago and it is great....and I'm not a
classical music fanatic.  I listened to it on my car audio system which
uses two 12" subs crossed at 100Hz for Bass,....and it literaly
Suprised me.  The 20th Century Fox Composition was so full of energy
and vibrant sound.....it really suprised the SH*T out of me (and my
stereo).

If anyone is looking for a CD with all types of music that is recorded
excellent and crisply reproduced.....the Telarc Sampler Disc V is for
you.

-Just dont play it with the volume up (especially when the digital
cannons come on) and when your neighbors are sleeping.



From:    gt0869a@prism.gatech.EDU (WATERS,CLYDE GORDON)

>>Please post the names of some of the Pipe Organ CD's you have.  There's
>   Any of Telarc's Michael Murray albums.  Also CBS's E. Power Biggs

Most definite vote for the Michael Murray albums. I own the Encores a
la Francais (?title) with the Poulenc Organ Concerto in G minor . As
far as low end, this is the lowest actual music I have ever heard
(cannons don't really count :-) ). I estimate that there is bass down
to 15-16 Hz, and plenty of it.  It is a really beautiful piece, and is
unordinary due to the fact that it has an orchestra in conjunction with
the organ! (VERY uncommon) The version I have is Telarc, recorded at
the Cathedral of St. Philip in Atlanta, Ga, with the Atlanta Symphony
Orchestra. Very impressive IMHO to demonstrate systems ( I can bounce
small coins up and down on the roof of my car with this piece :-) )



From:    sbradley@scic.intel.COM (Seth Bradley)

Telarc's Chiller, Tomita's Also Sprach Zarathustra.



From:    colby@titan.tsd.arlut.utexas.edu (Colby Leider)

You are wise for looking into pipe organ music to exploit your
woofers.

If you like Telarc CD's and J.S. Bach, Michael Murray has some pretty
good orga n recordings.  Also, if you're into symphonic/organ music
(even if you're not),
 Telarc's recording of the Symphonie Concertante by Joseph Jongen is
 excellent.



From:    Robert L Krawitz <rlk@Think.COM>

Telarc's 1812 is a crock.  Yes, it has a deep impulse, but it's not
very musical.  Hunt down a good recording of Saint-Saens' Organ
Symphony, and Also Sprach Zarathustra (Strauss).



From:    dplatt@ntg.COM (Dave Platt)

The version of Tubular Bells which was released in a 4-LP import
package called "Boxed" has a very powerful low-bass passage in the
middle of Side 1.  I understand that it's also present in one of the
single-CD versions of Tubular Bells (I'm not sure which one).

It is not present (or was mixed at a much lower level) on the original
LP version of Tubular Bells, and also in the CD version of the Boxed
set.

The first time I played it on my system (which has a Fried T subwoofer)
I thought an earthquake was in progress.  Seriously - it shook the
room.



From:    crabe@evans.den.mmc.COM (Carlyle J. Rabe 7-1697)

If you can find the Canadian recording of Albinoni's Adagio recorded by
the Toronto Chamber Orchestra you will fully exploit your new speakers'
bass response.  I would suggest removing all the breakables from the
room too! :)  The title is "Digital Delights", I cant remember the
conductor or label.  I found this thing in the local public library but
have been unable to find it in a record store.  Another one you might
try is the Telarc 'Star Tracks II' disc.  Track 2 is music from "Back
to the Future".  You will find some interesting orchestral horseplay in
this one as well.  I don't know if they go down to 32Hz, but they
certainly will satisfy anyone's yearning for deep, powerful
*BASS*!!!!!



From:    sheppard@hpnmdlc0.sr.hp.COM

I don't know if you are into lp's or not but I just got "Fiesta" on
Reference Recordings. It has a fantastic bass drum that is so real it
is sitting in the room with you. Who said turntables have no bass. This
one is amazing.  My spectrum analyzer has the last band at 31.5Hz and
it is below that.  It is classical type music so if you don't like
that, I withdraw the suggestion. Rock and Jazz usually don't get that
low. I have a couple of pipe organ cd's that get down there too but I
don't have the names with me.  If you get something recorded at Davies
Hall in San Francisco on that pipe organ, you can be assured of getting
into some low bass.



From:    Bob Neidorff <neidorff@makore.uicc.COM>

One cut on the Chieftans Celebration album has a digeredo which is
inaudible on most systems, but great belly wiggling sounds!



From:    lstowell@pyrnova.mis.pyramid.com (Lon Stowell)

   Any decent recording of Saint Saens Organ Symphony...of which the
   Telarc is not in some opinions the best.

   Thriller by Telarc.

   Bachbusters?

   Brothers In Arms by Dire Straits (the title song).  

   just about anything by Yello

   Bach organ, look for 32 foot pipes on the cover blurbs...

   The Planets.  I'll leave it to you whether you like the orchestra
		 version of Mars or the Tomita version.



From:    garyp@tekig5.pen.tek.com (Gary R Pimm)

One cd that I have that really gives my system a workout is Enya-
watermark.  It's great 'cept that one of my speakers has started
buzzing on the loud low bass passages. I think that it's the driver
that had 24Vdc applied to it for a couple of hours during a party many
years ago. We never noticed that we had blown up the right channel till
the next morning :). (The good old days!??)



From:    ri09+@andrew.cmu.edu (Robert W. Igo)

anything you can find by Shabba Ranks, or just reggae music in general

Also Sprach Zarathustra (first part was used as theme to 2001: a space
odessy)

I don't think The Planets has much bass at all, but it's still a good
work.

Queen albums have solid, deep drums, but not a whole lot of bass.
Still good to rock the house.



From:    loj@cae.wisc.edu (Lo Jeffrey)

Quincy Jones: Back on the Block (particularly the title track)

Stevie Wonder: Jungle Fever

Flim and the BB's: Big Notes (tracks 4 and 11)

Peter Gabriel: P.O.V. video (preferably the laser disk)

Pink Floyd: The Wall video (only the original release, the second run
of this videotape was really awful in comparison)



From:    lionel@cs.city.ac.uk (Lionel Tun)

Enya Enya or Watermark. Michael Murray Organ Blaster Sampler from
Telarc.



From:    lionel@cs.city.ac.uk (Lionel Tun)

>   Any decent recording of Saint Saens Organ Symphony...of which the
>   Telarc is not in some opinions the best.  

The recent recording with Murray, Badea and the Royal Philharmonic,
Telarc CD-80274 is IMHO the best.




From:    MHUGHES@MIAMIU.ACS.MUOHIO.EDU

Try:

  Inaugural Recording of the organ of St Eustache, Paris
  Jean Guillou, organ
  Dorian

  Sonatas of Julius Reubke
  Jean Guillou, organ
  Dorian

  Saint-Saens: Symphony No 3 ("Organ")
  Royal Philharmonic, Michael Murray, organ
  Telarc

This is but a few.  Actually, any organ CD on Dorian will provide a
good test on bass extension.



From:    gt0869a@prism.gatech.EDU (WATERS,CLYDE GORDON)

Telarc - Michael Murray on organ, Poulenc Organ Concerto in G Minor.

The disc name is Encores a la Francaise, I believe- it was recorded
here in Atlanta with the ASO in the Cathedral of St. Phipip right down
on Peachtree St.

This disc has some tones on it that must be down in the 16-18 Hz range,
at near 0 dB level (at least in comparison to the other sounds on the
track). It goes low, clean and LOUD. Especially at about 13:00 or so
into the track.(the track is 25 min. long, with one stretch at about
23:55 or so with a 1 min 5 second steady 25 Hz pedal tone!!! Talk about
heating up amps and subwoofers!)



From:    davidl+@pitt.edu (David C Leung)

Listen to LFO's album FREQUENCIES.  This album has set the standard for
deep speaker splitting bass.  LFO are like Kraftwerk, just much much
bassier!



From:    daniel@netcom.com (Sam Daniel)

Try the Dorian release of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, with
Jean Guillou on the pipe organ (DOR-90117).  You can almost _feel_ the
bass hitting you in the face.



From:    davidl+@pitt.edu (David C Leung)

In article <182653@pyramid.pyramid.com> lstowell@pyrnova.pyramid.com (Lon Stowe
ll) writes:

>>Listen to LFO's album FREQUENCIES.  This album has set the standard for
>>deep speaker splitting bass.      

>   Could you post more details?  [never heard of it...]

LFO is a group hailing from Sheffield England (an area of the UK famous
for its electronic minimalist sound).  To put it in a nutshell, LFO
sound like Kraftwer k except they tend to use a lot of BASS in their
recordings, hence their name :

L ow
F requency 
O scillation

If you like Kraftwerk, then most likely you will like LFO too.  They
are on the Tommy Boy label, and the cover of their album depicts a
warped picture of a man-figure against a spiral background.  Their only
album FREQUENCIES can be found in most any music store.



From:    michael.flood@channel1.com (michael flood)

>Try the Dorian release of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition,
>with Jean Guillou on the pipe organ (DOR-90117).  You can almost
>feel the bass hitting you in the face.

I agree!  I just picked it up on a CD shopping spree over the past
weekend.  It must be astounding on a system with a subterranean bass
response.  I am enjoying this one a lot.



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