# What is the first song you (would) play on new speakers? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 14, 2010, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-first-song-you-would-play-on-new-speakers/539390 "2010-05-14T03:29:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2010, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-first-song-you-would-play-on-new-speakers/539390/41 "2010-05-17T16:15:30Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > Derek & the Dominos. Layla. Great record, but not a good recording. ---
**Author:** ![Chicken\_Fingers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Chicken\_Fingers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicken_Fingers)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2010, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-first-song-you-would-play-on-new-speakers/539390/42 "2010-05-17T17:33:24Z")
_King’s Lead Hat_ by Brian Eno. Great song with a lot going on. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2010, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-first-song-you-would-play-on-new-speakers/539390/43 "2010-05-17T17:41:49Z")
Fanfare for the Common Man “Hero of the Day,” Metallica ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-first-song-you-would-play-on-new-speakers/539390/44 "2010-05-18T00:41:19Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > One of my lifetime topten albums, the Holly Cole Trio’s _ **Temptation** _, has a reputation among audiophiles and high-end audio dealers as a good way to demonstrate a system’s capabilities. Track two, “Train Song,” has about the best possible combination of silence to high volume, low to high frequencies, etc. It’s included on more than one industry demo disc. I’ll second that. I had the pleasure of seeing the Holly Cole Trio in a small club on the tour for that album, so I know how accurately the recording duplicates the sound of these brilliant performers. There is a tradition among audiophiles of the need to “calibrate their ears” - if they are gathered for a trade show, they’ll go out at night to a jazz or classical concert to remember what they are trying to duplicate. Personally I don’t believe that speakers have to be “broken in”, and would like to double-blind test this with multiple pairs of speakers and an A/B/X comparator. Some pairs would be fresh out of the box and some would be “broken in” with various types of music over various periods. ---
**Author:** ![ducati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-first-song-you-would-play-on-new-speakers/539390/45 "2010-05-18T17:14:36Z")
Chuck Mangione. Land of Make Believe. Loud. ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-first-song-you-would-play-on-new-speakers/539390/46 "2010-05-18T17:31:56Z")
_Speak to Me / Breathe_ – Pink Floyd, The Dark Side of the Moon (I suggest the remastered CD version found in the _Shine On_ box set.) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Real\_Regency\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@The\_Real\_Regency\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Real_Regency_Elf)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-first-song-you-would-play-on-new-speakers/539390/47 "2010-05-18T18:21:37Z")
[Anthem](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqfqytdd_38) by the Wildhearts because it has this unexpected sonic boom-type effect (the first one is at 1:07) that most speakers can’t reproduce for shite. I’ve only ever heard it as it was “supposed” to sound on one set of speakers at an audiophile friend’s house. And it was cooo-ooool. Too bad the rest of the album sounds like it has the 5:15 express train to Glasgow dubbed over it. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-first-song-you-would-play-on-new-speakers/539390/48 "2010-05-18T20:34:01Z")
Anything by the Chili Peppers. (Preferably _Dani California_ or maybe _Storm in a Teacup_.) ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-first-song-you-would-play-on-new-speakers/539390/49 "2010-05-20T11:15:13Z")
It has a limited vocal and dynamic range, but it covers the speaking ability and ear-worm tests: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/MtN1YnoL46Q/hqdefault.jpg "The Duck Song") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtN1YnoL46Q) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-first-song-you-would-play-on-new-speakers/539390.md?page=2)