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Thread started 01/30/20 5:36pm

camilleisfunky

Best Prince album to test speakers

Hey guys
I bought 3 sets of speakers and want to only keep one. I plan to play one Prince album on each set of speakers and see which one I like best. Which Prince cd is the best in your opinion for the purposes of my test? An album that is diverse enough in sound, that hits highs, lows, etc.
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Reply #1 posted 01/30/20 8:51pm

TrivialPursuit

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But you know Prince music. Pick one yourself and don't worry about someone else's opinion. Do you. Play ALL the records.

Sorry, it's the Hodgkin's talking.
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Reply #2 posted 01/30/20 8:55pm

RODSERLING
1999
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Reply #3 posted 01/30/20 9:03pm

camilleisfunky
Honestly, I thought Come would be a good candidate. I like the sound of the album, it's got pretty much everything on it, and it's one of my faves. Wish I had the time to listen to all his albums on the 3 sets of speakers... I'm sure there's audiophiles amongst us on the org. I was curious to know how a Prince fan evaluates speakers.
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Reply #4 posted 01/30/20 9:17pm

BalladofPeterP
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The song "For You".

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Reply #5 posted 01/31/20 8:34am

embmmusic

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For me, The Rainbow Children is really well recorded, even better than a lot of albums which came after so personally I'd go with that one.

Check out The Collector's Guide to Prince on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/p...4ldzxwlEuy
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Reply #6 posted 01/31/20 8:41am

nayroo2002

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Play your favorite song on your new speakers.

"Whatever skin we're in
we all need 2 b friends"
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Reply #7 posted 01/31/20 8:44am

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embmmusic said:

For me, The Rainbow Children is really well recorded, even better than a lot of albums which came after so personally I'd go with that one.


That get my vote too. The start of Digital Garden is especially good for finding rattles and vibrations. Used to shake my old car to the core.

RIP sad
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Reply #8 posted 01/31/20 8:57am

RJOrion
Symbol Album sounds great to me
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Reply #9 posted 01/31/20 9:06am

rdhull

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TheEnglishGent said:

embmmusic said:

For me, The Rainbow Children is really well recorded, even better than a lot of albums which came after so personally I'd go with that one.


That get my vote too. The start of Digital Garden is especially good for finding rattles and vibrations. Used to shake my old car to the core.

This post has me listening to it after so many years

"Climb in my fur."
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Reply #10 posted 01/31/20 12:47pm

camilleisfunky
Thanks for the ideas. TRC it is!
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Reply #11 posted 01/31/20 2:43pm

emesem

Parade

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Reply #12 posted 01/31/20 3:19pm

callimnate

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camilleisfunky said:

Thanks for the ideas. TRC it is!

You got new speakers for this!? lol
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Reply #13 posted 02/01/20 12:53am

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TRC is a good call. I’d also go for 3121.
PIPS! Eurgh...
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Reply #14 posted 02/01/20 4:57am

camilleisfunky

callimnate said:

camilleisfunky said:

Thanks for the ideas. TRC it is!

You got new speakers for this!? lol

Haha
No, but my old ones are defective, so I had to. Also, TRC is a fantastic album in my opinion 😀 She loves me 4 me was my wedding song!
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Reply #15 posted 02/01/20 7:53am

udo

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RODSERLING said:

1999

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The Deluxe remaster version.

Pills and thrills and daffodils will kill... If you don't believe me or don't get it, I don't have time to try to convince you, sorry.
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Reply #16 posted 02/01/20 8:50am

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embmmusic said:

For me, The Rainbow Children is really well recorded, even better than a lot of albums which came after so personally I'd go with that one.



TRC is a strange choice, since it s a victim of loudness war.
The dynamic range is very low( an average of 4 or 5, when For You is at 17), and it sounds ultra compressed.
So if you have to test new speakers, TRC is a very bad example.
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Reply #17 posted 02/01/20 6:18pm

camilleisfunky

RODSERLING said:

embmmusic said:

For me, The Rainbow Children is really well recorded, even better than a lot of albums which came after so personally I'd go with that one.



TRC is a strange choice, since it s a victim of loudness war.
The dynamic range is very low( an average of 4 or 5, when For You is at 17), and it sounds ultra compressed.
So if you have to test new speakers, TRC is a very bad example.

Thanks for the info. I will play 1999 deluxe as well! So far it's a tie game between Polk and Klipsch.
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Reply #18 posted 02/02/20 3:04am

TryWhistlingTh
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I'd say have the closing track from Come on repeat for around an hour. Make sure you turn it up load so it brings out the bass in the backing vocal. Your neighbours will appreciate the reverberation and will never look at you the same. Trust me.

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Reply #19 posted 02/02/20 10:27pm

lavendardrumma
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Play something you know well, but not something you know so well you can't hear it with fresh ears.

I think I would try Sign of the Times. Maybe "If I was your girlfriend", since there's a lot of range and both natural and processed sounds.

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Reply #20 posted 02/03/20 5:19am

Neversin

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The "Purple Rain" remaster... If it sounds good then stear clear from those speakers and look for good ones...

Neversin.
O(+>NIИ<+)O

“Is man merely a mistake of God's? Or God merely a mistake of man's?”

- Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
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Reply #21 posted 02/03/20 8:04am

udo

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Neversin said:

The "Purple Rain" remaster... If it sounds good then stear clear from those speakers and look for good ones...

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WHAHAHAHAAHA!!!

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yeahthat

Pills and thrills and daffodils will kill... If you don't believe me or don't get it, I don't have time to try to convince you, sorry.
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