I have been listening to more techno and rap because I have loved the quality of the bass that my headphones can produce. To give you an example, when I listen to songs with really high bass I can actually feel my headphones vibrating on my head. For those that do not know I am running Sennheiser HD570 off of my Creative Audigy 2. I also if I want to feel the bass run my 6” computer sub wile using my headphones, I can not hear the lower quality sounding bass but I can feel it more on my chest which is a really nice feeling.
My dad will not let me play around with his audio setup in his room. He is running a Sony AMP, 2 Polk Tower Speakers for Fronts, 12” 650 watt Klipsch sub. His Polk speakers actually have 10” passive subs built into them so there is a ton of bass that is capable of coming out of that system. However for the time being he has rewired it so that his Polk speakers are running off of his Phase Linear 500 amp and Phase Linear 5000 Pre-Amp. And has the sub going with the JBL speakers as rears and an unknown brand in the front but they are better quality then the JBL speakers.
Well I am starting to put together a list of tracks that I have found to have a nice clear sounding bass that would be good for testing out sub equipment.
Almost anything by DJ Quicksilver is good. However these tracks in particular stuck out for me.
DJ Quicksilver – Eye of the Tiger (Techno Remix)
DJ Quicksilver – Thunderdome Megamix Trance
Here are some songs that are good as well:
50 Cent – Just a Lil Bit (This song has very low bass some systems may not be able to take full advantage of its lower range)
Usher – Yeah (Instrumentals) (I personally do not like the rap lyrics all that much so I listen to the instrumentals, this is another song where I can hear the low bass on my headphones because they have a better range then my Logitech speakers so you need a good system)
I will update this list when I have time tomorrow at school.
