Six KILLER HI-FI DEMO tracks + Tidal hi-res PRICE DROP

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@WMalven 4 месяца назад

As Alan Parsons said, "Audiophiles don't use their equipment to listen to your music, they use your music to listen to their equipment."

@trumptardtearcollector9867 4 месяца назад

I never knew that very well said by a musician and engineer I respect very much and when you think about it he is right I've heard all these songs million times but every time I upgrade my system I hear new things in the song that were always there but it's my equipment that's letting me here at. Also I'm an audio enthusiast not a audio file I don't have enough money to consider myself an audio file nor am I willing to spend more than a $1000 on any individual peace equipment.

@realleescoggins 4 месяца назад

He didn’t actually say that.

@WMalven 4 месяца назад

@@realleescoggins I stand corrected. An anonymous Slashdot commenter said it. It is, however an accurate statement in my opinion and experience.

@tubical71 4 месяца назад

I needed to actually built my entire repro system myself, because no HiFi speaker can give me the impact of a 50ltr standart 12/2 PA enclosure to start with....isually 80hz up to 15khz but you can feel the bass even played at usually room listening volumes.... Now I have a fully custom system which can repro 30hz up to 18khz flat with max 126dB SPL.. Enough headroom for everything...you feel the low end even as a volume setting which allows normal conversations... That's my form of high-end... And I listen mostly to drum&bass/funk/techno/classic EM (tangerine dream, Kraftwerk) and I built it to follow my needs... It's not for classical Musik.. No sir...but Eric Johnson - Manhatten does the trick ;) don't let someone telling you what you need... Chose your stuff according to your Music taste....only....you have to live with it, no one else...

@dangr123 4 месяца назад

@@realleescogginsright? I think that was Abraham Lincoln.

@Audiodreamer192-24 4 месяца назад

I got an email from tidal like a week ago saying my hifi plus subscription price is dropping. I am paying 27 a month CAD is going down to 13.99. Not often prices ever go down on anything 👍

@JulianKovalsky 2 месяца назад

Nothing beats almost every Yello track for hi-fi demos.

@g000se99 4 месяца назад

M O R E of this please. I pray for a ‘Darko selects electronic’ show. Friday night, a glass of wine, taking an hour to watch a 9 min video alongside a juicy soundsystem. Yes please! This is a perfect detox to a brutal week.

@peterlynn3190 4 месяца назад

One nite alone. Solo piano and voice by Prince. The cover has piano keys and a nest with blue eggs. Beautiful album.

@elliotthall5543 Месяц назад

Sure, gear info is often interesting, but I'm almost never in the market for new gear. The biggest reason I watch all your videos is specifically to broaden my playlists and to learn about music that is outside of my awareness. Thanks for that and please keep it up!

@user-og782 3 месяца назад

It's wonderful to be able to follow you on Tidal too, I appreciate what you do, thank you.😊👋❤️

@JBrazosCole 4 месяца назад

I always see music that I listen to on your videos and it makes your content that much better.

@miamizeusofmontreal 4 месяца назад

Darko, I rarely comment, but your are my smooth relaxing time listeting or viewing your audio. Thank you.

@richh650 4 месяца назад

It's all about the quality of the original recording master....

@DucatiKozak 4 месяца назад

Im not going to disagree, but at the studio level, and especially with recordings created in the last 30+ years, you're going to have a level of excellence that is fairly even. After that has been achieved, the quality of your delivery is what its all about (considering you have the quality of audio equipment able to reproduce said delivery)

@NawMan357 4 месяца назад

The “Hmmm” at the end of just about all the bloopers take were hilarious!!😂

@mattiaslundh8563 4 месяца назад

Tnx so much for these pearls 😊🙏 Really nice recordings and great music

@RickRolling-tc7vb 4 месяца назад

Darko's 6 tracks is a baker's half dozen. Always good value with you John, many thanks for the music. My life improves...

@pascalmarais2861 3 месяца назад

This was a great video despite me being a strictly Spotify subscriber. The breadth of my listening is so massive and I appreciate someone curating some tracks specifically for system tests. It narrows things down to something finite yet nicely varied. I look forward to running these tracks through my setup. Thanks Darko👌

@dougcampbell2814 4 месяца назад

John, I just read and viewed the post on your website, "Hi-fi show music is still a broken record - and, therefore, so am I". I felt the need to let you know how much I enjoy (and agree with) the subject matter and...how much I enjoy the professionalism of your website look and feel. The quality of your videos is also excellent quality and very enjoyable to me. You've really increased my enjoyment of this hobby for me and have helped to enlarge the types of music that I now enjoy. Kudos and thank you. 🎵

@mrcoolsun3142 4 месяца назад

Thanks for a great selection of music, nice change to see some of my favourites suggested as test tracks. Happy Tidal user here come 10 April.

@BryanRuby 4 месяца назад

I now have a Darko Hi-Fi DEMO tracks playlist in Roon! Thanks! I've been into Qobuz but giving Tidal another try with the price cut.

@budgetaudiophilelife-long5461 4 месяца назад

THANKS JOHN, LOOKING FORWARD TO TRYING YOUR SUGGESTIONS 🤗😎💚💚💚

@KeenAesthetic1 4 месяца назад

You mentioned Atom TM sometime ago. Most of your suggestions are not my cuppa genre-wise but that one's audiophile gold for me. I'mma check the rest of these!

@Raginmund33 4 месяца назад

Hey Netflix, Disney, HBO, are you taking notes? A price drop is possible.

@ccntwc 4 месяца назад

This is great news. Thank you! I can now enjoy tidal natively on my WiiM pro plus at that price

@sirndimz3418 4 месяца назад

Thanks for the great suggestions

@jamesa.4451 4 месяца назад

As a huge Prince fan, who purchased the Old Friends For Sale on release day back in 99, it’s nice to see 5 Women getting some recognition in the audiophile world. I’d also recommend When The Lights Go Down from the same album.

@octothorpe12 4 месяца назад

!00% Slept-on album. Yes, it was a contractual obligation album, but when you're Prince, even your throw-aways are gonna be pretty spectacular.

@MrUran11 4 месяца назад

The Smile -"Speach Bubbles" sounds wonderful.

@samuelreggio1611 4 месяца назад

Still love that you love Autechre. Draft 7.30 is a record I use to test gear changes. Cheers!

@markpearson1006 3 месяца назад

I can never tire of listening to Babylon Sisters - dont mess with Chuck and Bernard! Great channel

@kubjohal 4 месяца назад

So pleased you mentioned Prince .... The whole album is brilliant ....

@sudipchatterjee 4 месяца назад

When I read the news about Tidal a week ago, I thought about your earlier comments about its Hi-fi plus plan. Well, they apparently listened to you, John!

@esaranba47 3 месяца назад

Thank you for a wonderful and very eclectic playlist. That Perro del Mar song right after Rammstein is such a great combo...can't imagine them at an audio show 😅(it would be great though). You should do more videos like these, showing us what you are looking for in different tracks.

@darrellross8609 3 месяца назад

The " HD " track is awesome.

@tronalddump404 4 месяца назад

Thx for the nice tracks! Sharing music is one of the great joys in life. Try Why Why Why Why Why from Sault, it keeps moving me

@mrkitewine7700 4 месяца назад

At the Bristol HiFi show last year, Spendor were blasting out Shamanic Tales by Astrix to demo their A4 speakers. It was the first time I’d heard it, and it went straight onto my “showcase” playlist despite it being rather long. The soundstage is incredible.

@MrShufunk 4 месяца назад

Great recommendations!

@sixergixer 3 месяца назад

Love the Ghostly Int. tee!

@DadTS13 3 месяца назад

You’re going to be in trouble if Dianna Krall releases an IDM album.

@ohiocitydave 4 месяца назад

I’m always a big fan of El Guincho’s “Pop Negro” album this time of year. Just never gets old.

@DaPunkNdFunk 4 месяца назад

It's a great day to love music ❤

@razza83 4 месяца назад

Just listened to Friction with some headphones on, what a great track!!

@ralphm5840 3 месяца назад

Killer playlist... thanks so much for this! Yup... amazing sound to show how good 44.1/16 streaming can be. I've been a very happy Tidalee for years.

@andBro 3 месяца назад

I appreciate John very much, unbeknownst to me, so far, personally

@StevenRobinson1978 4 месяца назад

Holy moly AtomTM HD is an absolute audiophile journey over DLNA using Mojo and Poly and SE846.

@broadhurst5000 4 месяца назад

So good to see electronic music represented in the audiophile sphere... the stuff coming out these days is on the next level of production and sonic soundscapes... yummy.

@AH-wr1ir 4 месяца назад

my fav track of princes "the vault" is "when the lights go down" they wig out it has a real freedom to it.

@ericjenkins2737 4 месяца назад

One track I often recommend is the opening track “Shona Bridge” from Michael Brook’s fantastic album Cobalt Blue.

@DAMN11KIDS 4 месяца назад

Loving the ghostly swim shirt 😎🤙

@lesporque 4 месяца назад

My ultimate demo track (but also far too long) is the 28 minute version of "The Box" by Orbital, it's basically 4 songs in one. Has good dynamic range, electronic sounds, piano, harpsichord, great stereo image, actual bass plus male and female vocals. The CD single has them split but they released it as a single track on a second disc of early pressings of In Sides.

@dilbyjones 4 месяца назад

I love hifi show music but too much already. Love it.

@higurashinerd 4 месяца назад

Tidal finally did what I needed them to do in order to add them to my lineup. Now just add a playback information REST API like Spotify has so I can pull the playhead position, BPM/Temp, Album art, etc of the current track through an API, and I'll be 100% sold.

@dangr123 4 месяца назад

You're going to make me watch it again to write down the songs, aren't you? 😆 😑

@DingoVegetarian 4 месяца назад

I’m finding your channel very helpful as I re-invest in my love of music. I was wondering if you’ve ever considered creating or recommending playlists?

@OldGuyHifi 4 месяца назад

Great info and playlist. Anxious to get your take on the CSN100. I know Randy loved and would like to get opinion. Thx.

@DeeDeeDanone 4 месяца назад

I mostly follow your channel for excellent music tips. Stuff I’ve not heard in years or long-forgotten stuff that slipped past my radar. I used to be into audiophile gear but I’m past that now. Apple Music and Momentum 4 headphones are a humble setup that do me fine. Music > Sound.

@andrewz925 4 месяца назад

You should make an official Darko Audio Spotify playlist if you don't have something like that out there.

@HIFIDaydreaming 4 месяца назад

I like to find mix between music I listen regularly and those HIFI demo showroom songs, when testing a device. As I believe many newer audience, is searching a way to listen to their favorite songs, on bigger fidelity and exploring backrooms of their songs that they did not even know that they exist full of new details. One of the song which I like to test HIFI is Steven Wilson - Luminol. Steven is well know in production world as a savant, when it comes to mastering and producing. This song have many production and musicianship qualities to test sound. You can test by seeing how unit separate layers, how the soundstage opens, texture in details, the attack and definition of bass. But also as it is a longer progressive track, it has it`s share of also mellow parts with just vocals to test imaging and clarity. David Sylvian - I Surrender is so impeccable produced that it is a good track to test gear no matter the source and is also there to test smooth warm sound. Radiohead - National Anthem for bass and sub bass etc. I am jumping of joy when I discover music that I enjoy and is superbly produced, because that dynamic range of song is all about HIFI. Great video as always.

@munkienl1 3 месяца назад

Just cleaned and played a used vinyl record of Tears for Fears/The seeds of love. Real bass, drums and guitar on an 80's production! And amazing sonics.

@loriscornelissen4048 4 месяца назад

Companies usually don't tend to give out "gifts", maybe Spotify CD quality will actually release this year and their trying to stay ahead.

@warrenpchi 4 месяца назад

Unspoken by Pacific! (which incidentally features El Perro Del Mar) is a delicious track for testing bass, or the lack thereof. 😋

@grabtharandhishammer8251 4 месяца назад

Gotta say John, I've found some fantastic songs and artists following your demos. Keep up with the left of field recommendations. Tidal Australia doesn't seem to feel the love for the Ramstein track :( cant find it.

@ionutfloares6958 4 месяца назад

I do believe When Lights go Down from the same album from Prince is as good song as any to test things and that’s my humble opinion 🙂

@miroslavbazitov183 4 месяца назад

And du bist eine machine

@stephencosta6814 4 месяца назад

You are amazing reviewer and person love your channel you bring us so much information that we need❤❤❤❤

@saltedpeanut5571 4 месяца назад

Atom(tm) for the win! Love that album! And his production and sound quality within the realm of electronic music is immaculate. Try that album out, y'all.

@swissgator6312 4 месяца назад

The Tidal execs must have watched your previous video on pricing John! 😉

@aphex2k 4 месяца назад

I spotted the Aphex Twin mug. High 5.

@milanulrich 3 месяца назад

oh yeah, just re-discovered AtomTM recently and my top one is Riding the Void. That sharp bass grips my guts on R3's with Hegel. Btw is that the new H190v? Is that so much of the difference against original H190 and mostly...how is the phono MM input?😊

@rogerhuston8287 4 месяца назад

I was a Tidal user for 6 years, but left after the MQA fiasco.

@TrevorCameron-oj3de 3 месяца назад

Thank you John !! I really enjoy your content, wit and taste in music. I have used shazam to identify funky music you play as an interlude, many times, this is a bonus! ... as for the haters, they are all a tad tiresome. Ta' mate.

@TheWeardale1 3 месяца назад

i haven't watched this video yet (on my list) and it's too late now @ 1am... but check out Biosphere track 'field' from the album insomnia...magic!!

@DucatiKozak 4 месяца назад

Marquee Moon is one of my top 10 all-time favorite somgs. Tidal does have the album in MAX . A lot has changed since MQA was deprecated. But in my opinion to my ears, some of the MQA recordings were better than the FLAC replacements offered up now.

@gavincole5793 3 месяца назад

The Lost Highway soundtrack is full of great tracks. Will deffo check out AtomTM. 👍

@wilmah8565 4 месяца назад

Your music taste is what brought me to your channel in the first place. Thank you!

@ahhhdeosmile 4 месяца назад

Is a, for example, a 192 hi rez, just an up sampling of lower rez, or is it created from the master digital or otherwise material or digital master ? On all platforms we don’t have this info. Is it less or more than upsampling on a user DAC ?

@pickyaudiophile9898 4 месяца назад

Maybe it's my hearing, my brain ....or maybe just a matter of taste...but Qobuz to me just sounds superiour by a smitch.

@Paul0326 3 месяца назад

Qobuz is better!

@cyberblut 4 месяца назад

I use Rammstein’s song Herzeleid from the same album (Herzeleid that is) as Heirate Mich, that one gives more “info” on how system sounds

@jenspussel4876 3 месяца назад

pop aschde! thank you!

@ianhinds3480 4 месяца назад

BT Firewater. Superb. Or anything from ESCM.

@mcalnd 4 месяца назад

My top six demo tracks Strength Of Character - China Crisis (Original CD Master) Papa Don't Preach - Madonna (Original Vinyl) Cold Blue Steel And Sweet Fire - Joni Mitchell (Original Vinyl) Mustapha - Queen (Original Vinyl) I.G.Y (International Geophysical Year) - Donald Fagan (Original CD Master) It's Grim Up North - The Justified Ancients Of Mu Mu (Original 12" Vinyl) - just for a laugh to see if your system can cope with it! Note: No remasters in this one - all originals - for example the Joni Mitchell track - all digital versions just don't have the incredible wide soundstage as the original vinyl

@PrismApplied 4 месяца назад

Interesting songs. Especially AtomTM. The Prince is way too bright to be considered any kind of reference.

@tdmduc 4 месяца назад

Rammstein "Heirate Mich" ...... a difficult pill to swallow....hahhaha to put it mildley.

@Rumeel12708 3 месяца назад

So with the new Tidal subscription, do the song downloaded songs automatically download to Max settings? Or do I have to redownload them?

@LencoTB 4 месяца назад

What is that white box that you have after your yellow power cable that is plugged into your Hegel amp?

@markhill4591 4 месяца назад

Anything by Monolake works wonders for me when I'm testing speakers/headphones etc.

@StevenRobinson1978 4 месяца назад

Thanks for the tip.

@slpcorner 4 месяца назад

I Love U (Like I Love My Drum Machine)

@jips123 4 месяца назад

Saw Rammstein live. Loud is an understatement. Nice though…

@GOZES 3 месяца назад

Is there any more videos about electronic music coming?

@nosurname9652 4 месяца назад

I have a feeling that whole video idea was to achieve ppl stop watching only parts they interested in, using time codes and watch whole video 😂. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

@DarkoAudio 4 месяца назад

It's a short video. Short enough not to time code.

@magnaman94 4 месяца назад

Listen to the flying mars. Album vibradimensional song vitamin. And album jambalaya, song aereo. Absolutely genius.

@johnmckay428 4 месяца назад

morph the cat, Donald Hagen - baby face, lou reed - Saturday Night, Cold Chisel - limbo, Yello - you and your sister, this mortal coil ✅ 🎧

@FransbertSchermerMV 4 месяца назад

What about the new 1985 Waterboys album This is the Sea on vinyl?

@user-br2en2ol1q 4 месяца назад

Try Joe Cocker’s version of 5 Women, also good production but not as compressed as the Prince version.

@anotherfatbeardedmantalkin5893 4 месяца назад

I like your taste in music, not that it's all up my street, I appreciate the diversity. I listen to a lot of Bluegrass, new and old, but no one in the audio system RU-vid world ever gives an indication of how new speakers, amps, streamers, dacs, and the like deal with the high lonesome sound of Bluegrass. Come on, John 😉

@91gymna 4 месяца назад

You should put " Hugh Maselka - Stimela or Lady from the Hope Livealbum in your playliste.. it is an phenomenal Album with some African rythims. It is so engaging and if you d ont tap with your feed the system is to steril ( based on my own experience)✌️😉

@johnpischedda6951 4 месяца назад

Great album ! Grazing in the Grass also a killer track

@analogueman5364 4 месяца назад

Stimela is stunning - musically and recording.

@sheqse 4 месяца назад

when i got the mail that delivered the news that from 10th of April i would pay only 5 euros for hi-res i though about your video you did about it :} i think you have something with this price drop and ruff competition too.

@kyleo2113 3 месяца назад

Ever try Audirvana? Roon is great with the polish and extras but if it is sound quality Audirvana is the winner. JMHO

@AndreasNeofytou 4 месяца назад

Is that the Sony Xperia 1 V? Are you still planning to review the ZenFone?

@Sanjjeev21 4 месяца назад

please share your Tidal playlist, thank you :)

@DarkoAudio 4 месяца назад

I have already.

@Sanjjeev21 4 месяца назад

@@DarkoAudio thank you I’m sorry I missed it ☺️

@Grrrr3FKAGrrrrGrrrrGrrrr 3 месяца назад

@@Sanjjeev21 There is a link in the description

@dazz1566 4 месяца назад

I've created a playlist and added those tracks on Apple Music. Prince one is on there at 16/44. (I'm a physical media - vintage audio gear person). John? Have you heard of a duo called Parallox who are from Oz? They're really good. They do their own music and cover's. Including the whole first two Human League albums. Being a synth nut (Dance is actually my fave genre), it's great to hear albums from my teens get a reinterpretation. I hope you will like them too? Travelogue especially is an inspired reimagining. Stay safe.

@RM-wy1pi 4 месяца назад

Hi darko. Can u make a video on snapdragon aptx HD vs mediatek codec audio quality. Since lot of the manufacturers are going with mediatek chipsets. Would like your inputs on it

@kubjohal 4 месяца назад

I wonder if their price cut is in response to Spotify releasing 'hi res' imminently.....?!?