SUBWOOFER BASS MUSIC TEST TRACKS AND DEMOS FROM THE SVS COMMUNITY

Bass. It’s the sonic foundation of music. The layer of sound that makes you tap your toe, nod your head and instantly recollect a song after only a few seconds. Musical bass notes can also reach below the threshold of human hearing (about 20Hz), like when a pipe organ or EDM bass drop hits that guttural tone. Below this frequency, sound is only perceived by the sense of touch. You’re literally feeling the music.

Not all bass is created equal though. To get the most out of your music, you need a quality format like CDs, high-res streaming or FLAC files and capable full-range speakers, or better yet, an SVS subwoofer, to re-create the full dynamic impact and extreme low frequency extension present in music. This post is about recommending and discussing great subwoofer test tracks, but if you are interested in learning how to evaluate low frequency sound and choosing a subwoofer based on your listening preferences, check out 5 Things to Listen For When Choosing a Subwoofer.

To create the list, we asked our social media community the following question:

“We’re writing a post about the best music to show off a subwoofer, what are your favorite albums or songs for chest-thumping, toe-tapping bass?

We organized the results by musical genre and gave credit to those who chimed in. By no means is this list complete, but it’s a great playlist of bass-friendly music and we look forward to growing it as new music emerges and your feedback flows in! On that note, please drop your favorite bass music test tracks and albums in the comments.

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Subwoofer Test Track List

Techno / Electronic /EDM

Fakear, Daft Punk – Billy Alibluedy
Long Way Down, Bass Mekanik – Eric Hammond
Pink Froid, Infected Mushroom – Anders Steen
Computer Love, Techmaster P.E.B – Ian Smith
Lonewolf, Emdi x Coorby – Phill Robson
This Sound is for the Underground, Krome & Time – Aaron Hole
The Orb’s Adventures Beyond the Underworld, The Orb – Mark Pavey
Under the Influence, The Chemical Brothers – Steve Bull
The Afterlife, Funki Porcini – Richard Somerville
Suntoucher, Groove Armada – Michael Bisceglia
Pulsating Reality, MantisMash – Chad Theofanopoulos
Butterfly, Bass Nectar – Darren Boxhall
The Hills are Alive, Coil – Hri Neil

Watermelon, Ed Rush + Optical – Kai Alvey
Cat Thruster, Deadmau5 – Alex Redman
Super Electric, Bomfunk MCs – Jordan Eves
Warrior’s Dance, Prodigy – Stephen Hayes
Walking with Elephants, Ten Walls – Terry Lowe
Leftfield, Phat Planet – Christian Holm
Fight Club Soundtrack, Fight Club (movie) - @subcrunk
Infinity, Guru Josh - @_neppp
Hear this Style, The Others - @victor_von_honiges
Pandorum - Punish, Code - @faezermusic
Still Standing, Headhunterz - @discostu121
Only You, Digital - @preservationbar

Hip-Hop, R&B and Funk

Worldwide Choppers, Tech N9n – Ben Farrell
License to Ill, Beastie Boys – Scott Capman
Partition, Beyonce – Warwick Brown
On My Level, Wiz Khalifa – Rich Prescott
Yeah, Usher – Bharath Spykee
Crucial Situation, Don Carlos – Thabo Buthelezi
Baduizm, Erykah Badu – Tau Danielsson
I Need a Freak, Too Short – Guy Faulkner
Rigomortis, Kendrick Lamar – Trevor Richardson
Funky Monkey, Mandrill – Henry Thompson
Fool for Your Stockings, ZZ Top – Russ Gladstone
Thug Motivation 101, Young Jeezy – Matt O’Hearn
Dope Man, N.W.A – Lonnie Murphy
Hail Mary, Tupac – Saman Vakili
Boom Boom Pow, Black Eyed Peas – Craig Lapp
Go Deep, Janet Jackson – Brian Abbott
Cherish the Day, Sade – Kirk Denetclaw

Ghostface, Schoolboy Q – Marc Jones
Criminal, Eminem – Nolan Naylor
2001, Dr. Dre – Dinki Beckwith
Maybac Music, Rick Ross – William Smith
The Dukey Stick, George Dukey – Paul Reed
No Type, Rae Srummord – Jay Bird
Shiftee, Onyx – Duane Morris
The Massacre, 50 Cent – Jimmy Blake
Together Again, Janet Jackson - @kirkleft
Magnolia, Playboi Carti - @sebastianlgabor
Low End Theory, A Tribe Called Quest - @djdextrous76
Regulate, Warren G. - @pyrrah_
Drop the Bass, Magic Mike - @joepete58
Magenta Riddim, DJ Snake and The Weekend - @nikhil1037
Let’s Groove, Earth, Wind & Fire - @jessesnyder6
Iced Out, Lil Pump - @kysfagboy123

Classic Rock

Sultans of Swing, Dire Straits – Eric Lapp
Diamonds in the Soles of Her Shoes, Paul Simon – Miguel Quinones
You Shook Me All Night Long, AC/DC – Adrian La Rocca
Pulse, Pink Floyd – Walter McGhee
Bad Sneakers, Steely Dan – Tom Mundal
Hotel California, Eric Clapton Version – Michael Shelton
Moby Dick, Led Zeppelin – Sean Hays
Inside Looking Out (Live), Grand Funk Railroad – William Chism
Echoes (Live in Gdansk), David Gilmour – Lea Newton

The God that Failed, Metallica – Weetam Cutchy
Witch Hunt, Rush – Daniel Wells
Los Endos, Genesis – Joe Bartiromo
It’s a Kind of Magic, Queen – Joe Wareing
Dirty Laundry, Don Henley - @_snapchad_
No More Tears, Ozzy Osbourne - @bluewaterchef
The Seventh Seal, Van Halen - @mcgavinj
Synchronicity (Live), The Police - @redsabound

Heavy Metal

New Elysium, CellDweller – Ben Farrell
Du Hast, Rammstein – Daniel Williamson
Freak on a Leash, Korn – David Smith
13 Steps, Pantera – Chris Ahven

11th Hour, Lamb of God – Christopher Leblanc
Sonder, Tessaract - @bdeelman
War, Mutemath - @justonai
Nothing Else Matters, Metallica – Nick Green

Jazz and Classical

Kites, Submotion Orchestra – Mark Ginsberg
Another Lifetime, Simon Phillips – Edwin Hurd
Ain’t No Sunshine, Boney James – Nick Cole
Jupiter, The Planets (Holst) – Andrew Coates
Toccata & Fugue D Minor, BWV. 565, Bach (Performed by Hannes Kastner) – Paul Taylor

Bachbusters, Don Dorsey – Mark Boyton
1812 Overture, Tchaikovsky - @ochto_neves
Into Darkness, Thomas Bergerson - @benbenkr
Fading Sun, Terje Isungset - @tluomaaho

Alternative/Other

Golden, Kylie Minogue – Erwin Michel Llano
Sail, AWOLNATION – Ross MacGarvey
Long After You’re Gone, Chris Jones – Rob Kingman
Electric Café, Kraftwerk – Travis Yarbrough
Post, Bjork – Dean Rosenberg
Walk on Water, 30 Seconds to Mars – Jack Rowbury
Limit Your Love, James Blake – Dmitryi Patsko
Decaf, White Clouds – Michael Shelton
Flight of the Cosmic Hippo, Bela Fleck & The Flecktones – Jeff Ritzema
The Package, A Perfect Circle – Greg Morrison

Lucky Star, Alex Lloyd – Leif Acworth
Islands, Sara Bareilles – Jeffrey Forner
Going Down to Boston, Dropkick Murphys – Mitchell Fournier
Journey to Arnhemland, Jamiroquai – Brett Hammond
Frankenstein, Edgar Winter – Rod Martinez
Set Me Free, Chris Rea – Kym Pridham
Live at the Dome, Human League – Mark Hinton
Splinter, Gary Numan – Steve Baret
Frogstomp, Silverchair - @william.stanton

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Reference performance hits an all-time low with the 1000 Pro Series. Includes all-new 12-inch high-excursion drivers, 325 watts RMS, 820+ watts peak power amplifier with discrete MOSFET output, 50 MHz Analog Devices DSP, and the SVS subwoofer control smartphone app for advanced tuning and control.

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Reference quality bass, groundbreaking SVS value. The 4000 Series feature 13.5-inch high-excursion driver, 1,200 watts RMS, 4,000+ watts peak power amplifier with fully discrete MOSFET output and SVS smartphone app for convenient DSP and control.

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