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[Revmaster]

Have you ever tried to fine tune your car?s audio system? If you ever have, you?d realize that it?s not easy. Sometimes you?d get the treble right, at the cost of bass, and some other times you would get both right at the cost of vocals. The best manually tuned audio system that I have come across was on a Fiat Palio tuned by Kiran Kadaba, who also does performance testing for us every once in a while.
Matt Kirsch, an audio engineer with General Motors, has come up with a list of sings that you could play on your audio system and look for certain specific things to fine tune it. Here?s the list, along with the details that you need to look for
1.    "Don't Know Why" by Norah Jones. Listen for Norah's voice to sound natural, and centered in front of you.
2.    "Diamonds and Rust" by Joan Baez. Listen for strong vocals, and for the instruments to be set across a wide sound stage.
3.    "No One" by Alicia Keys. Listen for clarity in Alicia's vocals and spacious background sound.
4.    "Hotel California" by the Eagles. Listen for the clarity and dynamic range during the opening guitar solo, and of course the powerful drum beat.
5.    "Boom Boom Pow"by the Black Eyed Peas. Listen for powerful, accurate bass beats, even at full volume.
6.    "Rock that Body"by the Black Eyed Peas. Listen clear, intelligible lyrics over the powerful, persistent bass beat.
7.    "Hide and Seek"by Imogen Heap. Listen for the enveloping ambience of the song, building on the openness and dynamic vocals.
8.    "He Mele No Lilo" by Mark Keali'i Ho'omalu from Lilo and Stitch.Listen for the ambience and staging as the children's chorus is offset by powerful bass.
9.    "Bird on a Wire" by Johnny Cash. Listen for the clarity in Johnny's distinctive voice, and his guitar to sound natural and free of any coloration.
10.    "Packt Like Sardines in a Crushd Tin Box" by Radiohead. Listen for the punch from the percussive bass, and the ring of the steel drums.
Courtesy : USA Today

[satyenpoojary]

Awesome info...
Will try this on my iPod for a custom EQ

[pulsurge]

Waaaah...nice technique!