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CD's you bring for auditioning

Do you also have some CD's which you use to audition equipment and which will reveal immediately shortcomings, eg I use

Buddy Guy - Sweet Tea (first couple of tracks can be unbelievable hard to listen to on some equipment

Pink Floyd - DSOTM, checkout the bass, the clocks can sound 'washed' up on some over-tubed systems

Pink Floyd - The Wall , played at loud volume will immediately reveal shortcomings on loudspeakers

and yours...
vinylmeister
chashmal
605 posts
 
1. Orlando Gibbons "fantasias for viols' (Jordi Savall)
2. John Coltrane "Coltrane quartet plays"
3. Cannon's Jug Stompers yazoo comp
4. Morton Feldman "Coptic light" (Michael Tilson Thomas)
5. Jimi Hendrix "Band of Gypsies"
bongofury
1,160 posts
 
Paul Kelly, May 1992, Neil Young, On the Beach, Willie Nelson, Teatro.
honest1
586 posts
 
I always use something from Greg Brown. Great for checking out midbass richness. His voice shouild sound appropriately gravelly and powerful.
I don't like to use my favorite recordings because with repeated listening, the joy of listening to them for fun can wear off. I like to use recordings that I like enough to listen to over and over, but not ones that I really enjoy listening to when not auditioning equipment.
rsorren1
27 posts
 
1. Cream Live at Royal Albert Hall
2. Diana Krall - From This Moment On
3. Ray Brown - Soular Energy
4. Larry Carlton - Greatest Hits Re-recorded
5. Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (deluxe edition)
6. Shelby Lynne - Just a Little Lovin

Select cuts from the above CDs seems to test all elements of system performance.
herman
2,259 posts
 
and those select cuts and elements tested by each selection would be ??????????
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