Songs you use when auditioning gear


What are some of your favorite songs to play when auditioning gear?  I often listen to Dreams by Fleetwood Mac.  Just about anything off of Gaucho or Aja by Steely Dan or Joni Mitchell’s Hejira or Hissing of Summer Lawns usually gets spun up too.  Dreams, in particular, is such a great song and is recorded with the balance I really like as well as a full and wide soundstage.  Wondering what some of yours are to see what I’m missing.

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very interesting ...

Thanks for the information...

 

The other is a recording of Didos Lament ("When I am Laid In The Earth") featuring Emma Kirkby. It starts off very quiet, and Kirkby doesn’t have the biggest voice compared to others that have recorded it (Jessye Norman, etc) but the volume and intensity ramp up and Kirkby has laser like intonation; I have found that systems that get this right will do well by vocal recordings