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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Tiger Prowl - Cualli (EDM)

Steamer Lane Breakdown - Doobie Brothers  (acoustic)

Deathamphetamine - Exodus (metal)

Sad But True - Metallica (drums)

I Can't Make You Love Me - Bonnie Raitt (vocals)

Chocolate Chip Trip by Tool. Does some crazy spatial things and lots of panning side to side/ up & down.  I'm not a Tool fan,  but I bought this album. It's quality! 

music I am familiar with and which has a lot of dynamic range. Some of the blu-ray audio recordings on AIX records;  Dark Side of the Moon and others.

Art Pepper's Nature Boy if you primarily want to test acoustic instrument fidelity.