Tracks that bring out the best of YOUR digital system


My faves-never fail to get toes tapping or give goosebumps. Qobuz

-Feels so good (C. Mangione)

-little by little (R. Plant)

-Do you believe instrumental (poolside)

-all night long (Lionel)

-this must be the place (talking heads)

-hang on to your love (Sade)

-rock you gently (j. Warnes)

-don’t stop me now (queen)

-lonely stranger (Clapton)

-So lonely (police)

-just like you (satin jackets)

-innocent man (b. Joel)

-in love (melosense)

silhouette (goldroom)

 

What are your faves?

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M Ward and The Be Good Tanyas always sound like they are in the room, and kicking boxes on the floor. 

Anything off the album Some Devil by Dave Matthews especially the tracks Oh and Some Devil.

Well, I'm surprised at how few members listed classical music.  I contend that if you don't use at least some well-recorded classical music for demo purposes, it's hard to pick accurate components.  Here are some that sound especially good to me:

Reference Recordings HDCD of Copland (Fanfare for the Common Man, Appalachian Spring, etc.)  The slam of the drums on "Fanfare" will bowl you over if your system can reproduce that aspect well.  Goosebump music on this disc, at least for me.

Philharmonia Baroque CD of Rameau Orchestral Suites (very realistic sound, with more dynamic drums than the two-SACD by Jordi Savall; Rameau's compositions really stand out compared to the more well-known baroque composers)

Bach organ works by Masaaki Suzuki (96k/24-bit, streamed on Qobuz--these give good soundstaging and bass from the organ pedals)

And for some non-classical picks:

The Fred Hersch Trio Plays...    Chesky Records CD--very realistic ambience, natural recording of jazz classics

Michael Stearns  Planetary Unfolding  (24-bit, 44.1k Qobuz stream)   One of the all-time best space music classics, with remarkable 3-D effects as well as much more developed composition than most works in this genre.

I'm actually a fan and practitioner of rock music, but most recordings of it are so compressed and artificial, it's hard for me to think of really good recordings in that genre.  I will check out some mentioned above, such as the Unplugged recordings that I haven't listened to in their best versions.

@audioman58 Are you really so deep into the camp that believes sound quality and enjoyment are inexorably tied to the price of your components? There are actually those of us who derive great pleasure from entire systems that come in at prices for less than your recommended minimum for a single component. Some of us actually need or want to stay within a budget.