Your Go to CD to Impress

@andy8400 yours is an excellent tip! I wonder why Mapleshade CDs are usually disregarded as audiophile delights, they are dirt cheap and sound better than most XRCDs, RR, or CDs from Naim or Linn labels. No blockbusters in Mapleshade catalog, but the sound is stunning! An excellent demo/advertisement for their hardware though!!

Depends on the person: for a Baptist minister friend I played the Messiah; 
for a young guy who wanted soothing strings, a Mozart string quartet; 
for someone who liked it lively, Armik, the neo-flamenco guitarist;
for classical nuts like me, either the Bach B minor mass; or to check out the bass, Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances...
Any random person? James Taylor. 

Try to find a CD or record they love or already are familiar with.  Then blow them away with how it sounds on your system!

2nd,

Diana Krall- Live in Paris

Tricycle by Slim and the BB'S. Followed  by Brothers in arms (Dire Straights)