What is your goto reference recording

What record CD or down load is the music that you use to judge your system by or shop with ?

tomstruck12-14-2017 3:44am

mapman Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 22,308 posts 12-14-2017 at 04:11am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I judge it by how well it plays everything. No one recording covers all the bases.
tom6897 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,484 posts 12-14-2017 at 04:23am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I use a CD that I made myself that includes 18 of my favorites. I have made several of these. They cover all genres that interest me. Two CD’s that I can recommend are, Mannheim Steamroller “Fresh Aire 7” and Diana Krall “Live in Paris”.
jim204 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 881 posts 12-14-2017 at 09:15am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Whenever I put something new in my system after things have settled down and I want to really start listening I always put on Mahler: Symphony No. 2 Valery Gergiev & London Symphony Orchestra because it has everything in it , massive dynamics, a solo vocal with hardly any accompaniment, great percussion and most of all wonderful playing. Quite the best recording I have of the fifteen versions in my library.