My first go to is "Ode to a Butterfly" by Nickle Creek
Best song for immediate impact when presenting or testing?
I, as most of you, have my regular tunes that I play or listen to when trying out a new system or playing music for friends. My current starter is 'Feels like Rain' by Aaron Neville. It engages me immediately because I love it so, but it is also very well recorded and has a bass voice doing backup which in the right system has a real visceral impact.
I was at an Audio shop recently, listening to my standards, and wanted to show the sales consultant a piece that he might not have heard. I played 'Golden Rust' off the Miles Gurtu album. After about 30 seconds, he pulled out his device and added the song to his favorites. I asked why did he add so quickly, and he said that the opening electronica had a three dimensional stereophonic quality that made a remarkable impression right off the bat. I paraphrase lightly; that was his comment.
What pieces do you play of any genre that have an immediate impact, especially for people listening to a good system for the first time?
I was at an Audio shop recently, listening to my standards, and wanted to show the sales consultant a piece that he might not have heard. I played 'Golden Rust' off the Miles Gurtu album. After about 30 seconds, he pulled out his device and added the song to his favorites. I asked why did he add so quickly, and he said that the opening electronica had a three dimensional stereophonic quality that made a remarkable impression right off the bat. I paraphrase lightly; that was his comment.
What pieces do you play of any genre that have an immediate impact, especially for people listening to a good system for the first time?
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Greetings all. Thanks for playing. I created a public playlist on Qobuz called Cheap & Tawdry. It's about 80% accurate. Some tracks I couldn't find, and I often selected another from the same artist. When a whole album was called out, I picked the first track. The variety of songs is wider than I expected. Some are amazing, many are good to great, others leave me puzzled. As always, de gustibus non disputandum est. Cheers! |
Seems that marking a playlist as public is not sufficient. Here's the link: https://open.qobuz.com/playlist/2104851 |
https://www.amazon.com/Round-Up-Erich-Kunzel/dp/B000FKO40C If your system give wide and deep soundstage, then this CD will impress your guest. My system give holographic image of the first track. Horses are moving around. Thomas |
Here are a few Johnny A-Two Wheel Horse Steely Dan-Royal Scam Dire Straits-6 Blade Knife Jeff Golub-Drop Top Joyce Cooling-Green Impala Jimmy Thackery-Minor Step Steve Hunter-222 W 23rd Mark Lettieri-Everybody Wants To Rule The World Rammstein-Du Hast Megadeth-Symphony Of Destruction Harvey Mandel-Baby Batter The Aristocrats-Bad Asteroid Jethro Tull-Bouree Grinder Switch-Pick'n The Blues Vince Guardali-Linus And Lucy Deadato-Super Strut Bela Fleck And The Flecktones-Sinister Minister Bela Fleck And The Flecktones -Flight Of The Cosmic Hippo Pink Floyd-Various Diff songs Jackson Browne-Sergio Leone Joe Bonamassa-Several His Songs Lee Ritenour-Boss Infected Mushroom-Never Mind |
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