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Top 3 songs to evaluate a system

Hi everyone,

So here is the question: what are your Top 3 music pieces to evaluate a system?

The songs should be complementary to cover a wider range of features, but not necessary. If you only listen to one type of music, it would make sense to only evaluate with this type.

Bonus: identify one good part of the piece where you pay extra attention because this is where the difference between systems is more visible.

I'll start:

Holly Cole Trio - Girl Talk - My Baby Just Cares For Me
Highlight: The vibrating cord at 1:59

MaMuse - All The Way - Glorious
Highlight - The clean guitar and the high drum beat that rythm the whole piece

Metallica - ... And Justice for All (Remastered) - One
Highlight - The first drums at 0:53, but the whole guitar as well


Doing this myself, I realize it's very hard to only pick 3!!

papyneau
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mitchagain
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Average White Band - "Schoolboy Crush," for the bass and percussion <sleigh bells!>.

The Bongos - "Skydiving," for the bongos.

Emmerson, Lake & Palmer - "Take a Pebble," for the 3 virtuosos showing off (in a good way) on piano, bass & drums. An early example of prog-rock, before it got too bombastic.

ZZ Top - "Blue Jean Blues," Dusty & Billy's bass and guitar tones are really special on this one.

Rare Earth - "(I Know) I'm Losing You"
Temptations - "Pappa Was a Rolling Stone"
The Chambers Brothers - "Time Has Come Today"

Seek out the long versions of theses three songs. The first two feature stellar musicianship and production, while the latter has a "tinny, 60's garage rock" feel to the production; so, that one provides a different sort of audiophile challenge.
 

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limomangus
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I like the gentlemen who said the 60s albums...Chambers Bros.Time has come to day...Great.....keeping in 60s The Doors First Album.....The Rolling Stones  Let it Bleed....and the Beatles White Album....these albums will Rock your System and there are alot of hidden sounds a Good system will bring out .
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audioguy85
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Why? It should sound great with lots of things...otherwise, there is a problemo...
drrnc2
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YES audioguy85!!  I just added a new component a few weeks ago and it seemed that everything just fell into place and it ALL sounded good/right.  Why?  Not sure that I can put it to words.  Sure, I can use the descriptors we all use, but I think there is a right brain non-word process at play here.  

And of course, I am curious and wonder, even now,  if trying "x" component would make it better.......

I mean, that is what we do, us "audiophiles", hang out in places like A-gon and the forums to decide where we will next spend too much money....
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