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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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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....
rpronk
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Great post!
Here are three of my suggestions (of the ones not listed by others already):

-‘Love is Blindness’ by Cassandra Wilson on ‘New Moon Daughter’

-‘The Astounding Eyes of Rita’ by Anouar Brahem on the album with the same title

-‘I wanna be where you are’ by Bob Baldwin on ‘Brazil Chill’ (for some bass).

Hope you’ll enjoy these as much as I do all of yours!
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jjss49
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good post and topic... it would be interesting to see what people here have as systems, and note their three top eval tracks... be pretty revealing as to what the person values
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Here's two on LP that I've used for years: The Unknown Soldier by Weather Report on I Sing The Body Electric (Columbia). Next: Music For Strings, Percussion and Celesta (Bela Bartok) - Ozawa and the Boston Symphony (DG). 
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My third choice: the last movement of the Camille St. Saen Symphony 3 - Barenboim and the Chicago Symphony (DG LP).
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