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
A Moon Shaped Pool "Radiohead"

Delta Blues "Hans Theessink & Terry Evans"

Jeff Buckley "Grace"

Jammed “return of the outlaw” tonight!
Riot !!

such a great song for woofers, midrange, and vocals!

 Riot has been a fav band since late ‘79, such a shame Mark had to go to Valhalla. 
  STAY CALM,….AND PLAY RIOT!
+1 blue-magoo

Missed Hans Theessink? I had - before I joined here. Still time to make up for that :-) Find the tracks where he uses tuba for the bass.
I see a couple of Fleetwood Mac suggestions...
One observation I have on Dreams.  It is very important to be able to hear Stevie's hum just after the drum/bassline intro.
It goes unnoticed in most systems.

One not mentioned is Classical Gas by Mason Williams. 

+1 for the Beatles. So many of their recordings are excellent quality

Heart... Crazy on you... First part of song

Dire Straits/Knopler.....many

Joe Cocker...Unchain My heart... First part

Diana Krall.... Vocals..... Pick one.

Jack Johnson..... Broken.. Excellent recording