What selections do you play when showing off your system to others?

I’ve always been more of a 2 channel stereo fan myself but I can definitely see myself moving over to Home Theatre sometime in the future. A large TV without high quality sound is far less immersive.

@cd318 it was back in the good old days of VHS and Dolby Pro Logic that I got started.  And I did think that was a lot of fun.  But so much happened so quickly that I didn't even try to keep up--haha, I never even bought a DVD player.  I imagine that HT has evolved beyond my wildest imagination at this date.  But that's okay, I have rationalized it (because I could never afford it now) by using TV as a just a diversion to pass the time and not allowing myself to think about how good the special effects might be when I watch a movie . . . and that kind of means that I never watch a movie because it has good special effects (like I did in the old days) but because it is a good movie with a good plot a good script and good acting.  But I can only imagine, however, how much more I would like some of my favorite movies on a HT.

I could care less about the tut-tuts I sometimes get. I could care less about the various contests people might goad me into to determine who is the more virtuous hobbyist. In any event, I got to say that, in my current living circumstances the only other person I know of with a genuine, audiophile-oriented sound system is my wife -- whose modest but extremely mellifluous system sits in the living room. Her bedside clock radio has superior sound compared to mine, as well.

Whatever the moment requires, even same people can ask different things from time to time.

My collection has rock, pop, classical, jazz, acid jazz, electronica, ethnic, soul/funk.

New material is always welcomed.

Of course the most impressive tracks do exist but that is not the main point.

sweet female vocals would usually move the air and lift their soul into heights they haven't imagined existed

Bruce Hornsby’s cover of Madman Across the Water live on his Intersections album.  Incredibly well recorded and performed.

Chris Isaac - Heart Shaped World 

Dominique Fils-Aime - Birds

Frederick Fennell, Dallas Winds - Trittico