Show off!

Sheryl Crow's "Tuesday Night Music Club", and some individual tracks like Dusty Springfield's "Son Of A Preacher Man" and the Hollies' "Long Cool Woman". A good copy of "Rock On" by David Essex is good, too.

J S Bach.  Toccata and Fugue in D minor.

@roxy54

The Blood Sweat & Tears (first album) was my first introduction to "real" high fidelity. It was in the showroom of David Beatty Stereo in Kansas City, MO. Macintosh amp/preamp (MX113/MC2015?) and ESS AMT1s. It was just "clear" beyond anything I’d heard to date. I bought a copy of the album. And, still have it.

Favorite Demos:

Dire Straights- Your latest Trick

King’s Singers- Hard Days Night

The Who- Underture

@clearthinker

In our car audio days (1980s) we were invited to display our demo vehicle (Mazda 626 Turbo with 2-18"subs) in a shopping mall. After being very polite and a good neighbor for a couple of hours, I just couldn’t help slipping in the Toccata and Fugue in D minor CD and set the volume control at 11. After rattling some rafters above and gaining some attention, I ejected the disc and put on something more suitable for the venue.

I then decided it would probably be a good idea to survey the surroundings and make friends again with the shop owners if needed. A few shops down at a woman’s shoe store there was an employee missing around with a display of women’s shoes. The shoes were on a ledge tilted back a few degrees so they could be positioned vertically with their toes facing down. It seems that "something" caused a vibration, knocked some of the shoes off balance, triggering a domino effect causing all the women’s shoes on the display to tumble over -- and off the rack.

I just smiled as I passed by, and gave him a friendly gesture. I knew little about the merchandising of women’s shoes, so wouldn’t have been much help. The extended version of the story is the salesman actually worked for me at one point in his career, finished his law degree, and became an attorney.

@waytoomuchstuff 

Great story.  I'm surprised the bass did not destroy the Toyota.

Of course the Bach piece has far more merit than as an audio demo.  Written more than 300 years ago it is a masterpiece.

Thank you for responding.  Glad my post piqued your interest.