great sounding cds to audition new speakers

To enjoy your new speakers buy any or all of these:

Dave Grusin Hommage to Duke
Maceo Parker Roots & Grooves
George Benson Weekend in LA live ("On Broadway")
Tom Petty Wildflowers
Eagles Live Hell Freezs Over
Eva Cassidy Live at Blues Alley
Old School Nation 2 (Hi-Bias Records)
Peter Gabriel Shaking the Tree (Sledgehammer has excellent bass)
Hugh Masekela Hope
Duran Duran Strange Behavior (some of the best extended mixes from the cream of the cream of 80's sound engineers)
Requiem Mozart with Emma Kirby (Chis Hogwood version)
David Gilmour On an Island
Keb 'Mo Slowdown
Bob Dylan Oh Mercy (Man in Long Black Coat is a masterpiece from Daniel Lanois)
Sheffield Labs Drum track XRCD - just to test your speakers at high SPL's and see how they hold together.

A good mix of music you are familiar with is best.

Don't just use "great" sounding CDs to audition new loudspeakers but be sure to include the poorer recorded CDs you may have; the older ones that have not as yet been digitally remastered to 20 bit or 24 bit processing with the the latest state of the art remastering electronics. I always bring the crappier sounding CDs as well when I audition to see how well the newer upgraded speakers do with those. One CD that comes to mind is Jackson Browne's "For Everyman" CD. I've been looking for a newly remastered version but so far, no luck. The original is awful.

Precisely, bring the music you like. When I audition speakers I intentionally bring some CDs that I like that are garbage to see how the speakers handle them.

I agree with Pdn & Bar81,If the speakers can handle the lesser engineered music well and sound pleasing, then the well produced stuff will be a breeze for the said gear, imho.