Looking to ID some great sounding cds you might uses to audtion new speakers. Buying new speakers and looking for suggestions as everything I have heard is thru 25 year old units.
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.
Tracy Chapman "Tracy Chapman". One of the first CDs I bought and I know it SO WELL. I use track 4 (solo voice only dead center) to compare even the slightest changes such as interconnects etc. Good range and dynamics but not "audiophile".
The key is to have full range minimal processing good dynamics music THAT YOU KNOW VERY WELL AND HAVE LISTENED TO FOR EVER!
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