What recordings do you use?


I have two recordings i use to test peoples stereo system for being able to unravel low level detail. One is for the analog front end. On the Second Winter LP the very first song "Memory Pain" just a split second before the guitar opens up the song you can hear a cough. A turntable which is a set up properly should present this. What's also great about this album to is it is a three sided album and since side four is blank you can use it for adjusting youe anti skating.
For testing the digital realm I use a song off of Stan Ridgway's Holiday in Dirt "Beloved Movie Star"(the cb demille mix). As it states in the liner notes on the third verse if you listen very carefully you can hear Stan's dog Bart barking away. If your system reproduces these then you have a very revealing system
What songs do you use for system testing?
qdrone
Happy Holidays, Love Barney

I find the palpability and midrange liquidity staggeringly good on this disc. I also use it to test bass response. Barney really gets down on this disc, and holds nothing back. Amazing vocal range, amazing recording.

Cheers,
John :-)
Wow I didn't know that purple dinasour could wail! I guess you learn something new everyday. hehehe
any decent stereo system can sound good with high quality recordings.

i use a cd to test for faults in the upper mids/lower treble region.

i use Dave Grusin, Discovered Again, "Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow" and Ravel, "alborado Gracioso", conducted by Ernest Ansermet.

the cymbal sound tells allo
Bach Goldberg Variations, Glen Gould, for both CD and LP. Piano is the most difficult to reproduce(IMHO),and it is a very clean recording.

Dave