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What are your top #5 tracks to test new audiophile toys?
Mines:
#1 - "Time" from Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd [1973]
A masterpiece of production and mastering done by Alan Parsons. You can test almost everything with this track:
detail, with the sound of the clocks at the beginning, bass, sibilance, vocals, drums, resolution, dynamics, soundstage, stereo separation, headroom...
#2 - "Sultans of Swing" from Dire Straits, Dire Straits [1978]
Classic rock at its best. Guitars, warmth, drums.
#3 - "Remember The Time", from Dangerous, Michael Jackson [1991]
Overwhelming bass, attack, punch, definition.
#4 - "Entre dos aguas" from Fuente y Caudal, Paco de Lucia [1973]
A classic flamenco instrumental masterpiece. Congas, guitar, attack, bass.
#5 - "Blue Train", from Blue Train, by John Coltrane [1957]
Jazz at its best. Brass, treble, definition, highs, soundstage.
Those are the ones that I find myself listening to most whenever I test new material, as they are examples of very well recorded works that I have heard hundreds of times and I know what to expect or how I would like them to sound like according to my personal preferences.
Anothers that I left but that are usually worth checking too are:
- "The Sidewinder" by Lee Morgan
- "Corcovado" by Stan Getz
- "Phinuphi" by Kenny Burrell
- "Savour the flavour" by Down to the bone
- "All 4 One" by Billy Cobham
What about yours?
Mines:
#1 - "Time" from Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd [1973]
A masterpiece of production and mastering done by Alan Parsons. You can test almost everything with this track:
detail, with the sound of the clocks at the beginning, bass, sibilance, vocals, drums, resolution, dynamics, soundstage, stereo separation, headroom...
#2 - "Sultans of Swing" from Dire Straits, Dire Straits [1978]
Classic rock at its best. Guitars, warmth, drums.
#3 - "Remember The Time", from Dangerous, Michael Jackson [1991]
Overwhelming bass, attack, punch, definition.
#4 - "Entre dos aguas" from Fuente y Caudal, Paco de Lucia [1973]
A classic flamenco instrumental masterpiece. Congas, guitar, attack, bass.
#5 - "Blue Train", from Blue Train, by John Coltrane [1957]
Jazz at its best. Brass, treble, definition, highs, soundstage.
Those are the ones that I find myself listening to most whenever I test new material, as they are examples of very well recorded works that I have heard hundreds of times and I know what to expect or how I would like them to sound like according to my personal preferences.
Anothers that I left but that are usually worth checking too are:
- "The Sidewinder" by Lee Morgan
- "Corcovado" by Stan Getz
- "Phinuphi" by Kenny Burrell
- "Savour the flavour" by Down to the bone
- "All 4 One" by Billy Cobham
What about yours?