Love the list idea. Most people could handle it, even if we have some hold outs.
Base heavy: Something off that Daft Punk hi-res album for a nice bass heavy track.
Male Vocals: the Head-Fi test disk at HDTracks has one.
Female Vocals: sounds like Krall is out. How about Emily Barker? There's hires tracks at Linn. I at least saw that Peter had this album.
Classical: I'm out of my league now
Jazz: ???
Rock: the Van Halen 24x96 is great. You can hear each track floating at exact points in space.
Bob and John had a pile of test tracks...hopefully they'll pipe up.
Anyone else care to suggest a few?
(New thread?)
I brought along 4GB of 'interesting' albums, all of which have a 4-5 star rating. Most of these are HD albums and most are available from HD Tracks The Sheffield CD
Steps is the only Sheffield recording I know of that is available on CD. I wish there were more. I have a Romeo and Juliet vinyl disc that makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up, but it doesn't seem to be available in a digital format.
For classical, there are a few that standout.
Gustavo Dudamel
Discoveries album is wonderful. The performance, the depth of the auditory image, the thunder of the drums, its all there.
And the Telarc CD
Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture is also quite nice with howitzers, mass chorus, and depth.
And the
Rossini Overtures is delightful as well with familiar 'tunes' and plenty of dynamics.
For techno, I really like OVERWERK. http://overwerk.com/
He has 3 albums
The Nth,
After Hours,
Conquer. I like them because it is music, with bass, and intonation, and is not just special sound effects.
For bass and dynamic tracks, there are a few candidates.
Flim and the BB's
Tricycle and
Big Notes are but 2 of several of their albums.
Pat Coil
Steps (a sheffield CD) has impact, slam, low bass, and enough lightening quick dynamics to make you involuntarily blink.
For Jazz, Lee Ritenour
Rhythm Sessions has several really nice tracks.
Weather Report
Heavy Weather also has some impressive tracks.
And the HRx HD Sampler has both Jazz and classical tracks that are impressive.
For male vocal, I like Steely Dan
Gaucho, his lisp is most pronounced and adds some interesting 'texture'.
I also like Dire Straits
Dire Straits,
Brothers In Arms,
On Every Street, as a vocal intelligibility 'test'.
That ought to be enough to help fill in the list.
JJ