My reference playlist for new audio gear:
1. Gorillaz - Cracker Island: Very punchy and fat sounding pop song
2. Moonchild - The List: Small and modern Nu-Soul Band
3. Brad Mehldau - Little Person: Piano Jazz Trio track
04. Joni Mitchell - Woodstock: for good replay of Orchestra and Vocals, legendary production imo
05 Jacob Collier - It Don´t Matter: top-notch, clean sound for a funky pop track
06 DOMI & JD Beck - NOT TIGHT: this album is produced very dry and the snare still needs to sound good, not easy to do
07 Vulfpeck - Disco Ulysses (Instrumental): another modern song with modern production but 70s disco vibes
09 Hall & Oates - I´m Just A Kid (Don't Make Me Feel Like A Man): crisp and clear 70s production, great vocals and drums
09 Vegyn - Cowboy Allstar: modern compressed producer sound with lots of swirling details
10 System Of A Down - Toxicity: Amazing punchy sound, a lot of power. Rick Rubin knows what he is doing (somehow)
11 Pat Metheny - Bright Size Life: typical airy ECM house sound with less of the flaws that get introduced later in some of their productions
12 Laufey - Falling Behind (Live - The Reykjavík Sessions): With the right mood and gear, her voice can give me goosebumps on this track. Can be sibilant on some hardware.
13 Word Of Mouth Band - Beaver Patrol: Modern big band sound, track with lots of energy
14 Loris S. Sarid - Orizzontale Verticale: Modern ambient in classic Kankyo Ongaku style, but with better production.
15 Maya Delilah - Harvest Moon: Modern jazz/soul, very dynamic for the genre
16 Terrace Martin - Valdez Off Crenshaw: Soul with a slight 70s lo-fi edge, especially in the vocals
17 Lee Fields & The Expressions - Lover Man: very classic funk and soul production, analogue sounding.
18 Klaus Veen - Ordinary Days V2: Funky EDM/House track (I think). Straight banger.
19 Jack & Owane - Action Boyz: Modern E-Guitar Fusion, like Casiopea on Steroids.
20 Johan Lenox - You Up (Chamber Version): Trap and Chamber Music mixed together. You'll love it or hate it, but the production is great.
21 The Dark Jazz Ensemble - Giallo: Jazz Noir with lots of melancholy and unease. Amazingl detailed production.
22 Ghost Note - Beastie: Drum reference track. Only drums and percussion here.
23 Sora - Revans: I don't know how to describe this music, but it's kind of ambient/glitch music and this is just a great track, lots of details and great for treble checking.
24 Jameszoo & Metropole Orkest (conducted by Jules Buckley) - (lose): orchestral with a synthesizer, lots of dynamics to test here
25 Kendrick Lamar - Count Me Out: phat track, vocals and beat focused, lots of changes
Not many transducers can pass this test for me.