What selections do you play when showing off your system to others?

Nobody who doesn't already care about great audio really cares about how cool you think your stereo is. They simply do not give a damn generally, and may say something complimentary to be nice...kind of like "Nice train set," or "Nice tiny doll house furniture collection," or "Stamps...How cool!"

This if we've made the room smell funny...

....fun just to leave it on the big screen soundless and looped...

Beats a blank screen any day...even if it doesn’t smell funny. ;)

Change the speed to fit the mood....

Enoch Light, Bongos Flutes and Guitars or any of his Command Performance Label recordings on vinyl

So many to choose from. I would agree wholeheartedly to let the listener control the music, as the best way to really appreciate a system is to listen to familiar music.

That being said, I do have a few favorites that I pretty much default to:

• SRV - Riviera Paradise
• Uncle Lucius - Keep the Wolves Away
• Muddy Waters - My Home is in the Delta
• Hans Theessink - Feel Like Going Home
• Anything off “Famous Sound of Three Blind Mice”
• Anything off “Greensleeves” by Shoji Yokoushi Trio
• Herb Alpert & Hugh Masekela - Kalahari Nights