Only two tracks to test your system, forever!


If you could only use two tracks/songs for the rest of your life whenever you wanted to test a change to your system, what would they be?

gladmo

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Live FM radio broadcasts on WCRB of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. 

I have heard some of the broadcasts on their stream, and yes, they do sound absolutely amazing. My guess is the BSO employs someone to mix sound for them, and WCRB takes a feed from it (although it's very possible it's a special mix just for radio). Either way, the method of getting that audio back to mission control (WGBH/WCRB) is top notch. There isn't much if any cascading bit reduction taking place. To the crew making this happen - GREAT JOB!  

Two tracks? The first is easy; the other is a toss up:

1) Jimi Hendrix - Machine Gun (live from Band of Gypsies)

2) Either Tedeschi Trucks Band - Made Up Mind or a relative unknown, Kadavar's song Last Living Dinosaur. All the instruments come in separately and sound simultaneously clean and fuzzy. It's a good system test because I know very very well exactly how it SHOULD sound. Great question, btw. 

@gladmo   Good thread.  Good music is harder to find then good gear.

@bgross Good tracks.  See have similar tastes.  I use one of those myself.  Check out Blacksnake by The Wolf and The Bear.   And Crossroads by Calvin Harris.  

This is a great list and super fun to try out some things I've never heard, or even heard OF.

However, why does Roon's search suck so badly.  Some on this post have made some simple spelling errors and Roon has no clue what I'm searching for.  Can't they find a way to incorporate an Apple or Google "Did you mean..." feature somehow?

Sorry, Levy is actually Levee, but Roon can't help me out here just a little!!

Yes tough to come up with only 2. I have been around many live acoustic non amplified drum sets. This recording gets pretty close to that. IMHO. Electric Bass is very nice also. Any track. I am sure will find a favorite. Craig Pilo  Just Play.    Now, do you want test your full range speakers?  Pete Belasco Deeper   Deeper.  careful, if your speakers can do it, your neighbors will let you know.  the low notes are hitting about 25 hz ish.   Whole album is very clean sounding.