Show off!

A true audiophile does not show off their system.  Instead the system shows off the audiophile.

Onhwy61- yeah-  that’s great! so what do you play?

Audiophiles always seem to bring over their own favorite "test discs". 

Non audiophiles ? It doesn’t matter because on my system, any decent-sounding CD is probably going to sound much better than anything they’ve heard. Whether they'll be able to actually perceive the difference is another topic.

I play vinyl --

For male vocal, Hugh Masekela's "Hope" album, especially the Stimela cut.

For female vocal, Rebecca Pidgeon's "The Raven" album, especially the Spanish Harlem cut.

And for jazz instrumental, "Bill Evans at the Montreux Jazz Festival."

Any LP from Harmonia Mundi France. They feature lots of banging on acoustic instruments. Lots of 3d and a fine sense of the recording space.

Michael Jackson's Thriller. 

The Beach Boys "Endless Summer" double LP from Capital.

Schubert's Fifth Symphony on an old domestic Angel LP, conducted by Otto Klemperer. String tone!

Bizet's opera Carmen on a DG box set conducted by Claudio Abbado.  Crowd scenes. Big tunes. Big voices.