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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(Try to ignore the unrealistic aspects of this question that accompany the hypothetical nature of the proposition)

My current two, mostly based on frequency of usage for testing, are:

1) Diana Krall - Sway [96/24], Qobuz

2) Nik Bärtsch - Modul 12 [48/24], Qobuz

@dinov I'm loving these answers too!  It's getting me to dig into albums I haven't listened to for a couple decades.

I really wanted people to be restricted to only two songs, as that was the whole point of the idea here. But, seeing how many already flubbed that rule, I’m gonna add another one too 😂. This one might be better for testing across the FR range than either song I started the thread with:

Marcus Miller - Preacher’s Kid

Check it out

This thread for me confirms easily the worst thing about audiophiles: their taste in music. Of course the answers are going to be middle-of-the-road audiophile-approved pap like Patricia Barber and Diana Krall. And yes, let's not forget Flight of the Snoring Hippo and the Eagles' live version of Hotel California (now in quadrilliophenia on a special pixiedust-infused disc so you can buy the precious recording for the twelfth time).

Your 20-year-old self would hate what you've become. Tell me I'm wrong.

@passthedutchie People are sharing songs they find well suited to critical listening and testing system changes. I don't think most people are looking for a round of applause and acceptance. Neither are most of us interested in injecting judgementalism into the thread.