Boring easy/safe tracks...not good for evaluation of a high end speaker. To evaluate if a speaker is any good or not (worth the cash or not), you should play difficult tracks, the kind that the guys at shows would be scared to play, lest it shows everyone that their speaker is crap.
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In general, rock & metal will make li’l speakers fall apart, if cranked up loud enough in a large enough room.. Here’s a prog metal track that falls in that category ( a bit more complex though, not quite the run of the mill rock), in fact most of opeth’s 2 albums, black water park & deliverance would fall in that category. Opeth - The drapery falls https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeTNkPXRrVY But, as you might suspect, the audiophile ain’t listening to rock & metal, because it isn’t recorded well enough for his delicate sensibilities. So, let’s get into other slower genres that could be recorded really well (so he’ll try to listen to it), but, will still let him know when his rig is crap... When you have a lot of dynamics, deep low end with more complex vocal arrangements on top of it, all those dinky li’l 2 way bookshelves fell apart. Here’s one Baaba Maal - Gilli Men https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5IRSe2h8CY Now, if we were to get into more weird stuff... Most mastering engrs around here haven’t heard the Vitas vocal range, i bet...Here’s some where he’s screaming high simultaneously when the grand piano’s tumbling down into the lower octaves.... Vitas - Symphonic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Dz2pwD8gpc etc etc This is another bit of strange (ask a violin player). Jonny Greenwood - Open Spaces (There will be blood OST) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APYLVQxx9Jo
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