What is the most challenging music to play on a stereo?


If you really wanted to test the ability of a stereo, what type of music would you choose?

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Showing 1 response by jonwolfpell

I have found over the years that a great test of a hi fi system is music that combines four things: full bodied vocals ( solo & harmonies), acoustic stringed instruments ( like acoustic guitar, banjo, mandolin, violin, stand up bass etc), amplified instruments like guitar, bass guitar , keyboards) & drums.  Not many systems can do this well at realistic volumes in a decent sized room especially when these sound components are all playing together. These very varied sounds & dynamic shadings often tend to get pushed together & loose their inner detail & nuance. 
 

A perfect example of this are the first two Jackson Browne albums which both sound very good on Qobuz if a good album copy is not available.