Great recommendations, everyone. I've always liked that first song by Brubeck. I haven't heard it for decades because I never knew the name of the artist until now. I see a purchase in the near future. And I love steel string guitar. Along with Frank, I love the well orchestrated music behind Dean Martin and Nancy Wilson. Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions put out some well recorded tunes. But probably my favorite midrange testers are Alison Kraus and Union Station's "Lonely Runs Both Ways" album and quite a few of the Cowboy Bebop Soundtracks (I was introduced to these by my kids when they were teens). Thanks all. I will definitely be running all these tunes through Clayton Shaw's Caladans when they arrive. And Simonmoon, interesting info on OB's. The Caladans will be shorter and narrower than my DIY OB's.
What songs do you listen to to test a system's midrange performance?
I have a pair of self designed open baffle DIY speakers (check out pics in my virtual system. Everything is the same except the power amp which is now an Audio Research DS-450). These speakers sound very good, I hear more now than I've ever heard from my music in the past. I've ordered a pair of the Caladan speakers from Clayton Shaw, but they probably won't arrive until next month. I plan to compare the 2 pairs of speakers. Since the midrange is where the heart of music lies, I'd like to know what songs you use to test the mid frequencies on your system (or when you incorporate any new equipment and/or tweaks).
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