Tracks for hi-fi setup testing

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What are some good tracks to test different setups? Obviously it mainly depends on the type of music i listen to but there must be a good rock/metal track, one good classical, one hip hop and one hard dance to test systems.

Would be good to create a testing cd to listen to different setups. I mainly listen to dance, dubstep and hiphop but also like metal, classical and everything else!
 
Corasik said:
You dont really have to "like" the music, to appreciate how its good for a listening test (though its better if you arnt totally turned off by the tunes!).
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True. I'm loving some of the dire straits tracks, even if i dont really like the music they sound great!

I've already heard a few of the tracks on the sultans of swing cd. Think my favourite is 'Walk of Life'

Fedex nobs best hurry up and delivery my new nad amp to my work before i finish today
 
I have just been reading an article about amplifiers... what tracks can be used to show flaws in cheap quality amplifiers compaired to more expensive ones? Oh, my NAD amp did arrive and it sounds great

A lot of what makes high-end monster amps powerful and expensive is the extra balls required to drive a difficult loudspeaker load—one of very low impedance, perhaps in combination with a large phase angle—at frequencies where music has a lot of energy. Such loads require extra power to keep the amplifier from distorting and to keep the character of the sound from changing. In traditional designs, that extra power is used only when the load would stress a lesser amp—when the amplifier isn't working hard, all that extra power is wasted. "So at 8 ohms, all these big parts that you paid extra for" in that monster amplifier you just bought "are just loafing along," wrote Stidsen in an e-mail.

http://www.stereophile.com/integratedamps/1006nad/index3.html
 
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