Demo Music
Posted by: floid on 28 December 2008
Having just got back into my music after a long lay off which music do you use as a demo to show off your systems 
Posted on: 28 December 2008 by JamieL
When I show off my system the first of these two albums always come out.
Brian Eno and J. Peter Swalm 'Drawn from Life' track 'Rising Dust', (or any of 1-7), for projection, tonal range, stereo image. Most Brian Eno recordings are very good, but this one with voices and percussion has a little more depth and accessibility than most.
Porcupine Tree 'In Absentia', track 'Trains' for clarity and dynamics, especially hearing the miss fretting of one string on the acoustic guitar in the intro.
When demoing the new parts of the system I also used these:
David Sylvian 'Secrets of the Beehive' track 'When Poets Dreamed of Angels' warmth
Talk Talk 'Laughing Stock' track 'Ascension Day', rich acoustic bass, raucous electric guitar, possibly the best recording of drums I have ever heard.
Tool 'Lateralus' track 'Parobol/Parabola' to hear if the system has really got balls.
Vaughan Williams 'The Lark Ascending' Nigel Kennedy, Simon Rattle, CBSO, from the EMI classical release with Elgar's viola Concerto, and apparently free with a Sunday paper recently. Thread: http://forums.naim-audio.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/38019385/m/2712963717
also:
Patricia Barber 'Cafe Blue' track Mourning Grace', (the old Hi-fi Experience on Tottenham Court Road introduced me to this).
Sting 'Ten Sumners Tales', AC/DC 'Back in Black', William Orbit 'Strange Cargo Hinterland', Korngold 'Symphony No.1' (EMI), Thelonious Monk Septet 'Monk's Music', and most Pink Floyd especially the more recent recordings are very good.
I posted a similar topic to this this a while ago, about how I had used various recordings to text the character of a system. http://forums.naim-audio.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/3801938...552954317#1552954317
Hope that helps, and gives your something to give your system a little 'exercise'.
Jamie
Brian Eno and J. Peter Swalm 'Drawn from Life' track 'Rising Dust', (or any of 1-7), for projection, tonal range, stereo image. Most Brian Eno recordings are very good, but this one with voices and percussion has a little more depth and accessibility than most.
Porcupine Tree 'In Absentia', track 'Trains' for clarity and dynamics, especially hearing the miss fretting of one string on the acoustic guitar in the intro.
When demoing the new parts of the system I also used these:
David Sylvian 'Secrets of the Beehive' track 'When Poets Dreamed of Angels' warmth
Talk Talk 'Laughing Stock' track 'Ascension Day', rich acoustic bass, raucous electric guitar, possibly the best recording of drums I have ever heard.
Tool 'Lateralus' track 'Parobol/Parabola' to hear if the system has really got balls.
Vaughan Williams 'The Lark Ascending' Nigel Kennedy, Simon Rattle, CBSO, from the EMI classical release with Elgar's viola Concerto, and apparently free with a Sunday paper recently. Thread: http://forums.naim-audio.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/38019385/m/2712963717
also:
Patricia Barber 'Cafe Blue' track Mourning Grace', (the old Hi-fi Experience on Tottenham Court Road introduced me to this).
Sting 'Ten Sumners Tales', AC/DC 'Back in Black', William Orbit 'Strange Cargo Hinterland', Korngold 'Symphony No.1' (EMI), Thelonious Monk Septet 'Monk's Music', and most Pink Floyd especially the more recent recordings are very good.
I posted a similar topic to this this a while ago, about how I had used various recordings to text the character of a system. http://forums.naim-audio.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/3801938...552954317#1552954317
Hope that helps, and gives your something to give your system a little 'exercise'.
Jamie
Posted on: 28 December 2008 by Mike7
Ask your guests to bring their own music.
By all means try a few things of your own but i think the best way is to open the door and let them get on with it
Have fun..
By all means try a few things of your own but i think the best way is to open the door and let them get on with it
Have fun..
Posted on: 28 December 2008 by mikeeschman
queen latifa dana owens album
britten salutes percy grainger
abbado/berlin hindemith mathis der maler
abbado/berlin brahms symphonies
pollini beethoven sonatas 109/110/111
stravinsky conducts stravinsky the fairies' kiss
two piano version of rachmaninoff symphonic dances
britten salutes percy grainger
abbado/berlin hindemith mathis der maler
abbado/berlin brahms symphonies
pollini beethoven sonatas 109/110/111
stravinsky conducts stravinsky the fairies' kiss
two piano version of rachmaninoff symphonic dances
Posted on: 29 December 2008 by Whizzkid
quote:Originally posted by Mike7:
Ask your guests to bring their own music.
By all means try a few things of your own but i think the best way is to open the door and let them get on with it
Have fun..
Great advice, a great system should play all music to a standard that would please the unintiated. Let people/guests play their own choices and watch them sway, tap feet, dance, sing, smile and sit back and be smug. I myself don't have demo/test discs I normally play the music I'm most excited about at that moment.
Dean..