Music for testing Audio Equipment

[Kal Rubinson]

44 minutes ago, The_K-Man said:

Always the original for me! It's closest to original studio intent.

 

Not a matter of which 'sounds better', but of authenticity.

I certainly appreciate your second statement but I can't go along with the "Always" in the first.  There are many instances in which the original, despite the best intent and efforts, is handicapped by technical constraints.  

So, I am in tempered agreement with you.

[Kal Rubinson]

1 minute ago, botrytis said:

@Kal Rubinsonwhat is YOUR favorite testing music? I know you use a variety, as seen in Stereophile, but personally?

 

I am always interested in that.

My comment was not specifically about "testing music" but about choosing among alternative releases in general.  I do not have any "testing music" per se.  It is whatever I like and whatever I have developed intimate familiarity with.

[Kal Rubinson]

1 hour ago, The_K-Man said:

A lot of the reason is illustrated in my profile avatar.  I listen mostly to music for the m'asses(!!!), and I have been burned accordingly when it came to the purchasing of so-called remasters.  

That's reasonable to me as I do not regard remasterings as automatic buys.  There has to be a reason to do it and, often, there is not.