As I Said, I compiled the selection based on the original post "Ultimate Track For B&O". I am not a professional that can pinpoint what each track reveals. Just finding these songs going through my collection was work enough. Your asking for a bit much...Sorry

Peter,

     What was I thinking...I'm sorry. I didn't think of the legality of it. I thought that I would just be sharing with other members my own findings..We''ll stay out of trouble!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Peter :

What members do off site is clearly up to them though - this includes personal massaging! 

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PS - A rarer than rare event of a typo by Peter.. i couldn't let that go.. 😂😂 

Indeed, very rare.

Or maybe it wasn't a typo 😕

Will send you a "massage" later Peter when I am homeward bound.

The whole thing is a useless exercise. Myself included, tracks nominated will be those which have been listened to often enough to have an opinion on their suitability to be included. These will be by artists whose music you like to listen to!

A certain piece of orchestral music, opera or country may be a fantastically dynamic recording but if that's not the type of music you ever listen to then it won't appear on your list. If I only listened to Gilbert & Sullivan, then my list would consist of their songs only. Meaningless.

All we are getting therefore is a list an individuals' favourites. 

I know where you're coming from, but this is a bit harsh. After all, you don't have to get involved if you don't want to!

I will also disagree with your analysis here....  Some of our members are long-time audiophiles...some are industry professionals, and many are 'just' Kool-Aid® drinking fans of the company.  Whatever...this exercise benefits those with less experience in the field by offering starting points.  So, I'll answer another question about my choices here as well:

In my case, the first track I mentioned'O-Zone/Jazz Variants' is one which I listen to exclusivly when testing/demo-ing speakers.  The track is over 10 minutes long, and one needs to listen until at least the 1:50 mark to get the full effect...and NEVER listen to the BeoLab 5's first. 😕  The track will reveal a startling level of detail in the imaging, staging and presence of the instruments...in fact on a pair of BL-5's in a quiet room, you can actually hear the AC compressor in the recording studio.  Then at about 1:30-1:50 the 5's really get a chance to show off.  Be ready to play through at least to 3:00 or so, and note that even while the big drums are dusting your room, that startling level of detail is still there.  Have the volume UP before you press GO.

Phil Collins "Take Me Home" from the 'Finally' DVD, much the same, but in 5.1 (Play the DTS track, and have it UP first), in a well balanced, properly matched surround system, your ears will discern what your eyes see, there are 2 drummers flailing away on either side of a percussionist, and even at concert volume you can easily pick out what each is contributing to the song.  Let the song continue into the proper intro to Take Me Home and note the clean detail around the continuing percussion, the clean guitar, and the rest of the band as it builds.

KT Tunstall's 'Heal Over' is far different from the other two.  It starts out with just 'a girl and her guitar', very simple, with just a touch of reverb on her voice.  By the second (1:03) verse we get a sparse, simple, almost plaintive 2-part harmony which persists.  To this point you can demo ANY BeoLab you want, I love my 6000's on this track...but at 2:55 the rest of the band very softly blows the soundstage wide open...not big, not bombastic, but very broad.  This is when the 'new' BeoLabs, the 3/9/5, separate themselves from the old.

The KT Tunstall is the only one of the three I ever listen to in my car.  And both of the audio tracks break my cardinal rule for in-store demo...they take far too long to get to the "Oh...wow!" moment.  They are all, however, great for serious auditioning.  If someoe strolls into a B&O shop and says "I've heard a lot about your stuff, why are you better?" you really ought to be able to make your point in :30 or less.  Otherwise you lose their attention.

How do you deal with that?  Stephen Curtis Chapman 'Speechless' track 1 "Dive" played on a BeoSound 1, or BeoLab 3's.  Watch for dropping jaws.

Russ

Peter :

What members do off site is clearly up to them though - this includes personal massaging! 

Gosh - not only are we offering musical ideas, but massages? What a site! - I'll have a neck and shoulders please.. 😁

Lee

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PS - A rarer than rare event of a typo by Peter.. i couldn't let that go.. 😂😂 

PPS - Andro, some really good tracks on there that sound great on B&O !!! 

Actually not a typo - a reference to a previous typo! 🙂