Trentemoller - 'The Last Resort' (Take me into your skin, vamp, evil dub...)

No Doubt - 'Hellagood' (repeated listening would get annoying but the opening few bars are definitely good speaker testing material

Jonathan

My favorite:

Mercan Dede "Ginhawa" [View:http://youtu.be/EcUtR4shjew:800:0]

Nils Peter Molvaer "Tlon" [View:http://youtu.be/qmCqHFL1btI:800:0]

P.S. kidney massage guaranteed! 👍

First of all, congrats to the 5's... absolute joy everyday, you won't regret the purchase:

Here is my short selection of stuff I use to show off what the 5's can do:

Robert Manos - Album "Angel Road"  -  Track "Mombasa" ( Be prepared for MASSIVE Bass! )

The Eagles - Album "Hell Freezes Over" - Track "Hotel California" ( Overall very good song Bass / Mid, High )

Nils Lofgren - Album "Live" - Track "Keith don't go" ( High & Mid orientated, just Guitar and voice )

Godspeed you Black Emperor - Album " f#a# oo" - Whole Album ( this is cinema for the ears, post rock at its best! )

If you want very good electronic / easy listening stuff, check the German Mole Label with their Listening Pearls Series, very good recordings and fun to hear on the 5's

Enjoy and let me know if you like it :-)

Stephan

Thanks guys for the suggestions so far.

Some seriously solid bass in some of those suggested tracks- I'm not sure the neighbours appreciate the kidney massage!

Stephan- thanks for the well wishes- I'm very happy with the speakers- best purchase I've made in a very long time!

I haven't listened to all your suggested tracks so far but some Nils Lofgren (he's good!) and the Eagles- always been a fan but the Lab 5s make the familiar seem amazing again! I'll get through some of the other suggestions tomorrow.

Thanks again everyone!

Cheers

i always use "Pink Floyd - Wish you were here" to demonstrate my Beolab 5.

Digital feed in with Apple Lossless!

carlito wrote:

"Pink Floyd - Wish you were here"

Great choice ! I use this for my bl1's and bl2 demo for the few who ask.

carlito wrote:

"Pink Floyd - Wish you were here"

Almost same here....

I'm using Pink Floyd's "Speak To Me" which is the beginning of the "Dark Side Of The Moon" album.

What a heartbeat 😕

Carried it with me in Struer as a WAV-File but there was no chance to test-listen to it 😳

   Gunther

I would say - Adele, rolling in the deep, Set fire to the rain. 

Or if you just want to blow their head off - Yello, s.a.x or fat cry.

Metallica - And justice for all, Frayed ends of sanity, dyers eve - the drums there is so good! 

Phil collins - another day in paradise - just great. 

To many of Michael Jacksons songs would make for a good demo 

Good luck and enjoy the speakers - I wish they were at my home :) 

I made up a "Critical Listening" CD years ago that I give out to deserving students occasionally.  It's got some technical material on it plus excerpts of 12 recordings and two long medleys of recordings of all types.  These might be of interest to you because these are a significant part of the listening materials we used to develop the BeoLab 5.  If you will send me your address (off-thread, to dmoulton@moultonlabs.com), I'll be happy to send you a copy of the CD gratis.  

Thanks for listening.  

Best reards,

Dave Moulton, Sausalito Audio