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I'm interested to see what other people have to say. If you had the chance to play ONE song for a friend, to demonstrate the sound dynamics of a B&O speaker, what would it be?
Perhaps I could come up with a tracklisting of the ultimate demo-CD!
BTW, my song of choice would probably be Hotel California by The Eagles (Hell Freezes Over acoustic version)
Well - Hotel California is string and voice, and a good choice. Played to death by B&O dealers.
But it would be nice to challenge the speakers more, with greater dynamics and variety, wouldn't it?
How about a 52 years old recording: Duke Ellington's Newport 1956 recording. Play Diminuendo in Blue, Live, and you'll have your B&O speakers pretty pleased.
Hugh Masekela: Stimela (the version found on Hope)
Elina Garanca: Werther, from her debut album.
One of my favorite tracks is actually a B&O demo track which I got with my Beosystem 2300 way back in 1992: Thom Rotella, The Immigrants.
Bart
My B&O Icons:
My favourite test tracks include:
Fleetwood Mac - You Make Loving Fun (not the remastered the version, only the version which is on Rumours)
Fleetwood Mac - Dreams (again, same as above)
Radiohead - Morning Bell (Kid A version)
Röyksopp - Sparks
Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy
To name just a few. I mainly use these because they're well recorded, not over produced (to the extent that you can still hear little nuances in the recordings on a good system, which isn't the case with over-produced pop-trash) but well produced enough that they sound excellent when reproduced well, and also because I've listened to them many times.
I would use the Hell Freezes Over recording of Hotel California, but I've heard it so many times I'm sick of it!
Specifically for the BeoLab 5's:
The O-Zone Percussion Group, CD 'La Bamba' track #10 "Jazz Variants"
Phil Collins DVD "Finally...the First Farewell Tour", Disc 2, "Take me Home"
Don't bother with the 9's, 1's, Pentas, or anything with a BL-2...trust me. ❓
I also rather like K T Tunstall's "Heal Over" from 'Eye to the Telescope', Several tracks from Gloria Estefan's 'Mi Tierra' and The Glenn Miller Orchestra's 'In the Digital Mood'.
Russ
anything from the pink floyd pulse album will be fantastic. .
I have BL 1 & BL 2
When I whant to impress friends and "no believers" I play the first track from Paul Van Dyk`s REFLECTIONS album called CRUSH. Impressive soundstage, kick-ass bass and crystal clear vocals 🤩
jeff beck - goodbye pork pie hat
that track oozes 'atmosphere'
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