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When I was pretty deep into audio gear, I used to use:
Black Codes from the Underground, Wynton Marsalis Quintet.
The Rite of Spring, Igor Stravinsky/The Cleveland Orchestra. Nothing will show the strength and limitations of an audio system like a pounding full symphony orchestra.
To hear vocals, I'd also occasionally use The Cowboy's Junkies' Trinity Sessions. It was recorded in a cathedral with a single stereo mic, and the delpth of Margo Timmons' voice is terrific. There are other things in there, as well, like the snare vibrating while the bass plays.
And maybe something like taking the Schoolhouse Rock Rocks! CD and playing "Electricity." Just to shatter any perceptions the sales person or patrons may have in thinking I had overly sophisticated musical taste or something, and there's nothing like the lead vocalist going from a rich, vampish tone in "stroking a cat to make it purr" to screaming "Shooooooooooooccccccccckkkkkkkkkkkkkkk!"
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