[john1970]

To all RM40 owners,

I am having some people over this weekend to listen to my speakers.  Some of my recordings for the demo will be:

1) Norah Jones  Come away with Me
2) Handel Messiah Alleulia Chorus (with Sir Thomas Beecham conducting)
3) The 4th movement of Mahler's 4th symphony (Sir Georg Solti CSO)
4) Dire Straits  On Every Street

Please feel free to suggest other recordings that you would use  

Thanks,

John

[zybar]

Here are a few that always sounded good on my RM 40's:

Ben Harper - Fight For Your Mind
Natalie Merchant - Tigerlily
Holst - The Planets
Rusted Root - When I Woke

George

[gongos]

DJ Magic Mike - Bass is the Name of the Game

[lonewolfny42]

Wanna shake them up ?  Play track one....Telarc Collection,Vol. 1......has the best "FanFare For The Common Man"

I'd start with this.... [/list:u]

[woodsyi]

Steve Miller Band: Young Hearts -- Complete Greatest Hits.
Bela Fleck:  Flight of the Cosmic Hippo.
Patricia Barber:  Live in Paris (?) the one with the song Crash.

[lonewolfny42]

Patricia Barber:  Live in Paris (?) the one with the song Crash.

Thats..."Live: A Fortnight In France".....its a good cd...try track 9...."Whiteworld" as well.

[John Casler]

Wanna shake them up ?  Play track one....Telarc Collection,Vol. 1......has the best "FanFare For The Common Man"

I'd start with this.... [/list:u]

Man LW, ya got me on that one.  I had to go slap the Telarc Collection in the CDP and get it out of my system, once you "planted" it there.

Great and extremely dynamic cut.  It is musically stirring and emotionally involving (if you like classical music)

The Huge Gong, and Slam of the Kettle Drums, as well as the HOT BRASS brigade (trumpets, Trombones, Tubas, French Horns, and all, each instrument or section, well imaged in their proper orchestral position on the soundstage) is a sonic thrill.

Good Call

[lonewolfny42]

Good Call ...

Thanks John..... [/list:u]
John...I feel if you can get "Fanfare" to sound good in your system, then your set. Must sound really good in yours....with those subs !!!!   [/list:u]
As I said...."Fanfare" is a  good starting point.   [/list:u]
You could follow it with

track 8...Blackbird......a really big contrast. Give it a listen... [/list:u]

I heard "Blackbird" at RMAF '06...someone was playing it in the MBL room. I didn't know who it was....then I found out....Bernadette Peters....     [/list:u]
Chris[/list:u]

[JoshK]

I read recently that "Hans Zimmer, The Da-vinci Code soundtrack" is suppose to be an amazing test CD with unreal and "scary" dynamics throughout the entire audio range.    I think that about spells out a formula for a good RM40 test CD.

[woodsyi]

I read recently that "Hans Zimmer, The Da-vinci Code soundtrack" is suppose to be an amazing test CD with unreal and "scary" dynamics throughout the entire audio range.    I think that about spells out a formula for a good RM40 test CD.

Here is an article attesting to the scariness of the music. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/05/07/ncode07.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/05/07/ixhome.html
Darn it they toned it down.  I hope the original version is available for purchase in DVDs.

[dltonya]

To all RM40 owners,

I am having some people over this weekend to listen to my speakers.  Some of my recordings for the demo will be:

4) Dire Straits  On Every Street

Glad to see someone else noticed that recording.  I was absolutely blown away by how good that album sounded from the bombast of "Calling Elvis" and "Heavy Fuel" to the blues of "Planet of New Orleans" to the solo acoustic guitar on "Iron Hand".  An excellent mix of material.

I'd also recommend some good "bass" player music to show just how well these speakers render bass detail even without a sub.  This isn't to be confused with bass heavy music, I'm refering to quality and not quantity.

Alain Caron - 5 (French Canadian bass maestro)
Tetsuo Sakurai - Gentle Hearts (w/ Dennis Chambers and Greg Howe)

[ka7niq]

To all RM40 owners,

I am having some people over this weekend to listen to my speakers.  Some of my recordings for the demo will be:

1) Norah Jones  Come away with Me
2) Handel Messiah Alleulia Chorus (with Sir Thomas Beecham conducting)
3) The 4th movement of Mahler's 4th symphony (Sir Georg Solti CSO)
4) Dire Straits  On Every Street

Please feel free to suggest other recordings that you would use  

Thanks,

John

Try the Verve Pipe "Freshmen"
It has good imaging, and awesome dynamics.

[john1970]

To everyone who gave advice,

Thank for the recommendations.  Looks like I will be purchasing some additional CDs in the not too distant future.

Thank you,

John