Here’s my test playlist - I listen to short pieces of most of the following when evaluating a change in my system or the DS’s software (and if the host’s mood is right when I’m listening to someone else’s system.)
“Ola Gjeilo: North Country II” - Ola Gjeilo, Johannes Martens, Tom Barber - “2L the Nordic sound - 2L audiophile reference recordings” - DSD64 1 bit 2822400
“Silent Night” - Franz Xaver Grüber - “Cantate Domino (Oscar’s Motet Choir, feat. conductor: Torsten Nilsson)” - FLAC 24 bit 88200
“C Jam Blues” - Duke Ellington - “Blues In Orbit” - DSD64 1 bit 2822400
“Crazy Mary” - Lorna Hunt - “All in One Day (DAD)” - FLAC 24 bit 96000
“Concerto Fantastico: Allegro Affetuoso (La Notte)” - Annar Folleso / Norwegian Radio Orchestra (Ole Kristian Ruud) - “OLE BULL Violin Concertos” - DST64 1 bit 2822400
“Too Soon to Tell” - Bonnie Raitt - “Nick of Time (DVD Audio)” - FLAC 24 bit 96000
“Statesboro Blues” - The Allman Brothers Band - “At Fillmore East” - DST64 1 bit 2822400
“The Magnificent Seven” - Erich Kunzel/Cincinnati Pops Orchestra/Frankie Laine - “Round-Up” - DST64 1 bit 2822400
“The Sea and Sinbad’s Ship” - Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov - “Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade for Orchestra Op35 - Stravinsky: Song of the Nightingale (SACD)” - FLAC 24 bit 88200
“Sheherazade, Op. 35: I. The Sea and Sinbad’s Ship” - Kirov Orchestra / Valery Gergiev - “Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade” - DST64 1 bit 2822400
“Ether Sunday” - Trey Anastasio - “Trey Anastasio (DVD Audio)” - FLAC 24 bit 96000
“Sinner’s Prayer” - Vivino Brothers - “Vivino Brothers Blues Band (SACD)” - FLAC 24 bit 88200
“Invitation To The Blues” - Jennifer Warnes - “The Well” - DSD64 1 bit 2822400
“Le Valse Petit” - Tiny Island, Göran Wennerbrandt - “Tiny Island” - DSD128 1 bit 5644800
“Keith Don’t Go” - Nils Lofgren - “Acoustic Live” - FLAC 16 bit 44100
“Misery” - Dave’s True Story - “Unauthorized” - DST64 1 bit 2822400
“What’s New?” - Linda Ronstadt & The Nelson Riddle Orchestra - “What’s New?” - DST64 1 bit 2822400
“Dreams” - Fleetwood Mac - “Rumours” - DST64 1 bit 2822400
“Band on the Run” - Paul McCartney / Wings - “Band on the Run /Hi-Res Digital Download (Uncompressed)” - FLAC 24 bit 96000
“Home” - Barenaked Ladies - “Barenaked Ladies Are Me - Deluxe Edition Disk (DVD Audio)” - FLAC 24 bit 88200
“I Feel Lucky” - Mary-Chapin Carpenter - “Come on Come On” - FLAC 16 bit 44100
“DIPLOM - Krambupolka” - TrondheimSolistene - “TrondheimSolistene - in folk style” - FLAC 24 bit 352800
“Gymnopedie No. 1” - Eiji Oue, Minnesota Orchestra - “Reveries” - FLAC 24 bit 88200
“Postmodern Blues” - Patricia Barber - “Modern Cool” - DSD64 1 bit 2822400
“Lucia from Entre Cada Palabra” - Marta Gomez - “HDtracks 9624 Ultimate Download Experience” - FLAC 24 bit 96000
“Big Bad Girl from Louisiana Country Boy” - Harry “Big Daddy” Hypolite - “HDtracks 9624 Ultimate Download Experience” - FLAC 24 bit 96000
“Junior B” - Yello - “The Eye” - FLAC 16 bit 44100
“Shallow [Radio Edit]” - Porcupine Tree - “Shallow” - FLAC 16 bit 44100
“Grind” - Alice In Chains - “Greatest Hits” - DSD64 1 bit 2822400
“Maestoso, Allegro” - Saint-Saëns - “Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3, Debussy: La Mer, Ibert: Escales” - DST64 1 bit 2822400
“Joseph Haydn: String Quartet In D, op. 76, No. 5 - Finale/Presto” - Engegrdkvartetten - “2L the Nordic sound - 2L audiophile reference recordings” - DSD64 1 bit 2822400
“Violin Concerto in G major (KV 216) - Allegro from Mozart Violin Concertos” - Marianne Thorsen and the TrondheimSolistene - “HDtracks 9624 Ultimate Download Experience” - FLAC 24 bit 96000
“W. A. Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major KV 218 - Allegro” - Marianne Thorsen, TrondheimSolistene - “2L the Nordic sound - 2L audiophile reference recordings” - DSD64 1 bit 2822400
“Benjamin Britten: Simple Symphony, op. 4 - Boisterous Bourree” - TrondheimSolistene - “2L the Nordic sound - 2L audiophile reference recordings” - DSD64 1 bit 2822400
“W. A. Mozart: Sonate for 2 Pianos in D Major KV 448: Allegro con spirito” - Dena Piano Trio - “2L the Nordic sound - 2L audiophile reference recordings” - DSD64 1 bit 2822400
“Sonate Nr. 32 c-moll op. 111 sats 1” - Tor Espen Aspaas - “MIRROR CANON” - FLAC 24 bit 352800
“From Let Us Garlands Bring, Op.18: Come Away, Death” - Marianne Beate Kielland & Sergej Osadchuk - “Come Away, Death” - FLAC 24 bit 352800
“Antonio Vivaldi: Recitative and Aria from Cantata RV 679 - Che giova il sospirar, povero core” - Tone Wik, Barokkanerne - “2L the Nordic sound - 2L audiophile reference recordings” - DSD64 1 bit 2822400
“The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly” - California Guitar Trio - “Invitation” - FLAC 16 bit 44100
“Arild Sandvold: Orgelimprovisata over DEILIG ER JORDEN” - Kre Nordstoga - “2L the Nordic sound - 2L audiophile reference recordings” - DSD64 1 bit 2822400
“Knockin’ Myself Out” - Vivino Brothers - “Vivino Brothers Blues Band (SACD)” - FLAC 24 bit 88200
“Planet Dada (Flamboyant)” - Yello - “The Eye” - FLAC 16 bit 44100
“Jujubes” - Jay Leonhart - “Salamander Pie” - FLAC 16 bit 44100
“Flight of the Cosmic Hippo” - Béla Fleck and The Flecktones - “Flight of the Cosmic Hippo” - FLAC 16 bit 44100
“Train to Nowhere” - Charlie Musselwhite - “Sanctuary” - FLAC 16 bit 44100
“She Feels Good” - Don Grusin - “The Hang (DVD Audio)” - FLAC 24 bit 96000
“Ravel Piano Concerto in G” - Julius Katchen Piano - “3rd movement Presto” - FLAC 24 bit 96000
“The Snow Maiden - Dance of the Tumblers from Exotic Dances from the Opera” - Eiji Oue, Minnesota Orchestra - “HDtracks 9624 Ultimate Download Experience” - FLAC 24 bit 96000
“Dance of the Tumblers from The Snow Maiden” - Rimsky-Korsakov - “Exotic Dances from the Opera” - DSD64 1 bit 2822400
“Russian Christmas Music” - Jerry Junkin - Dallas Wind Symphony - “Horns for the Holidays” - DSD64 1 bit 2822400
“Christmas and Sousa” - Jerry Junkin - Dallas Wind Symphony - “Horns for the Holidays” - DSD64 1 bit 2822400
“Black Books” - Nils Lofgren - “Acoustic Live” - FLAC 16 bit 44100
“Black Books” - Nils Lofgren - “The Sopranos - Peppers & Eggs - Music From The HBO Original Series” - DSD64 1 bit 2822400
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