How do you test your speakers?

mmcgehee

So lets say you get yourself a brand new set of Polks in, you get them hooked into your receiver, and now them bad boys are ready to rock. I'm curious to hear what you demo your speakers with. I hear Jazz aint too bad.

Since I'm in sales I get tons of demonstration dvd's from Dolby and THX I prefer test my sound with those.

dorokusai

TELARC has some great samplers. You may want to try NAIM, as they have an odd assortment of music.

Airplay355

Shpongle

ESavinon

I use music that has alot of dynamic range. I usually start at a low volume gradually increasing the volume in increments of 15 to 30 minutes.
I do this for a few hours a day until the speakers or components are burned in.
I usually burn in new equipment for a total of 200-300 hours.

Shizelbs

Complex, dynamic music with very challenging passages from top to bottom. Hit them both with low and high volume. If you can do something that you/the listener is familiar with, all the better.

pfenton

Choose a CD with music you've heard many, many times. Then play the CD with various speakers hooked up to the same receiver, hopefully the receiver you already have at home. Be a perceptive listener. See if you hear things you haven't heard before, or if you're missing sounds you are accustomed to hearing. The speakers, that are in your price range, that make YOUR music sound the best ("best" being your personal taste) are the ones for you!

Willow

As stated above, I use somthing I am very familiar with. different genres for sure, take my fav rock, jazz classical, other cds and play them. over and over.

wingnut4772

Rorschach