With my Sennheiser HD800s, I’d always start with Everything In It’s Right Place (Radiohead).

To everyone saying “ask what they want to hear” there’s a level of truth to that, but there’s also a reason every TV store has demo reels purposely put together to showcase the TV’s strengths. OLED TV’s are going to show a lot of dark/black scenes. If someone watches The Office on an OLED they’re not going to see it’s full capabilities. Sometimes what people want to see/hear may not show the full potential of the equipment. If the goal is to ‘show off’ it makes sense to show what the equipment does best, even if the person is unfamiliar with it.

‘Maui-Waui’- Chuck Mangione for starters.

TOOL - Chocolate Chip Trip

It dances around the room well beyond the speakers

But that’s after I let them throw on their own music for like an hour.

If I want them to truly listen, I like to play something they’ve never heard before. It puts the mind in a different, more open place (as opposed to listening to something they’re familiar with that comes with certain expectations)

Mostly would like to play what the listener wants to hear and at some point play (amongst others):

O-Zone Percussion Group, Jazz Variants

Submotion Orchestra, Kites

Anything from Telarc w/ Erich Kunzel really.

I use to let people hear their favorites, but reality is most popular music is crap so after I play some selected tracks they can hear their favorites and realize how bad it sounds.

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Ben Harper-Burn one down

Bella Fleck- flight of the cosmic hippos

Keb Mo- am i wrong

The The- August & September

Pink FLoyd- Sorrow, time, breathe

Paul Simon- diamonds on the soles of her feet

Dead Can dance- The ubiquitous mr lovegroove

lincoln Mayorga- Camarillo

Tool-Pneuma

Dave Brubeck- unsquare dance

Marcin-kashmir

Rodrigo Y Gabriella-FOC