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I do ..

Posted by Jon L (A) on October 26, 2014 at 09:13:58

In Reply to: Would you use a Kanye West recording to test a $6500 setup? posted by jimbill on October 25, 2014 at 11:46:56:

My critical listening playlist does include Kanye, but obviously there are many other tracks from many other genre's, including Mahler, Art Blakey, female vocals, Cohen, etc, etc.

Kanye tracks are almost ideal for testing if your setup has the desired balance between forgiveness and resolution. Unforgiving or unnaturally "detailed" setups will have Kanye torture your ears, but setups too round and forgiving will make Kanye sound incredibly boring and bland.

Try Kanye over Stax SR009 over unforgiving system (I tried), and re-learn the true emotion in expletives..

Edits: 10/26/14 10/26/14

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