10 of the best instrumental test tracks to give your hi-fi a vocal-free workout

[What Hi-Fi?]

Our pick of the best instrumental tracks to test out the talents of your hi-fi

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[jjbomber]

The 1977 live version of Moby **** is the one to hear. Bonham at his very best. The electric tympani section deserves to be officially released, with the instruments flying around the room as if there are 8 John bonhams surrounding you. Even on headphones they dance from ear to ear. The Landover soundboard recordings are the ones to get for Moby ****.

 

[L1011THEWIDEBODY]

Frankenstein, They Only Come Out At Night, by The Edgar Winter Group

 

[Winter]

Jig a jig ! East of eden .

 

[ErnieM]

Probably among the worst group of songs to test a system with. The natural timbres among musical instruments is almost completely absent, so that ANY loudspeaker, for example, with reasonable dynamics and wide bandwidth, will reward listeners with "acceptability", shaming our hobby that prizes outstanding midrange faithfulness, for example, to no end. I suspect this exercise was a prank....

 

[edcpadam]

Rush - two that spring to mind: La Villa Strangiato (from Hemispheres) or YYZ (from Moving Pictures)

 

[Winter]

Probably among the worst group of songs to test a system with. The natural timbres among musical instruments is almost completely absent, so that ANY loudspeaker, for example, with reasonable dynamics and wide bandwidth, will reward listeners with "acceptability", shaming our hobby that prizes outstanding midrange faithfulness, for example, to no end. I suspect this exercise was a prank....

 

[Winter]

Do you like popcorn by any chance ! Ha