Probably one of the best mixed albums of all time, up there with Rage of the Machine's title album is DC Talk's Free at Last. Below are some of the other albums that I would swear by with great mixing, mastering and dynamics to test any sound system.
Here is "Pauly Hart's Sound System Test List" in no particular order:
DC Talk - "Free at Last"
REM - "Life's Rich Pageant"
Rickie Lee Jones - "Rickie Lee Jones"
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones "Flight of the Cosmic Hippo"
Beatles - "Revolver" and "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"
Moody Blues - "Day Of Future Passed"
Pink Floyd - "Dark Side Of The Moon"
Dixie Chicks -- "Wide Open Spaces"
Rickie Lee Jones - "Rickie Lee Jones"
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones "Flight of the Cosmic Hippo"
Beatles - "Revolver" and "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"
Moody Blues - "Day Of Future Passed"
Pink Floyd - "Dark Side Of The Moon"
Dixie Chicks -- "Wide Open Spaces"
FSOL - "Lifeforms"
Tori Amos - "Little Earthquakes"
The Cars - "The Cars"
Prince - "1999"
Steely Dan - "Aja"
Jeff Buckley - "Grace"
Switchfoot - "Nothing is Sound"
Moby - "Play"
James Taylor - "October Road"
Tori Amos - "Little Earthquakes"
The Cars - "The Cars"
Prince - "1999"
Steely Dan - "Aja"
Jeff Buckley - "Grace"
Switchfoot - "Nothing is Sound"
Moby - "Play"
James Taylor - "October Road"
and finally...
Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Stadium Arcadium"
