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Bury a Friend
Billie Eilish
6moons
Midrange
Message in a Bottle
The Police
Hi-Fi+
Midrange
It'll Never Happen Again
Lady Blackbird
Hi-Fi+
Midrange
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral"
National Symphony Orchestra / Rimma Sushanskaya
HiFi PiG
BassSoundstageTimbre
La Sindone
Arvo Pärt
HiFi PiG
BassSoundstage
King of the Sacred Grove
Karl Jenkins
HiFi PiG
Dynamics
Moonchild
King Crimson
HiFi PiG
Soundstage
Credo
I chose Arvo Pärt
HiFi PiG
Soundstage
I.G.Y
Donald Fagen
HiFi PiG
Dynamics
Be My Husband
Nina Simone
HiFi PiG
BassMidrangeSoundstageTimbre
Lacrimosa
Pierre Génisson
6moons
Soundstage
I Put a Spell on You
Nina Simone
Soundnews
Midrange
Symphony No. 2 in C Minor "Resurrection": Ib. Sehr Mäßig Und Zurückhaltend
Leonard Bernstein / New York Philharmonic
GY8
Bass
Life's What You Make It
Talk Talk
Analog Planet
SoundstageTimbre
The Rainbow
Talk Talk
Analog Planet
Midrange
Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"
Beethoven
StereoNET
Soundstage
Prism of Love (Piano Acoustic)
Blakey and JONES
StereoNET
Midrange
Ghosts
Japan
StereoNET
Midrange
Time Freeze
Yello
StereoNET
Soundstage
La Habanera
Yello
StereoNET
Dynamics
Waba Duba
Yello
StereoNET
Midrange
Tragic Kingdom
No Doubt
Fidelity Magazine
Midrange
The Package
A Perfect Circle
SoundStage! Hi-Fi
MidrangeTreble
New Rules
Dua Lipa
SoundStage! Hi-Fi
BassMidrange
Wicked Game
Chris Isaak
Stereophile
MidrangeTimbre
Lux Aurumque
Eric Whitacre
Stereophile
Midrange
Electric Messiah
High on Fire
Enjoy The Music
MidrangeSoundstage
Sex Life
Tracey
Twittering Machines
Bass
Larghetto
Jascha Heifetz
Positive Feedback
MidrangeTimbre
Round Midnight
Ray Brown
Positive Feedback
TrebleDynamics
Oh Yeah
Yello
Positive Feedback
Dynamics
Dindji
Shirley Horn
Positive Feedback
Midrange
I Am in Love
Shelly Manne & His Men
Stereophile
Timbre
The Awakening (Part 1)
The Reddings
Stereophile
Soundstage
Follow You Follow Me
Genesis
The Audiophile Man
Midrange
It's Over
Level 42
The Audiophile Man
Midrange
Take Five
Kenichi Tsunoda Big Band
Secrets of HT
MidrangeSoundstage
The Crimson Citadel/Surrendering the Castle (Desert of Madness)
Töru Takemitsu
Secrets of HT
Soundstage
Scherzo No 1 in B Minor Opus 20
Chopin
StereoNET
Midrange
Scherzo No 1 in B Minor Opus 20
Lang Lang
StereoNET
Midrange
Rachets
Hedegaard
Hi-Fi+
Midrange
Ghosts of Princes in Towers
Rich Kids
StereoNET
TrebleSoundstage
Pastoral Symphony
Herbert von Karajan
StereoNET
SoundstageDynamics
Rumble
Link Wray
StereoNET
Timbre
Body and Soul
Billie Holiday
Positive Feedback
Midrange
Utopia
Brendan Perry
Positive Feedback
Transparency
Morning Dew
Grateful Dead
Mono & Stereo
Midrange
Home Is Where the Hatred Is
Gil Scott-Heron
Mono & Stereo
MidrangeTimbre
To Know You is to Love You
Joe Bonamassa
Secrets of HT
MidrangeSoundstageTimbre
En Gallop
Joanna Newsom
pt.AUDIO
Dynamics
Cello Concerto in E minor
Jacqueline du Pré
Enjoy The Music
MidrangeTimbre
Piano Concerto No. 1
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli / Giulini / Vienna Symphony Orchestra
GY8
Soundstage
Strike The Viol
Christina Pluhar / L'Arpeggiata
GY8
Midrange
Under the Magnolia Tree
Pale Jay
Headfonia
Midrange
Birds
Dominique Fils-Aimé
Headfonia
Midrange
Beat It
Michael Jackson
Analog Planet
MidrangeSoundstage
Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
Michael Jackson
Analog Planet
Soundstage
Et si c'était vrai
Martial Solal
Stereophile
MidrangeDynamics
Fenian
Kneecap
HiFi PiG
Midrange
Old Man
Neil Young
HiFi PiG
Midrange
Big Blow
Manu Dibango
Analog Planet
Midrange
Pale Black Eye
Manchester Orchestra
ecoustics
Midrange
Derezzed (The Glitch Mob Remix)
The Glitch Mob
ecoustics
Bass
back to friends
sombr
ecoustics
Midrange
Give Me Novacaine
Green Day
ecoustics
SoundstageTransparencyTimbre
Jestem tu – Goree
Bogdan Loebl and Little Axe
6moons
Midrange
Wake Up Little Maggie
Grayson Capps
Stereophile
Midrange
Blues for the Orient
Yusef Lateef
Stereophile
MidrangeTimbre
Nocturne
I Giardini
Stereophile
MidrangeTrebleTimbre
Plum Blossom
Yusef Lateef
Stereophile
Midrange
Heartless
Tone of Voice Orchestra
Stereophile
Midrange
Sympathy for the Devil
Rickie Lee Jones
Stereophile
MidrangeTransparencyTimbre
Highway Star
Deep Purple
Audiodrom
Midrange
Lotus Land
Kenny Burrell
Stereophile
DynamicsTransparencyTimbre
The Old Main Drag
The Pogues
Stereophile
MidrangeTransparency
Besame Mucho
Diana Krall
Secrets of HT
MidrangeTransparency
Temptation
Diana Krall
Secrets of HT
MidrangeTransparency
All is Forgiven
Jellyfish
StereoNET
MidrangeTransparency
YYZ
Rush
StereoNET
Treble
Nocturne No.2 in E-Flat Minor
Chopin
StereoNET
DynamicsTransparency
Gan to the Kye
The Unthanks
StereoNET
Midrange
Flight of the Cosmic Hippo
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones
StereoNET
BassSoundstageTransparency
Rocket Man
Elton John
ecoustics
Soundstage
Echoes
Technodad
ecoustics
Soundstage
Lost Without You
Freya Ridings
ecoustics
MidrangeTreble
Prodigal Daughter
Donovan
ecoustics
Midrange
Alive
KX5 / deadmau5
ecoustics
Soundstage
Bahia
Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd
The Absolute Sound
TrebleDynamics
An American in Paris
Gershwin
The Absolute Sound
DynamicsTransparencyTimbre
Blue Monday
New Order
Analog Planet
Dynamics
Day In, Day Out
Ella Fitzgerald
Positive Feedback
MidrangeDynamicsTimbre
The Last Goodbye
Bettye LaVette
Positive Feedback
Midrange
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Kurt Elling's Live in Chicago album.
Positive Feedback
MidrangeTimbre
Stardust
Dmitri Matheny
Positive Feedback
MidrangeDynamicsTimbre
Everybody Here Wants You
Jeff Buckley
Positive Feedback
BassMidrangeDynamics
Halo
Beyonce
Positive Feedback
Midrange
Death Row
Chris Stapleton
Positive Feedback
Midrange
Moonbuilding 2703 AD
The Orb
Darko.Audio
Bass
Before We Drown
Depeche Mode
Darko.Audio
Treble
The Future
Leonard Cohen
Darko.Audio
Midrange
The Augurs of Spring: Dances of the Young Girls
Stravinsky
pt.AUDIO
Dynamics
Tabula Rasa
Arvo Pärt
pt.AUDIO
MidrangeSoundstageDynamicsTimbre
Om du bare ønsker det
Anita Skorgan
pt.AUDIO
TrebleTransparency
Quiet Village
Martin Denny
Hi-Fi News
Soundstage
Where Have All The Good Times Gone
Van Halen
Hi-Fi News
Midrange
One Of A Kind
The Heavy Heavy
Hi-Fi News
TrebleSoundstage
Edge Of Darkness
Greta Van Fleet
Hi-Fi News
Dynamics
Sentimental Value
Polish composer Hania Rani
Hi-Fi News
MidrangeTreble
Reng-é Shotor
Renaud Garcia-Fons and Claire Antonini
Hi-Fi News
Timbre
Ocean Eyes
Billie Eilish
Hi-Fi News
Midrange
If I Were A Carpenter
Robert Plant
Hi-Fi News
Treble
Trombone
Latina of Nick Lowe
Hi-Fi News
MidrangeTimbre
Metamorphosis
Philip Glass
Hi-Fi News
MidrangeTimbre
Get Lucky
Daft Punk
Hi-Fi News
Soundstage
Train Song
Tom Waits
Hi-Fi News
MidrangeTreble
Opera House
Cigarettes After Sex
Hi-Fi News
Midrange
I Don't Know Enough About You
Diana Krall
Hi-Fi News
BassMidrangeTransparency
Tough Love
MT Jones
Hi-Fi News
Bass
Blues For J
Smith's organ and Burrell
Positive Feedback
Timbre
Piano Concerto in F
George Gershwin
Hi-Fi News
MidrangeTreble
Lux Aeterna
John Rutter
The Absolute Sound
Soundstage
What A Shame About Me
Steely Dan
The Absolute Sound
Dynamics
Some People’s Lives’
Janis Ian
GY8
MidrangeTimbre
Ziggy Stardust…
Bowie
GY8
Treble
Real Bad News
Aimee Mann
GY8
Midrange
Peaceful Sleep (Nier: Automata OST)
Keiichi Okabe
Headfonia
BassMidrange
Come Away With Me
Norah Jones
Headfonia
Midrange
Up From the Skies
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Analog Planet
Midrange
At Last
Anita Kerr Singers on Big Daddy
Hi-Fi News
Treble
With A Little Help
Anita Kerr Singers on Big Daddy
Hi-Fi News
Treble
At Last
Lou Rawls
Hi-Fi News
Midrange
Oh Holy Night
Gary Karr
HiFi PiG
MidrangeTimbre
Improvisation
Jim Keltner
HiFi PiG
Dynamics
La Femme Chinoise
Yellow Magic Orchestra
SoundStage! Hi-Fi
Dynamics
Full of Life
Christine and the Queens
SoundStage! Hi-Fi
MidrangeSoundstage
Stranded Pearl
Giant Sand
Soundstage Ultra
Midrange
Rumble
Skrillex
Hi-Fi+
Bass
Contrabajísimo
Astor Piazzolla
Stereophile
Timbre
Libertango
12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic
Stereophile
Transparency
Ice Heavy Branches
The Appleseed Cast
HiFi PiG
BassTreble
Hope Leaves
Opeth
HiFi PiG
MidrangeTreble
Hyper-Ballad
Björk
HiFi PiG
Midrange
Hearts Burst Into Fire
Bullet For My Valentine
HiFi PiG
BassMidrangeTrebleSoundstageDynamics
Nobody Can Save Me
Linkin Park
HiFi PiG
BassMidrangeTrebleTransparency
Gun
Scout Niblett
6moons
Midrange
Pollyanna
Just Mustard
6moons
Bass
Frosti
Björk
6moons
TrebleDynamicsTransparency
Everest
Halestorm
6moons
Dynamics
True to Life
Roxy Music
Secrets of HT
Soundstage
Soulville
Ben Webster
Positive Feedback
MidrangeTransparencyTimbre
Excellent Birds
Laurie Anderson and Peter Gabriel
Positive Feedback
MidrangeSoundstage
99.9F°
Suzanne Vega
Positive Feedback
MidrangeDynamics
So Begins the Task
Stephen Stills
Hi-Fi+
MidrangeTreble
Mental Web
Camille Bigeault
Hi-Fi+
MidrangeSoundstage
Love Will Tear Us Apart
June Tabor
Hi-Fi+
MidrangeTransparency
Tangled Up In Blue
Bob Dylan
Hi-Fi+
Bass
Eleanor Rigby
Stanley Jordan
Hi-Fi+
Midrange
La Grange
ZZ Top
Analog Planet
Bass
Born Slippy
Underworld
StereoNET
SoundstageTransparency
Largo (Triple Concerto)
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Yo-Yo Ma, Daniel Barenboim, West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Positive Feedback
Midrange
The Rain
Melody Gardot
Positive Feedback
MidrangeTrebleTransparency
When I Fall in Love
Keith Jarrett
Positive Feedback
MidrangeTrebleTimbre
Low Symphony: III. Warszawa
Philip Glass
Darko.Audio
Soundstage
Thou Shalt Always Kill
Dan le sac vs. Scroobius Pip
Darko.Audio
DynamicsTransparency
For the First Time, Again
Tyler Ballgame
Darko.Audio
Midrange
Boots on the Ground
Massive Attack and Tom Waits
Darko.Audio
Midrange
Runeii
Talk Talk
Headphone.Guru
Midrange
The Owl of Cranston
Larry Grenadier
Headphone.Guru
MidrangeTrebleTransparency
Lamplighter
Kirk Knuffke
Headphone.Guru
Treble
Waltz for Debby
Bill Evans Trio
Enjoy The Music
MidrangeDynamics
Yulunga
Dead Can Dance
pt.AUDIO
Bass
La Estiba
Paco de Lucía, John McLaughlin & Al Di Meola
Stereo Times
Midrange
I Was Young When I Left Home
Anohni and Bryce Dessner
Twittering Machines
MidrangeTrebleDynamics
Concorde
Miss Monique
Headfonia
Bass
Anthler
Polynation
Headfonia
Midrange
New Favorite
Alison Krauss + Union Station
Secrets of HT
BassMidrange
When I Call Your Name
Vince Gill
Secrets of HT
MidrangeTrebleTimbre
I Can See Clearly Now
Johnny Nash
Secrets of HT
Midrange
Grace Kelly Blues
Eels
The Audiophile Man
Timbre
Boogie Man
AC/DC
Audiodrom
Bass
With Every Breath I Take
Claire Martin
Audiodrom
MidrangeTreble
Ouroboros
Ray LaMontagne
Hi-Fi Choice
MidrangeSoundstage
He Is On His Way Home, We Don't Live Together
Anastasia Coope
StereoNET
Midrange
Timeless
Goldie
Hi-Fi Choice
MidrangeTrebleSoundstage
Blossom
Nicholas Gunn
Soundnews
MidrangeTransparency
No One Emotion
George Benson
Hi-Fi+
Midrange
Racing in the Streets
Bruce Springsteen
Hi-Fi+
MidrangeTimbre
Minute by Minute
Larry Carlton
Hi-Fi+
DynamicsTimbre
Shine a Light on Me
Ben Sidran
Hi-Fi+
Midrange
Blue
Joni Mitchell
Hi-Fi+
Midrange
Happy Together
The Nylons
Positive Feedback
MidrangeTreble
La Casa Bruja
Harold Budd
Secrets of HT
MidrangeTimbre
The Imperial March
John Williams
Fidelity Magazine
DynamicsTimbre
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Main Title)
Ennio Morricone
Fidelity Magazine
Dynamics
It's a Fire
Portishead
Headphone.Guru
MidrangeTreble
Imagenes
Melissa Aldana
Headphone.Guru
TrebleTransparency
Out of the Black
Royal Blood
Headphone.Guru
Transparency

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