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In the heyday of car audio, there were test CDs that had similar material - tracks to compare left/right, phasing, soundstage, frequency response, and so on. They're still available from Crutchfield - look for "AutoSound 2000".

While geared for car audio (tight control over listener position, questionable speaker placement and acoustics), they're also good for home systems, and somewhat good for headphone/earphone selection. You want disc 2 for basic setup, and disc 1 if you plan on using an oscilloscope or spectrum analyzer.




There's actually at least one on Spotify - search for "Sheffield Lab". Very handy for end-to-end testing your streaming setup.




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