What's everyone's favorite CDs and DVDs to give your system a workout and get your neighbors to visit you?
They are not necessarily your favorite CDs or DVDs, but sonically they kick butt!

Here's a few of my personal favorites to get the ball rolling:

CDs - Bachbusters by Don Dorsey - A terrific Telarc digital recording of Bach music on synthesizers. Has some of the lowest bass notes your system will ever see An old CD (1985), but still a killer!

On the Line by Lee Ritenour - Another full digital recording with great dynamics, electronic drums and Lee's great guitar work.

DVDs - This seems to change weekly, but here's a few that keep poping into mind:

The Matrix - Unreal both visually and sonically. Great Dolby Digital soundtrack.

Lost in Space - One of the dumbest movies of all time, but awesome Dolby Digital sound.

I have many more but what do the rest of you think?

Enjoy!

The ones that have worked for me in the past include:

CD - Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture (Telarc)
CD - Black Sabbath (Just about any album)
DVD - Saving Private Ryan

Blade
Saving Private Ryan
Bugs Life (great surround effects)
Toy Story 2 pack
Wild West (will excercise your subs)
Havent played any CDs yet as I'm to enthralled with all the DVDs out there

How about John Carpenter's Vampires for DD 5.1 & Contact - the bit where Jodie Foster is in the machine for DVD pic quality?

Charlie Chaplin silent movies are quite good

(Ahem...)

CD- Try Telarc's "The Great Fantasy Adventure Album", or "Chiller". Yes' "Talk", Megadeth's "Risk", Anything by Mark Knopfler, Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon".

DVD- I'll second "The Matrix", also "Mousehunt", Ditto "Toy Story 2", "MIB", "The Patriot" (the one with Mel Gibson, not the Steven Segal flop).

"The Great Fantasy Adventure Album" CD is quite good... also, X-Men has a pretty amazing soundtrack.

Man o Man do I have one for ya! The cd called Pomp&Pipes on the Reference Recording`s label will absolutely crush your system. The low frequency and dynamic range on this cd is wider and lower than I have ever experienced.If you get this disc use extreme caution when you play it the first time-I don`t want to be responsible for blowing up your system. The disc is classical music so you rock&rollers probably won`t like it. Those of you who buy it e-mail me and let me know what you think. Once again I`m not responsible if your stuff goes KABOOM!!!! Chris

On the Line by Lee Ritenour - Another full digital recording with great dynamics, electronic drums and Lee's great guitar work.

Thanks for mentioning this. Haven't played it in much too long.

Hey MROLL and MAKAL GUY are you two related you both used the same words to discribe a disk. Whats going on here. I`m listening!!! Chris

Great minds think alike. Either that or I was quoting him to put my reply in context. You decide.

I prefer to think that mroll was anticipating what Makai would say. :-)

Daniel MRoll reads minds? Ah I doubt it. I still think something smells fishy! More info you two.I`m still listening. Daniel I gotta hunch on this one. I hope it plays all the way out to see if I`m right. Later! Chris

Chris,

I just read your mind and your hunch is wrong.

OK MROLL your sooo smart what was my hunch? Come on know share with everybody won`t you? Chris