I'm going to recommend a recording many consider good but I myself find bad in many ways.  No where to run, nowhere to hide with some of those issues.


Hell Freezes Over-Eagles

 

Well, at first listen Metallica's  "Beyond Magentic" seems to capture some of the same recording magic that Death Magentic did...   

Ofcourse also Death Magnetic, but I just stopped listening to that album entirely.

Florence + The Machine, her first album is somewhat tolerable but if it wasn't for the musicianship on that album. The moment she sings though I just want to listen...

Eagles Hell Freezes Over - Hotel CA - Original CD

• The track has lots of bass from the kick drum. A good test for bass volume.
• Glen Fry's voice should be slightly sibilant, but not painful or harsh.
• String articulation and attack on the intro.
• Delineation of loud and soft with the strings.
• Overall dynamics.

MJ Thriller - Billie Jean - LFF remaster

• Bass detail. There's a sawtooth wave sounding thing in the bass which isn't heard on systems with muddy or inarticulate bass.
• Overall balance of vocals to instruments. A subjective FR test so to speak, especially in the mids.

Rostropovich Bach Cello Suites

• Microdynamics
• Plankton
• Continuity in volume levels

Talking Heads Speaking in Tongues - This Must be the Place - Remaster, the original CD sounds very different

• This track has lots of bass, including low bass. Sub integration. Badly setup systems will sound muddy and mid-bassy as hell. 19 of 20 speaker rigs at THE SHOW failed this test. Rather badly.
• Possible sibilant vocals from David Byrne. It should never happen any any semi-balanced setup, but the HD700 manages to do it somehow.
• Snare drums, cymbals, percussion will sound harsh on a bad system. On a balanced system, it should be fine. On HD700 is was painful.

Radiohead The Bends - My Iron Lung - Original CD

• Will make upper midrange issues evident. K550 was an example of this.

Nirvana Nevermind - Lithium - Original CD

• Should be aggressive sounding, loud, etc. Upper midrange issues will make this track un-listenable / painful.

Pixies Surfer Rosa - Brick is Red - MFSL

• Macro-dynamics and attack, especially on the drums. Supposed to be aggressive sounding. Every sound should freaking explode. The Meridian Explorer blew monkey chunks on this track - made everything sound blunt, damped, and boring.
• Track is on the bright side. A bright setup will be evident.

Natalie Merchant Tigerlily - Wonder - Original CD

• Kind of a dark tilt to the FR. Sounds great on a HD800. Helpful to assess if the system is too dark sounding or recessed in the upper-mids

Just a few examples among many. The key is familiarity - and knowing how these recordings sound on excellent, good, mediocre, and shitty setups.