Tír Na HiFi

Quite a few years back Art Dudley wrote a simple piece in Stereophile about how to demonstrate a system. It was excellent, combining a demonstration first with some (varied) music to point particular details, and then moving on to customers choices. I think it was about 25mins then the customers material. The methodology always struck me as sound, but of course I've long since lost the link to the tracks.

Makes total sense, that is what I always do if I have someone new come to the house

BTW - Sean sorry for hi-jacking your thread

Certainly a shame that some big ego's got between that list of kit and a much more enjoyable evening. I heard the Alexia I's a couple of months back and was greatly impressed. Gripping scale and effortlessly open.
Hopefully you'll get another chance to hear the likes of the Alexx and report back!!