{"id":9905,"date":"2026-01-08T09:21:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T14:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/?p=9905"},"modified":"2026-01-08T09:21:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T14:21:23","slug":"our-favorite-demo-tracks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/our-favorite-demo-tracks\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Favorite Demo Tracks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/open.qobuz.com\/playlist\/3783282\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Top-Demo-Tracks_fbook-1024x540.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9906\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Top-Demo-Tracks_fbook-1024x540.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Top-Demo-Tracks_fbook-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Top-Demo-Tracks_fbook-768x405.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Top-Demo-Tracks_fbook-500x264.jpg 500w, https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Top-Demo-Tracks_fbook.jpg 1120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>At Nordost, a large part of what we do is share what our audio components are capable of through live product demonstrations. To help do this, we spend a lot of time putting together playlists that highlight specific qualities in music and sound, so that you can appreciate the improvements that our cables and audio enhancers bring to a system. To begin 2026, we thought it would be fun to share our favorite demo songs of the past year with you. Some of these selections may have made an appearance in past playlists, but all of them are hits in our eyes (or ears!). As always, some may be classics, some may be brand new, some may not even be to your tastes, but we hope that there is something here for everyone to start off the new year on the right note.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>You can listen to these tracks on our monthly playlist, here:&nbsp;&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/tidal.com\/playlist\/a734ba22-a8c3-40d8-84bd-ecf7378e3d33\" target=\"_blank\">TIDAL<\/a>&nbsp; | <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"SPOTIFY (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/playlist\/2qvw7tg6SMFVbr0t8kF4JW?si=EHaJa4P8S1mUu1SMx5Rgeg\" target=\"_blank\">SPOTIFY<\/a> &nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"QOBUZ (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/open.qobuz.com\/playlist\/3783282\" target=\"_blank\">QOBUZ<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tell Mama \u2013 The Civil Wars \u2013 The Civil Wars&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>While My Guitar Gently Weeps \u2013 Santana \u2013 Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics Of All Time (Deluxe Version)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Normal \u2013 Katie Pruitt \u2013 Expectations&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Love Hurts (Live) \u2013 Emmylou Harris \u2013 Spyboy (Live)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stand by Me (Live at the Late Show with David Letterman) \u2013 Tracy Chapman \u2013 Greatest Hits<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Walk with the Dreamers \u2013 Ambala \u2013 Volume 1&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Messy (Stripped) \u2013 Lola Young \u2013 Messy EP&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>When The Lights Go Down \u2013 Prince \u2013 The Vault &#8211; Old Friends 4 Sale&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Black Mambo \u2013 Glass Animals \u2013 ZABA<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Veto \u2013 SOHN \u2013 Tremors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Nordost, a large part of what we do is share what our audio components are capable of through live product demonstrations. 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