I've been wondering what I should use to evaluate any changes I make to improve my setup. I'll have to check that one out.
The Lord of the Rings trilogy also sounds great. I also like to use side B of the extended edition of “Fellowship of the Ring” for listening tests since there are several good audio scenes easily reached by chapter paging. The first scene, “Gilraen’s Memorial“, is very quite with lots of subtle ambient sounds. Also the scene “The Bridge of Khazad-Dum” has lots of surround action with the Orcs crawling around and some nice bass and LFE when running from and fighting the Balrog.
