Songs for testing?

Submitted by Buff55 t3_yyjqv7 in headphones

What songs do you guys use to test your headphones? So far I've been using System Check from Bass Mechanik: Subsonic Overload but was wondering are there better tracks?

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szakee t1_iwui94g wrote

the ones you like and know.

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imsolass t1_iwv3mmx wrote

I just listen to the songs I like, there's no point listening to reference songs and testing them because I don't know what to test for lol. If the songs I like sound good, then I'm happy with it.

Also cheat song, but the 1994 Hell Freezes Over version of Hotel California sounds so nice on every pair of headphones. It's decent for testing because the first 2 minutes have a thumping bass beat and high note guitars, but it's just a song that will make you appreciate your headphones in general

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LSG4M3R t1_iwull4t wrote

I always listen to Charlie Puth - Light Switch. This song is great for testing tone (literally by listening first 10 sec, you can tell how it is tuned), bass, and dynamic.

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imacom t1_iwum4xf wrote

There’s a playlist in Spotify named Songs to Test Headphones With.

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a_bad_capacitor t1_iwv7gmk wrote

Ill have to look at that Bass Mechanik track in a spectrum analyzer.

Was using the Wasserman/Warnes track Ballad of a runaway horse to test and I was trying to position the speakers where the bass was even per the Sumiko Masters setup method. I listened to the song on my headphone setup (Wadia 121/Audeze LCD2) and noted the bass notes weren’t the same volume. When I put it in a spectrum analyzer you can see that each bass note is at a different volume.

After that I changed my speaker setup to achieve the levels closest to what I was seeing on the spectrum analyzer.

What are you testing your headphones for? Frequency response etc?

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Buff55 OP t1_iwvj6vk wrote

I guess. Bit annoying that some headphones sound kinda flat. There's no depth to the sound. As a former musician it's made me a bit of an audiophile...

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a_bad_capacitor t1_iww9r4v wrote

What songs do you use to test for depth?

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Buff55 OP t1_iwxcj9q wrote

One Last Shot from Curse of the Black Pearl, Binary Sunset, Olympic March

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bithalver t1_iww4tmm wrote

Alter from Lustmord & Karin Park: the album has a lot of subbass.

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Jmo04 t1_iwwjdnu wrote

Black skinhead - kanye west (just sounds really good on bassy stuff)

Resynthesis 3d - max Cooper (imaging)

La cienega - 88 rising (female vocals)

Jaded - drake (too see how the headphone will react to bass)

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MrToobman t1_iwx7a3n wrote

Orden Ogan - in the dawn of the ai, good for soundstage usage.

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