Submitted by xanax101010 t3_z7y7d4 in headphones
Besides "the songs I know well, so I could perceive differences in details better", what songs do you think really shine on the Hifiman HE400SE, in terms of tonality and technicalities?
My headphone is arriving today at anytime and I can't wait to test it! thanks a lot guys
Infected Mushroom - Guitarmass (especially the 3:35 part)
Yosi Horikawa - Swashers
Yosi Horikawa - Bubbles
Pretty much everything from Yosi Horikawa
This. His songs sound impressive on pretty much everything though xD I especially like letter and the one with the ping pong ball
The songs you like the best.
One of the first songs I always try on new gear is Superstition by Stevie Wonder. It has a wonderful amount of layers to the mix and picking out each individual sound makes me happy.
It's a great pair of cans and I love them dearly. Here are some of my favorites which sound amazing on those:
Nick Drake - Bryter Layter is my favorite, but the whole discography is solid.
Masayoshi Takanaka - On Guitar or All of me, easy-to-listen jazz rock.
Steely Dan - Aja, Gaucho or Katy Lied , but once again - other albums are great too!
Stereolab - albums after Dots and Loops. They were making fantastic lofi-ish music before.
Dire Straits - Alchemy: Dire Straits live. One and a half hour of fantastically recorded live concert, with crowd sounds and all that good stuff.
Japanese city pop records usually have immaculate production and are fun and easy to listen to. Some of my favorite artists are Anri, Miki Matsubara, 1986 Omega Tribe, Wink (duo) and Tomoko Aran.
Venetian Snares - Traditional Synthesizer Music. That sweet modular synth goodness mixed with high tempo mangled beats, I'd say it's a perfect entry-level album if you want to get into breakcore, since it's surprisingly easy to listen to compared to the rest of Vsnares' discography
taylor swift's new album
Vigilante shift and midnight sounds incredible on most headphones :)
Midnights is a beautifully engineered album and it really does allow a capable headphone to strut its stuff.
Tank! Cowboy beebop soundtrack.
/r/headphones soundstage testing playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3nRSh6qyYtTeHfhGM5Q5Iq
Osibisa - Welcome Home
Osibisa - Sunshine Day
SAULT - Wildfires
Little Simz - Introvert
amaarae - FANCY
Osibisa -
Moliy - Body on fire
Worlasi, Senkulive - Animate
Adomaa - You Used To Love Me (Intro). It's a special experience.
Aṣa - Nike
SAULT - Fight For Love
Ebo Taylor, Pat Thomas, Henrik Schwarz - Eye Nyam Nam 'A'Mensuro (Henrik Schwarz Blend)
Black Sherif - Soja
Cina Soul - Falling
Burna Boy - Kilometre
Listen to whatever music you normally listen to. Because you have listened to them for years, you know what to expect. And you can check if you hear any improvement. Or do A/B comparison.
I wouldn't listen to other people's music or playlist. If music is new to you, there is no baseline or reference at all.
The first song I like to use with testing a headphone is Trifonic - Lies.
First and foremost EQ them and get the bass back.
Andrewskiii t1_iy9wo6g wrote
Any song off Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories album