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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sverek t1_iwuh01k wrote on November 18, 2022 at 1:14 PM

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https://www.szynalski.com/tone-generator/

szakee t1_iwui94g wrote on November 18, 2022 at 1:25 PM

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the ones you like and know.

aless530 t1_iwuj5bt wrote on November 18, 2022 at 1:33 PM

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Replying to sverek (#565,665)

Thank you Amir, Very cool!

LSG4M3R t1_iwull4t wrote on November 18, 2022 at 1:53 PM

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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.

imacom t1_iwum4xf wrote on November 18, 2022 at 1:58 PM

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

RB181 t1_iwumt7h wrote on November 18, 2022 at 2:04 PM

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A playlist of about 30 /r/symphonicmetal songs, but most importantly, Cryovile - Providence.

imsolass t1_iwv3mmx wrote on November 18, 2022 at 4:05 PM

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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

a_bad_capacitor t1_iwv7gmk wrote on November 18, 2022 at 4:31 PM

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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?

Buff55 OP t1_iwvj6vk wrote on November 18, 2022 at 5:49 PM

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Replying to a_bad_capacitor (#567,980)

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...