In chronological order:įor frequency separation, female vocals and wind instrument (well, saxophone anyway) : Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floydįor mid-bass and general vocals: I Robot by The Alan Parsons Project. As a collector I buy headphones on a regular basis and carry these albums on a USB stick when I go hunting for cans. All date back to the vinyl era but each has lossless versions that bring me equal satisfaction. I consider these albums to be among the very best produced works of rockdom. Sexy pic courtesy of don’t rely on a vast collection of recordings when comparing headphones, I listen mostly to prog-rock (often live) and fusion and found that the material below do a pretty good job of rendering my tonal and dynamics preferences. Dream Theater- At Wits End (Blu ray Audio stereo pcm 24/96k version!).These few tracks have everything I love about music. You take it away you usually have loud and overly processed crap. So my list comprises of high dynamic range recordings because I feel DNR is the true life and blood of all music. We all need help discovering great music. This is a great thread and an important one. Great for testing the layered complex sounds of a sitar (it has 21 strings!), detail retrieval (random stage noises), and instrument separation (being able to pick out all 3 instruments reaching a crescendo simultaneously). The song ends in an incredible crescendo of violin and sitar accompanied by a Tabla (played by another all time great, Alla Rakha). One of the fusion recordings from the early days that actually showed what was possible and popularized the concept itself. Yehudi Menuhin and Ravi Shankar - Swara-Kakali - from “West Meets East”: Very good for testing instrument separation, imaging, and texture. I particularly like So What and Blue in Green, but the rest are great too. What you end up with is a really interesting blend of instruments and vocals that’s beautifully recorded and engaging all through. Great for testing microdynamics, bite, detail retrieval (you can hear the hand sliding around on the violin, his breathing, etc.), and space (on some tracks, you can hear the violin echo).Ī REALLY cool fusion album that takes Miles Davis’ compositions and blends them beautifully with Indian classical music. Haven’t found this for streaming anywhere, but it’s a fantastic album for testing layered resonance, sound texture (especially some of the percussion instruments have a very rough lingering texture), imaging, space (you can hear the echo of some drum beats far off to the left / right), sound stage (some sounds feel like they revolve around you), and slam.Īugustin Haderlich - Paganini: 24 Caprices, Op. Mark Nauseef - With Space in Mind (whole album): Good for testing treble smoothness / extension as well as slam. The intro to the song has really piercing chimes followed by a really punchy drum. Rahman - Radha Kaise Na Jale - from “Lagaan”: (very high treble and drum punch) I’ll add a few more nontraditional options, including some international (Indian) songs.Ī. Great lists, and I’m really discovering some new recordings and genres that I think I’ll like.
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