A (relatively) short playlist for testing headphones and whatnot. About half the tracks are there for various aspects of bass, so I guess I'm a fuckin' basshead. All are tracks that I enjoy -- well, maybe not the Ryoji Ikeda one. Some have mastering that makes them sound off or unpleasant on some or all headphones in parts. | Artist | Album | Track | Notes | | ------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------- | | [[Missy Mazzoli]] | [[Vespers for a New Dark Age]] | IV. Come On All You | Just a really nice track with a lot going on | | [[Jordi Savall]] | [[Altre Follie (1500-1750)]] | Folias (A 3) Echa Para Mi Senora Dona Tarolilla De Carallenos | Soundstage & imaging / room sound | | [[Ottmar Liebert]] | [[Up Close]] | La Luna | One of the few non-concert binaural albums that's...good. | | [[Devin Hoff]] | [[Baile As Baile]] | Triple Goddess Suite | Bass texture | | [[Nils Petter Molvaer]] | [[Khmer]] | Khmer | Deep bass thump, hard panned | | [[Theon Cross]] | [[Fyah]] | Letting Go | I just think tubas are neat | | [[Charles Mingus]] | [[Oh Yeah]] | Hog Calling Blues | Just a really good track | | [[Cameron Carpenter]] | [[All You Need is Bach]] | Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 582: Passacaglia | Organ track w/good bass extension | | [[Jean Arthur Guillou]] | [[Franck, C: Organ Music]] | 3 Chorales for Organ: No. 2 in B Minor, M. 39 | Organ track w/good bass extension | | [[Lucy Dacus]] | [[Historian]] | Night Shift | Great track, sometimes sibilant | | [[Tei Shi]] | [[La Linda]] | When He's Done | Recessed vocals | | [[Lisa O'Neil]] | [[Heard a Long Gone Song]] | The Factory Girl | Piercing | | [[Lianne La Havas]] | [[Blood-LaHavas]] | Grow (Solo) | Piercing | | [[Frightened Rabbit]] | [[Quietly Now]] | Good Arms vs Bad Arms | Imaging and token white dude vocals | | [[Saba Alizadeh]] | [[Scattered Memories]] | Would You Remember Me | Imaging/positional fuckery, deep bass | | [[Drexciya]] | [[Journey of the Deep Sea Dweller]] | Wavejumper | Bass speed | | [[Valgeir Sigurdsson\|Valgeir Sigurðsson]] | [[Architecture of Loss]] | Guardian at the Door | Basically has a subbass test tone | | [[Jlin]] | [[Autobiography]] | Mutation | Deep bass / can overwhelm | | [[Mika Vainio]], [[Ryoji Ikeda]] | [[Live 2002]] | Movement 4 (Live) | Genuinely unpleasant. | <div style="position: relative; padding-bottom: 100%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%;"><iframe src="https://embed.tidal.com/playlists/2a8f042a-c535-4f05-82f3-4bbe1d41101b?layout=gridify" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen style="position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 1px; min-height: 100%; margin: 0 auto;"></iframe></div> #list