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SpeleoFool
675
Jun 5, 2018
Apologies for the pedantic response, but when I read the subject "break-in songs," I think of "burn-in," which would be the initial window of time during which headphones or other audio equipment settle into their final sound signature. If I'm looking to burn in headphones, I'm only trying to exercise them for a period before I start diving into actual listening. So my headphones will stay parked on a stand, and I'll feed them my music library on shuffle.
When I read the "in other words" qualifier ("go-to" songs), that sounds more like the honeymoon period of initial critical listening. As an engineer, it used to drive me nuts that everywhere I looked for recommendations on how to audition speakers, the recommendation was always "listen to what you know." Surely there must be some objectively good tracks to use for objective listening purposes, right? But after spending hundreds of hours of critical listening, A-B tests, etc., I've learned that it's easiest to appreciate nuances and ferret out repeatable differences in A-B comparisons when I'm listening to music that speaks to me, because I know it intimately. So start there.
Finally, I could rattle off an endless list of tracks I've visited while listening for what my gear can do (Delerium - "Innocente" ft Leigh Nash; Pink Floyd - "Run Like Hell" and "Goodbye Blue Sky"; A Perfect Circle - "Counting Bodies Like Sheep..."; Beck - "Say Goodbye"; Imogen Heap - "Bad Body Double"; various stuff by Nine Inch Nails and Tool). But sometimes I just want to hear "Awesome Sound" by Ween on the most ridiculously high-end equipment available to me. Because I can. Don't forget to have fun and enjoy the journey.
Harold_MB
0
Jan 12, 2019
SpeleoFoolThe first album I played on my new Senn 550s was ÆNIMA, then Salival, something about that recording has always struck me and the live album is amazing as well. As for the headphones they were a sweet surprise, for closed back wireless headphones they had me hearing things I had never heard before on both of these albums, score! I also have a set of 6XXs to test out with my newly purchased Bottlehead Crack and these same albums on vinyl to see how they compare 🙂
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