What's your "reference" song? - Page 8

I give new headphones a workout with:

Tool - Ticks & Leeches - drums, bass, biting guitars, for articulation

Pearl Jam - WMA - percussion, bass, ability to play "ugly" music

Dream Theater - A change of seasons (the whole album) - played it endlessly, use it to determine if I like the overall sound

The Cure - Fascination Street, for details and complexity

For the Etymotic 4p it was 'What time is love - extended live version', that was just a song that I thought sounded really valuable. For the Triple.fi pro it was 'What time is love - single version' which is strange, I guess I thought it was a jamming track to test the earphones out with. For the sony e700 it was'scientific coverup' - by atmos, I thought this cool song would be good for this occasion, it had cool highlighter parts in it. For the shure 530 I just played whatever was on my himd at the time - 'blush response' off of the bladerunner sound track (I thought they sounded awesome). For the sennheiser IE8 it was 'patience of a saint' - electronic, because it has a chilling bassline and is an all round awesome track.

Radiohead - "Paranoid Android"

Feist - "Tout Doucement"

She & Him - "Don't Look Back"

Eric Clapton - "Layla" (unplugged)

All such different songs...helps bring out different attributes in different phones.

This should really be on everyones list of reference songs... great stuff!

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Originally Posted by wakeride74 

This should really be on everyones list of reference songs... great stuff!

 

Great song! Definitely went on my list of reference songs.

My only "reference" songs have been songs that I like, nothing really technical to test out equipment. Anyway, I usually listen to:

What Am I to You? - Norah Jones

If that's What It Takes - Celine Dion

Karma Police - Radiohead

Bailamos - Enrique Iglesias