I have a Spotify Playlist with 20 test-tracks. Yeah yeah, some of you will gasp now. Most test environments are noisy. I did extensive comparisons between Spotify 320k and FLAC files with JH Angie & JH Layla and my Pioneer XDP-300R. There is hardly any detectable difference between the file formats in noisy environments. Maybe cymbals and stuff, but anyway. If an IEM doesn't sound good with 320k, it won't sound better with lossless.
So here is my playlist:
Feist - The Simple Story (bass, female vocals)
Metallica - ...And Justice For All (coherence, dynamics)
Banks - screw with myself (bass, female vocals)
Vienna Teng - The Tower (timbre, micro detail)
Vektor - LCD (coherence, lower frequency decay)
Trivium - Capsizing The Sea (layering, instrument separation)
Trivium - Until The World Goes Cold (layering, instrument separation, male vocals)
Run The Jewels - Close your Eyes (And Count To screw) (bass, fun factor)
Rage Against The Machine - Bullet In The Head (dynamics, decay)
Porcupine Tree - Trains (timbre, layering, instrument separation, male vocals)
The Ocean - Mesopelagic: Into The Uncanny (layering, instrument separation)
Northlane - Heartmachine (sibilance)
Lorde - Royals (bass impact)
Alice In Chains - No Excuses (Unplugged) (soundstage, separation)
Eric Clapton - Layla (Unplugged) (soundstage, separation)
Sam Smith - Writing's On The Wall (stage, layering, separation, male vocals)
Tina Turner - Goldeneye (bass, micro detail)
This playlist also represents my favourite music, so if an IEM or headphone makes any of these songs unlistenable, it fails the test.
