[Odor trader]

What do you guys suggest for breaking in/testing new cans?

 

[CoachBane]

Here is the current official playlist from r/headphones https://open.spotify.com/user/keanex/playlist/6QZ0x41qYcudi1ObnUZ89B
Happy listening!

 

[kimvictor]

For breaking in, I usually use white/pink noise. But frankly, there is no right answer to it. Hell, we don't even have scientific proof that break ins work.
 
For testing, I use music I'm familiar with. Good masters are a plus, but poor recordings can show the true performance of your headphones. If you want specific tracks, here are few albums I use:
 
Pulse by Pink Floyd
Houses of the Holy by Led Zeppelin
Somethin' Else by Cannonball Adderly
Random Access Memory by Daft Punk(Studio Masters Edition)
 
All of these albums have pretty good dynamic range and master, and I'm very familiar with the tracks, allowing me to compare a specific headphone to my other gears.

 

[Odor trader]

I do appreciate all these suggestions.

I do have a headphone playlist on spotify.

Is it better to listen to music you are familiar with, or new music?

I can hear some really cool stuff with new music, albeit no baseline. But it can help pick at what a headphone is good for?