CanJam Music Appreciation Contest
Apr 14, 2015 at 7:19 PM Post #256 of 295
Some great songs that are not only ideal to test the capabilities of the headphones, but also fun to listen to:
Flim & the BB's - TriCycle
Flim & the BB's - View From Seventh Heaven
Flim & the BB's - Thunder and Birdies
Flim & the BB's - Street Charmer
Dave Brubeck - Blue Rondo a la Turk
Beethoven - Symphony No. 5
Pendulum - Tarantula
 
Apr 15, 2015 at 10:22 PM Post #258 of 295
Here are the list of albums that i use when I'm testing headphones and I would love to listent to them with your HiFiMan HE1000
 
ALTERNATIVE LIST
 
Portishead Roseland NYC live -  "Only you" and "Glory box"
Nirvana MTV Unplugged in New York - "The Man Who Sold the World" and "Where did you Sleep Last Night"
Led Zeppelin Houses of the Holy (Remastered) - "The Rain Song"
Peter and Kerry Benaize "I Don't Know - Accoustic"
Rage Against the Machine Rage Against the Machine Remastered  - "Killing in the name of"
Radiohead KID A -  "IDIOTEQUE"
 
ELECTRONIC LIST
 
James Blake Overgrown - "Retrograde"
Submotion Orchestra All Yours - "All yours
Massive Attack - Mezzanine - "Teardrop"
Jonsi We bought the zoo soundtrack - "Go Do"
Aphex Twin LateNightTales - FLIM
Daft Punk Discovery - "Something About us"
Retro List
 
Bauhaus 1979-1983 Volume One - " Bela lugosi's Dead"
The Who Who's next Deluxe Edition" "Buba O'Riley"
 
Cafe List
 
Linda Ronstadt The 80's Collection - I've Got a Crush on you
Louis Armstrong La vie en Rose - "La vie en rose"
Julie London The Very Best of Julie London 1991 Remaster - "Cry me a River"
Johnny Cash Unhearted - "Hurt"
 
HipHop/Bass
 
Kanye West 808 and a Heart Beat - "Love Lockdown"
Dr. Dre the chronic 2001 - "The Next Episode"
Jay-z The Blueprint - "Never Change"
 
Classical/Jazz
 
Duke Ellington and John Coltrane Duke Ellington &  John Coltrane - "In Sentimental Mood"
Charles Mingus Mingus Ah Um - "Pork Pie Hat"
Ryuichi Sakamoto BABEL - "Bibo no Aozora/04"
Jaques Morelenbaum  DREAMER - " Vivo  Sonhando"
Jose Feliciano Jose Feliciano - Affirmation
Alan Silvestri "Cosmos Space time Odyssey" 
Nobuo Uematsu Distant Worlds II - "One-Winged Angel"
 
Hope you enjoy my list
 
:)
 
Apr 16, 2015 at 7:55 AM Post #259 of 295
I've got a hard drive that you could copy :wink: Almost 22 days of non-stop listening should keep you occupied
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Nah, just kidding. I'd say good test tracks on such an event are tracks that both have excellent recording/mastering and people are likely to know so they have a mental image to compare the headphone against.
 
The recent re-issue of Led Zeppelin - Kashmir should tick both boxes and would be my primary choice
 
If you want a list of songs (mix of genres, one per letter in the alphabet to restrain myself):
AC/DC - Whole Lotta Rosie
Bach (preferably the version by Gardener)- Matthäus-Passion, opening choir
Caribou - All I Ever Need (less know but bloody amazing and good to test bass)
Daft Punk - Give Life Back to Music
Explosions in the Sky - Your Hand in Mine (it's hard to find well known post-rock)
Florence and the Machine  - Dog Days Are Over
Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood
Hundred Waters - Murmurs (not well known, but one of my favourite test tracks)
Iron Maiden - The Trooper (preferably the version from 'Live in Donington')
Johnny Cash - Hurt
Kanye West - Black Skinhead
Louis Armstrong - Hello, Dolly
Metellica -  Enter Sandman (S&M live version)
Nightwish - Nemo
Of Monsters and Men - Little Talks
Pendulum - Watercolour (or witchcraft if you don't mind the intro)
Queen - Bohemien Rapsody
Radiohead - Everything in Its Right Place
Simon and Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence
Tom Odell - Another Love
Used, The - The Bird and the Worm
Volcano Choir - Seven Nation Army
Wardruna - Helvegen (or, if you're not into pagan music: White Lies - E.S.T. )
Xzibit - Papparazi (also the only artist I have that starts with an x :p)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Skeleton
Ziggy Marley - Love is my Religion
 
 

 
Apr 16, 2015 at 8:19 AM Post #260 of 295
Here are some of the test tracks I use regularly when reviewing:
 
Detail and clarity
  1. Steely Dan - Gaucho
  2. Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing
 
Soundstage & Imaging
  1. Amber Rubarth - Tundra
  2. Loreena McKennitt (Live) - Dante's Prayer
  3. Amanda Marshall - Let it Rain
     
Bass Quality
  1. Mark Lanegan Band - Bleeding Muddy Water
  2. Lorde - Royals
  3. Amy Winehouse - You Know I'm No Good
 
Female Vocals
  1. Agnes Obel - Aventine
  2. Feist - The Bad In Each other
  3. Gabriella Cilmi - Safer
  4. Norah Jones - Light as a Feather
 
Male Vocals
  1. Pearl Jam - Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town
  2. Seether (unplugged) - Immortality
  3. Nils Lofgren - Keith Don't Go
 
I also have a lot of genre specific stuff.  The list of my most common tracks for testing with is here:
http://www.head-fi.org/a/brookos-test-tracks
 
Apr 16, 2015 at 4:12 PM Post #262 of 295
Innuendo/ queen in a 24/96 wav vinyl rip
 
Apr 16, 2015 at 7:00 PM Post #263 of 295
Apr 17, 2015 at 9:22 AM Post #264 of 295
Some of the ones I enjoy testing headphones with are
 
Mothership Connection (Starchild) - Parliament
And the Day Turned to Night... - Shpongle
Luminol - Steve Wilson
Skyrim Atmospheres - Skyrim Soundtrack
Space Lion - The Seatbelts
King Kunta - Kendrick Lamar
Master of Puppets (gold DCC master) - Metallica
Red Heat - Noisia
Apparition - Ewan Dobson
Rooster (unplugged) - Alice In Chains
Bollywood Jam - Alex Scholnick Trio
Elegant Gypsy Suite - Al Di Meola
Heavyweight - Infected Mushroom
I Follow Rivers - Lykke Li
 
Apr 17, 2015 at 1:09 PM Post #266 of 295
Take Five from the Album: "The White House Sessions, Live 1962" - Tony Bennett and Dave Brubeck
 
Won't Get Fooled Again from the Album: "Who's Next" - The Who
 
Concrete Jungle from the Album: "Catch a Fire" - Bob Marley and The Wailers
 
Apr 17, 2015 at 1:36 PM Post #267 of 295
Tone Wik & Barokkanerne - Vivaldi: Belezza Crudel - Recitative And Aria From Cantata Rv 679 (The Nordic Sound - 2L Audiophile Reference Recordings)
 
López-Cobos, Jesús - Spanish Dance from la Vida Breve (The Telarc Collection Vol. 5)
 
Erik can Nevel - De Monte Bona est oratio cum ieiunio (Telarc SACD Sampler)
 
Johan Dielemans Trio - My Heart Stood Still (Opus3 DSD Showcase 2)
 
Apr 17, 2015 at 1:58 PM Post #268 of 295
Connect.Ohm   -   Evolution
Family of the Year   -   Hero
Clair Marlo   -   Lonely Nights
Rebecca Pidgeon   -   Spanish Harlem
Dire Straits   -   Ride Across the River
B.O.B.   -   Ghost In The Machine
The Eagles   -   Hotel California
Keb Mo   -   She Just Wants To Dance
Dido   -   Sand In My Shoes
Chris Thile   -   Wolfcreek Pass
 
Jun 17, 2015 at 12:29 AM Post #270 of 295
As with all CanJams, the recent one in So Cal was great. HIFIMAN enjoyed meeting with everyone who came by and gave us suggestions on their favorite music. 




To show our appreciation, and to develop the dialog, we are offering a contest. Tell us your favorite music selections you would like to hear on HE1000 (or your favorite phone) to be eligible to win popular HIFIMAN phones. We will select the popular music selections and copy them into our players for future events/shows.

Contest will run through the month of April at which time we will select the winners at random. The prizes are three RE300s. 

No purchase necessary, just reply to this thread with your favorite tunes that you'd like to hear on HE1000. 




When did you give the winner??
 

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