[ClearYourMind]

So People & Audiophiles,

What songs/albums do You get out when breaking in a new pair of headphones/speakers? Which songs/albums do you take with you to the store to test out a pair of headphones...???

Do you go for a song with heavy bass? What song and by whom?... like Chemical Brothers - Bass Test or do you take out your favorite classical LP/CD and enjoy the sounds of the organs playing.

If all goes well, this can get pretty interesting as well as informative.

 

[Cyanide]

basicaly what you need is an industrial sized mallet or sledgehammer an anvil and a strong workbench............

 

[wallijonn]

can't tell you about which pipe organ cd to break them in with, but i can tell you what cds to take to a store to audition headphones with - the music you like the best, the cds that you have heard a hundred times before - the stuff you love. after all, isn't it the same type of music that you will be listening to, mostly, after you pay for them?

 

[engk]

Good Question, I would like to know too. I got the ER-4P and wasn't too astounded by their overall sound and was thinking of giving them a chance. How should I go about breaking them in? Thanks.

 

[dokebi]

I use bass test tracks such as techmaster peb and thx tests.

 

[ClearYourMind]

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I use bass test tracks such as techmaster peb and thx tests.

I love them TXH Bass test. The song called I Love Big Speakers has some really good tunes, techno like. Really nice. My second choice in testing speakers and headphones has to be Atomic Dance Explosion Bass Test, and thirdy I like to use a song called 3 Bass Test all of which I found on Shareaza by just typing in Bass Test.

Keep the recomendations comming.

 

[ooheadsoo]

Where can we buy these speaker test cds?

 

[john_jcb]

Chesky studios puts out a few you may want to look at as well.

 

[Maxvla]

boston acoustics - Woofer Cooker


:bowdown:

thats some crazy bass there. used it when picking out my dads velodyne.

 

[NuclearFusi0n]

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Originally posted by Maxvla boston acoustics - Woofer Cooker :bowdown: thats some crazy bass there. used it when picking out my dads velodyne.

that track is crazy

just for bass i would use either woofer cooker or Techmaster PEB's bassgasm
for breaking phones, i plan on just queueing up ~40 hours of fast dance music on my PC and just letting it loop, then a 20-20000 sweep for a few hours.

 

[Maxvla]

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Originally posted by NuclearFusi0n that track is crazy just for bass i would use either woofer cooker or Techmaster PEB's bassgasm for breaking phones, i plan on just queueing up ~40 hours of fast dance music on my PC and just letting it loop, then a 20-20000 sweep for a few hours.

yeah if you have any buddies in car audio... let them give that a listen.

bottoms out my subs in my car.

 

[ClearYourMind]

Woofer cooker, is a little extream, I wouldn't recomend for headphones. Unless all you want to hear is pure bass, and not too loud, might mess up ur phones/speakers. They are for serious subwoofer testing.

I download the songs I found on Gnutella (Shareaza), you can also try Kazaa. I'm sure if you go to your local WhereHouse or Sam Goody music store you'll find Audio and/or Bass Test CDs. I plan on buying a cd or two.

 

[peter braun]

I have always used an early ninties Columbia Jazz demo done by Sony for equipment auditions. Track ten on Christian McBride's "Getting to It'' also works very well.

 

[ClearYourMind]

thats cool.

 

[grancasa]

The first track of Radiohead's "OK Computer" is pretty good for breaking in some new components. That's one I use a lot.

I also use that track to check out the bass performance on components. Pretty much every speaker/headphone I've heard plays the opening bass lines different.