[020Assassin]

What kind of music do you listen to on your headphones?
 
I post some Youtube clips of the music I listen to, but trust me, with most of these suggestions, it's way better to listen to the CD:
 
Hallulajah by Jeff Buckley:
 
 
 
For best effect, get yourself Jeff Buckley's album Grace. Immense talent, taken from us way too soon.
 
One of my favourite songs on that album:
 
 

 

[020Assassin]

  Oh and to 020Assasin, thanks for recommending Stanley Clarke. Can you recommend some music that's as good? Never thought I like something that Jazz-y.

 
On the Grados I really enjoy John Mayer especially the double live album 'Where The Light Is' (I also recently bought two tracks from John Mayer - No Such Thing EP, the last two tracks 'Lenny' and 'The Wind Cries Mary', both live tracks from the X-Lounge.
 
The Youtube clips below have a sound quality that is incomparable to the CD or Vinyl versions, but are merely added as samples:
 

 
I also recommend Jeff Buckley's Grace album
 

 
If you want to go full jazz:
 
Hank Mobley - Soul Station

 
Kenny Drew - Undercurrent

 
Freddie Hubbard - Hub-Tones

 
and his more fusion work, Red Clay,

 
And something totally different, but frequently played:
 
David Sylvian - Brilliant Trees

 
Talk Talk - The Colour of Spring

 
If possible, listen to these tracks on CD or Vinyl. If the embedded clips don't show up, just go to Youtube and search for them.

 

[020Assassin]

My favourite Hubbard album is Hub-Tones, but I also like Breaking Point (title track is awesome, especially considering that it was recorded in 1964. The three 70s albums Red Clay, Straight Life, and First Light are different from his 'straight jazz', but extremely tasteful.

 

[020Assassin]

By the way, on the subject of sonically challenging albums for audiophiles, I forget one artist whose albums are a challenge for many headphones. I can play this music on the SR325iS and the Stax, but the dynamics are a bit too much for the PX drivers in the ZennJazzGrados:
 
Nils Petter Molvaer - Khmer
 
Warning, even in the compressed Youtube quality, don't turn your headphones on too loud. This goes double for the CD version, which has a higher dynamic range...