What do you use to test headphones?

[Abula]

Hi,
 
Just wondering what do you guys use to test or audition headphones.  I'm just looking for suggestions, even though this is very subjective to each personal likings, mostly music/sound tracks that can push headphones to their limits and maybe discover flaws in their design.
 
Thanks for any suggestions,
 

 

[Sonic 748i]

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[Ypoknons]

Right Between Your Ears, the Head-fi / David Chesky collaboration. I've gotten quite used to it actually, by now, and know what to look for. 
 
Beyond that, I'm also seeking good tracks. I also usually try so not so demanding tracks of compressed, poppy guilty pleasures - just to see how it sounds on that too. 

 

[ipm]

For bass pushing, find a band called LFO or KLF/Time Lords on CD: any disk by them.
 
This WILL find the low end/sub bass capabilty of any headphone, IMO.
 
We used to check club/bar speakers with LFO, and certain parts of tracks would vanish from the speakers. LOL
 
Try these:
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LFO_%28band%29
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_KLF

 

[krmathis]

Any music I know well and that are well recorded. Like Pink Floyd, Nils Lofgren, Massive Attack, Øystein Sevåg, and lots more.

 

[nickchen]

Amon Tobin, Squarepusher, David Sylvian, Bach Solo violin partitas.

 

[tvrboy]

If I can't use them to open a beer bottle, they fail the test.

 

[joelpearce]

The above aren't bad suggestions, but good test material is only useful if it's familiar to you.  Getting a new reference track and listening to it with new gear doesn't tell you much--listening to a source you've heard dozens of times on new gear tells you a lot more.
 
If you get something new, listen to it on gear you're used to for a while before using it to test new headphones.

 

[G.Trenchev]

I'm happy when poorly recorded music sounds good.If it's recorded just to sound good,sure it will,but what's the point then if it sounds good on anything?