What are some of your favorite tracks for Headphones?

[Shadowfax]

I don't use my headphones often, but there are always tracks where I would say, That would sound great with Headphones.

Steve Miller has always been known to add extra sound effects to his songs. Fading or switching speakers or going around the room.

Although there are plenty of great tracks, my personal favorite is Macho City, which is also crazy good with speakers.

What are your favorites?

 

[Mr Peabody]

I don't listen to headphones often. A Jean Michael Jarre album released a few weeks ago and the panning effects on it was something that has to be spectacular on headphones.

 

[Bones13]

Search for “binaural” tracks in the music that you prefer.

 

[Shadowfax]

Here is a good one, Pete Levin's Party in the Basement disk - One Day in the Schoolyard

 

[jmusica]

Was just listening to Sonny Landreth Port of Calling from the Grant Street album and got completely lost in the music.

 

[W9TR]

The Chesky binaural recordings are all impressive. For most studio recordings I use crossfeed in ROON which really cleans up the presentation and makes the stereo image more stable and more like you’d experience listening to speakers. I use LCD-4’a and my new favorites ZMF Atrium open. Headphone amp is McIntosh MHA 200 with RCA tubes.

 

[jmusica]

This has been a very nice listen on the HEKs. Very relaxing music, and well recorded.

 

[jmusica]

Another really good one to exercise, and enjoy, headphones.

 

[Randy Myers]

Chesky binaural recording. Recorded in old church on a rainy day. There are parts where you can hear the rain. This and Melissa's pretty amazing voice!

 

[CPP]

Alan Parsons Project “I Robot” the whole LP
dynamic orchestral piece such as Holt’s “The Planets”
Pink Floyd “Dark Side of the Moon”
Dire Straits, Brothers in Arms.
Larry Carlton & Lee Ritenour - “Take That”
Steely Dan - “Jack of Speed”
Baby I’m A Fool - Melody Gardot (My One And Only Thrill)
Cowboy Junkies – The Trinity Session
Chris Jones - long after you’re gone

 

[shheir]

This has been a very nice listen on the HEKs. Very relaxing music, and well recorded.

 

[Mr Peabody]

I was reading a story about Q Sound and it was mentioned that a similar effect can be done digitally now, with plug-ins or software. It gave Bad Guy by Billy Ilish as an example. Her brother used that type of effect on whatever that album was.

All of that to say I listened to that track, not really my cup of tea, I would imagine it a good headphone track.