PalladiumJim
PalladiumJim t1_iyf9h8m wrote
My understanding is that most reviewers receive review units that they eventually have to send back to the company. So when it comes time to make comparisons, they're probably only able to A-B what they currently have lying around from other companies (or what's in their own personal collection). I wouldn't want to be throwing out subjective comparisons to headphones I haven't heard in years unless I had a very systematic/objective resource to back up my memory (e.g. Crinacle has his ranking and measurements).
PalladiumJim t1_ityh6c2 wrote
Reply to Name only one track to evaluate headphones with and provide three reasons why this is the one! by thor_Alf
Wind and Anchor by The National Parks.
It's so open and well-separated that it's easy to pick an instrument and listen for the little details I know should be there--my favorite is the little boom of reverb from the mutes lifting off the piano strings. It has both male and female vocals (separate and together), acoustic guitar, violin, piano, light percussion. It's also just a gorgeous song. Maybe not the best bass test though.
Runner-ups go to Floya - Wonders and Rationale - Phenomenal.
PalladiumJim t1_iyfavjt wrote
Reply to comment by PalladiumJim in Why do older headphones suddenly become irrelevant for Youtube reviewers? by [deleted]
(That's the charitable reading of course, there's also probably an element of pressure to feature mostly new stuff because that's what people want to see, will make their video do better, etc)