"Bright" tracks

[pavuol]

Post some nice examples of tracks with elevated/"exaggerated" trebles. Some that you feel sound too bright on a neutral speakers/headphones and can become "problematic/annoying" on those with treble emphasis. Material sometimes referred to in reviews like "already bright tracks".

 

[pavuol]

I don't have many such tracks archived, just to give an initial example, the next track sounds bright on my EQ "neutralised" Beyers' DT990, with stock tuning I'm sure the sound will be unbearable to many people. (though I'm not among them , of course not on high volume..)
[maybe not a traditional "audiophile" test track/genre, sorry ]

Lifelover - Lethargy

 

[StevenEleven]

The low treble seemed even more tipped up on the original LP mastering. You could literally hear tape his through the whole album. This remastering fixed the worst of it. Exacerbated by the huge contributions of the percussionist. It’s not really bright and grating like tipped-up upper mids. It’s just. . . too . . much. . . treble.

 

[Chromatischism]

Almost every country song.

 

[dasdoing]

I don't have many such tracks archived, just to give an initial example, the next track sounds bright on my EQ "neutralised" Beyers' DT990, with stock tuning I'm sure the sound will be unbearable to many people. (though I'm not among them , of course not on high volume..)
[maybe not a traditional "audiophile" test track/genre, sorry ]

Lifelover - Lethargy

this is what happens when the mixing engenier has long hair covering the ears lol

 

[Vini darko]

This one can get a bit wild

 

[pavuol]

One to "brighten" your day..
Ten years after - I'm going home (Don't treat me wrong - live 1969)

 

[Doodski]

 

[mhardy6647]

Boston's eponymous/debut album.
When it was new (ahem a long time ago) -- we had a black cat called The Bear.
The Bear used to like to sit with me and listen to music. She was not very particular... except... if I put on Boston, she would go elsewhere for the duration.

It was truly an ear-gouger, at least on vinyl. Columbia, in those days, put out a number of pop/rock records that were pretty screechy.

 

[frogmeat69]

I don't have many such tracks archived, just to give an initial example, the next track sounds bright on my EQ "neutralised" Beyers' DT990, with stock tuning I'm sure the sound will be unbearable to many people. (though I'm not among them , of course not on high volume..)
[maybe not a traditional "audiophile" test track/genre, sorry ]

Lifelover - Lethargy

 

[Geert]

Almost every country song.

And female vocal jazz song. The problem is the producers are really pushing it to the limits, so if your speakers only have the slightest treble boost, 1dB is enough, it immediately turns into a problem. A good reason to also eq speakers above the Schroeder frequency.

 

[markanini]

 

[dasdoing]

I wanted to post this "masterpiece" here somewhere, remebered this thread:

I wonder what the dynamic range is? 2dB? lol

 

[Bamboszek]

Two first albums of post-rock band Explosions in the Sky are my benchmarks for high frequencies reproduction. Especially track Greet Death. Lots of cymbals which could sound too sharp on poor systems.
You can hear huge effect of YT compression here, CD version is much better.
Greet Death - YouTube

 

[ernestcarl]

Moonlight on Spring River -- Zhao Cong

Sounds too bright and overly compressed to me.

 

[dasdoing]

You can hear huge effect of YT compression here,

it has been brought down 4.3dB > right click "stats for nerds"

 

[markanini]

@ernestcarl Like an ice-pick to the ear durms.

 

[ernestcarl]

@ernestcarl Like an ice-pick to the ear durms.

Lowering the volume makes the track tolerable. One does wonder what speakers/EQ target curve were used to mix and master it.

 

[dasdoing]

Lowering the volume makes the track tolerable. One does wonder what speakers/EQ target curve were used to mix and master it.

NS10s

it's not bright imo, it's just that there is too much plucking noise on that chinese instrument. it would probably sound better with a dynamic mic, not a sensetive condenser

 

[ernestcarl]

NS10s

it's not bright imo, it's just that there is too much plugging noise on that chinese instrument. it would probably sound better with a dynamic mic, not a sensetive condenser

NS10... eh. But maybe you meant "plucking"? I would have preferred higher DR for this type of large ensemble music. It's all too loud.