How to make a headphone test plalist

[Yamamotokaderate]

Hello ! I recently came across the ASR's headphone test playlist in a thread about EQ. I went through a good part of it. I now have the following interrrogation: how was it crafted ?

I can tell that one would choose music of his taste. I suppose there should be tracks with characteristics to evaluate the headphones across the whole audible spectrum: one with a good bass, one with a quiet piano, one with very quite and very loud moments (good'ol approximation of dynamic range if I am not mistaken), with and without voices, and so on. Maybe a bineural of Jarre for imaging ? Tracks that are well mastered too, or mainly, because they will thus retain qualities mentioned above ? (note: I have not read yet the reference library about mastering).

What would someone look for when making a personal test playlist ?

Thanks for the explanations.

EDIT: maybe I should have posted that in music

 

[Dunring]

This is the one I made on Youtube Music. It's about variety for me to test headphones. I get a few different pairs each week and just take a run through these.

Dunring on eBay Playlist

Fun songs for testing audio gear.

music.youtube.com

I wouldn't over-analyze it since equipment can measure them, but it's the type of music you like and how it sounds. Have fun and mix it up, so you can get a good idea how a headphone sounds with a variety of artists and instruments.

 

[markanini]

Use songs you are familiar with and like, music is an emotional medium.