Listen to the "audio songs" selected by the critics! Carefully selected subscription playlist "Earphone & Headphone Review"

A carefully selected playlist that PHILE WEB, a site specializing in audiovisuals, carefully selects and introduces songs recommended for audiovisual fans by theme. The theme this time is "Earphone & Headphone Review Music Selection". Picked up from the songs used as audition sound sources in the earphone & headphone review article posted on PHILE WEB. In some cases, not only high-quality songs that professional reviewers trust, but also songs that are familiar to music fans are selected to check compatibility with trendy sounds. What are those audio-like listening points? ■ LiSA "Gurenge --From THE FIRST TAKE"

It is an arrangement only for the familiar "Gurenge" song and piano. Attention is a singing approach that is different from the case of band sound. The low-frequency side of the voice is reverberated more strongly throughout, and the falsetto component is also increasing. The nuances such as the ending of the word are also richer. Band sounds, bands that are easily covered, and expressions that are easily buried in band sounds are fully utilized in this arrangement that does not require consideration. Full expressive mode with the limiter removed to create emotions and power that are not inferior to those without a band! It's like that. How touchingly can you deliver the delicate expression of the vocal, the strength and luster of the voice itself? The demand for earphones and headphones is also strict. ■ YOASOBI "Yoru ni Kakeru" This song has an electronic impression, but the main components are vocals, piano, guitar and bass, drums, and band sound. Then, where does the electronic impression come from? The piano is particularly strong. It is a sequence of sounds and rhythm that seems to be a phrase assembled toward the screen instead of the keyboard. If you play it with a synth tone, it will sound like electro, but playing it with a piano tone creates a unique and strong impression. Therefore, I would like earphones and headphones to vividly portray the gorgeous tone of the piano. The slap base and other parts have good sharpness as a whole, so it is important not to damage the sharpness on the playback side. ■ Chihiro Yamanaka "Donna Lee" This is the latest excellent recording of the piano trio from the world of jazz, which has traditionally had many excellent recordings. It may not overlap much with the taste of the portable audio layer, but this is what it means to record an acoustic instrument vividly! It is also useful to experience this to deepen your hobbies. For example, drums. In pop music, the mainstream method is to assemble the on-mic component of each part to create the overall sound of the drums, but in jazz, the mainstream method is to adjust the overhead microphone component that captures the entire sound from the beginning. The activity of wood bass, a low-pitched musical instrument with the largest acoustic volume, is also a point. How do they sound from earphones and headphones? ■ Michael Jackson "Beat It" It is one of the works that symbolizes the time when pop music was the most gorgeous, which was made by gathering the best musicians, engineers and producers in a studio equipped with the best analog equipment. It's only been a few years since the first Walkman was released, so portable audio shouldn't be expected at all. However, even if you listen with earphones or headphones, the big and gorgeous sound will not be destroyed. It's a big and gorgeous sound, but the band balance and localization of each instrument are standard and complete. If it collapses and you can hear it, you may have a strong habit on the side of earphones and headphones. ■ Oscar Peterson Trio "You Look Good To Me" This is also a piano trio, but this is a work recorded more than half a century ago. The drums are on the left, the piano is in the middle, and the bass is on the right. As you can see, it is old, but if you listen to each instrument, you can feel the freshness beyond that. Immediately at the beginning, I was amazed by the brilliance of the drums chime and the sound of the bowing of the bass. In the world of music and audio, there is a different dimension of sound quality, such as wide range and clearness. It is a famous recording that you can experience it. ■ BTS "Butter" This is a song that represents modern pop music. Even so, I feel something similar to Michael Jackson's songs, such as whether the commonality of both works that won the world's hit charts centered on the United States is timeless, and the scale of the sound field. With a simple beat and a butt synth bass as the axis, the sound is increased for each block, and in the chorus, the space is expanded and a feeling of openness is achieved at once! Because it is a song with a simple structure, the audio requirements for the reproducibility of the individual tones that make up it are strict. It is also a point common to all songs in line with the trend of modern sound making, which is to polish each sound and obtain the maximum effect with the minimum number of sounds. ■ LiSA "Gurenge" Comparing with the vocals in the vocal and piano version mentioned above, you can see that this is a voice and singing style that penetrates through the band sound and reaches the listener. prize. The band sound is so strong that you lose if you don't sing like that. The low range of the guitar and bass is also important in terms of audio. The guitar has sharp edges for clarity even in low-pitched phrases due to down-tuning. The multi-string bass is particularly rusty, and the low center of gravity that sneaks into the bottom of the entire band is impressive. Earphones and headphones that make it indistinctly voluminous or raise the center of gravity cannot bring out the original power of this song.

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