eCoustics.com has a new article entitled How to Judge Loudspeaker Sound and Accuracy. The piece says that the best speakers are “completely transparent” and do not “color the sound”. It goes on to describe some specific pieces of music, and what to listen for in those pieces when evaluating speakers.
An older CD with a natural female vocal is Jennifer Warne’s Famous Blue Raincoat. Norah Jones’s voice on the 5.1-channel DVD Live in New Orleans is a current recording that very naturally captures her vocals, without excessive sibilance or brightness. Likewise, Diana Krall Live in Paris is well engineered. If you are listening in stereo, the vocal should be naturally placed with the other instruments; it shouldn’t sound dull or muffled or farther back. The latter is a sure sign of a speaker’s reduced or recessed midrange (sometimes termed “laid-back”), which will place midrange sounds farther away and make them less distinct.
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