Classical and solo music are poor for revealing loudspeaker flaws

Evidence

Clearly there are no hard rules but, in general, complex productions with broadband, relatively constant spectra aid listeners in finding problems. The notion that “acoustical,” especially classical, music has inherent superiority was not supported. Solo instruments and voices appear not to be very helpful, however comfortable we may feel with them. A variety of programs should be used. Amusingly, a program that is good for demonstrations (e.g., selling) can be different from that which is needed for evaluation (e.g., buying). — , Toole, Floyd E - Sound reproduction-…, 274

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Solo voice and simple instrument recordings least reveal loudspeaker flaws; Classical music is not superior for revealing loudspeaker resonances.; Movie and broadcast speech is poor material for revealing loudspeaker flaws. (+1 more)

Related

• Movie and broadcast speech is poor material for revealing loudspeaker flaws. (similarity 0.96)
• Classical music is not superior for revealing loudspeaker resonances. (similarity 0.96)
• Solo voice and simple instrument recordings least reveal loudspeaker flaws (similarity 0.95)
• Speech and solo voices are the least revealing test sounds for loudspeaker flaws (similarity 0.92)
• Speech and solo instruments reveal loudspeaker flaws least, dense broadband music most (similarity 0.90)
• Even professional monitor loudspeakers showed measurable defects in early tests (similarity 0.84)
• Program material choice determines which loudspeaker or room flaws get revealed (similarity 0.83)
• Stereo and multichannel listening make listeners more forgiving of loudspeaker flaws (similarity 0.83)
• Unstandardized loudspeakers once meant recordings could not reliably reproduce their intended sound. (similarity 0.82)
• Recognizing reproduced-sound deficiencies is a universal skill independent of taste (similarity 0.82)
• Sound power alone does not predict loudspeaker sound quality. (similarity 0.82)
• Musicians make poor or unreliable subjective loudspeaker evaluators (similarity 0.82)
• Interpreting mid-tier loudspeaker measurements is harder than spotting extremes (similarity 0.81)
• Historically, published loudspeaker specifications were often artistic rather than factual. (similarity 0.81)
• Monophonic listening is the most demanding test of loudspeaker sound quality (similarity 0.81)

Broader Connections

• Speech and solo voices are the least revealing test sounds for loudspeaker flaws #corroborates (0.95) — , Toole, Floyd E - Sound reproduction-…, 383