![]() The World of the Organ on London has a recording of Wachet Auf which uses a 16 foot organ pedal (32 Hz). The easiest material for bass is pipe organ. I rather prefer using a subwoofer for the deep bass because it can be placed where the bass response is best, which is not usually the best place for the main speakers. A double bass goes down to about 41 Hz, and Diana Krall's Love Scenes is good for that. I've also used Beethoven's 9th Symphony with Leibowitz and the Royal Philharmonic on Chesky and with Suitner and the Staatskapelle Berlin on Denon.įor male vocal it's usually Roger Whittaker or Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits).įor female vocals I often try Diana Krall, Patricia Barber, or Angele Arsenault.įor mixed chorus there is always Mozart's Requiem (I use the Colin Davis recording), Handel's Messiah (Shaw on Telarc), and of course, the last movement of Beethoven's 9th.Įarl Wild, piano, Chopin's Ballades and Scherzos, on Chesky is very fine.Ī speaker with a low frequency cut-off of 40 Hz (-3 dB) is adequate for most music, assuming it can reach the required out put levels, and will have useful bass somewhat below that. The recordings are pretty good and I keep on using it for consistency. I mostly use tracks 9, 10 and 11, which are the beginning of Schubert's 9th Symphony, a passage from Weber's opera, Der Freischuetz, and Richard Strauss's Der Rosenkavlier. The sampler I use is an old one, the Denon 1985/1986 New Releases Classical Sampler, Denon GES-9079. If you are a techie, I suppose you could burn your own sampler. Having a variety of material on a disc can save a lot of bother for both you and the sales people. As far as the image is concerned, I look for consistency and believability.Ĭlassical samplers can be helpful as they usually include a wide variety of music. Wide dispersion speakers tend to be room friendly, as well. A speaker with an even frequency response, wide even dispersion, and low distortion usually takes care of image and depth, not to mention transient response. The first thing I look for is a natural balance. A few well chosen tracks can allow Most speakers don't make it past the first three. My initial listening is of full orchestra with massed upper strings, male and female vocals, mixed chorus, and piano. The recordings I use usually have bass, treble and highs on them, too, of course. No speaker is good without a good midrange, and a peaky upper midrange bothers me. Click to expand.It's the midrange and upper midrange I emphasize most.
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