Re: The KISS AMP: a progress report

I do happen to have the "Bartok Quartet" recordings of Beethoven's
string quartets. Sadly, it is a marginal recording technically and not
a fair test of any system. Not the same thing, for sure but you
triggered a memory.

As my primary test pieces, I use a Kiri Te Kanawa recording of various
classical and baroque pieces giving a good deal of solo soprano voice.
She has a lot of color in her voice, more-so than most sopranos and can
reach well down into the contralto-range. Done right, she is 'right
there' and breathing. Done wrong and I picture her on a stage about
fifty feet away.

Also solo trumpet and solo harpsichord. I am overly fond of baroque
trumpet.

For full-range, the Saint-Saens Organ Symphony will reach well down
into the nether regions, yet demand clarity up top. If the systems pass
the above test, then I trot out this last. If I can pick out the
parts-and-sections of the orchestra, great. If I hear lots of mud,
not-so-great.

Peter Wieck
Wyncote, PA

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