Re: The KISS AMP: a progress report

On 31 Mar 2006 11:32:10 -0800, "pfjw@xxxxxxx" <pfjw@xxxxxxx> wrote:

Vivaldi Mandolin
Moltor Trumpet

Nice transition from Mozart to Beethoven and beyond: Johann Nepomuk
Hummel, with specific reference to his Mandolin and Trumpet works.

Done right and at a resonable volume, a test of any system.

Ellington, definitely. Ives, at the right time and mood. Arne, I have
not acquired that taste, but neither have I rejected it...

So much great music, so little time.

Peter Wieck
Wyncote, PA

All great music, I'm sure - but I wouldn't use any of those to test a
system; they are far too musically dense. They are really hard to hear
past to see what the system is like.

For system testing I use speech, from friends - both male and female.
That is a really severe test, and very few systems actually sound like
my friends.

For musical testing I favour Bartok quartets - get a nicely staged
recording and you will find both physical and tonal space between all
the instruments that will reveal the actual quality of the system.

d

Pearce Consulting
http://www.pearce.uk.com
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