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Female vocals

What is it about female vocals that so many audiophiles adore? Many, many speaker reviews talk about female vocals at some point as if that was the zenith of recorded music. It's the same at audio shows. Just about every room is playing some version of the same, bland music. Just once I'd like to be drawn to a room because they were playing Tool or Opeth, but nooooo, it's jazz or Norah Jones.

roadcykler
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mahgister
13,010 posts
 

 I am a man ... Guess why i am seduced by female vocals ?

If i was a woman it will be different...

But i dont listen to any commercial female singer ... They sound artificial almost all  and each one....

 

 

ghdprentice
6,957 posts
 

99%+ audiophiles are males.

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tony1954
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Saw Tool on Monday night and they were fabulous. Danny Carey was awesome as usual.

As to female vocalists. 

I absolutely love them. Linda Ronstadt, Joni Mitchell, LP, Chrissie Hynde, Mariah Carey, Christine Perfect, Barbra Streisand, etc.

What can I say. Their voices connect to my soul.

bojack
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Totally agree that current commercia/pop female vocalists almost all sound unbearably awful in how they are recorded, and that's why I listen to none of them. But jazz female vocalists from the 50s up through Shirley Horne's early 90s recordings are fantastic. Give me Rosemary Clooney any day, and I'm happy.

mike_in_nc
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There’s the sex appeal. Also, male vocals can reveal problems in the lower midrange of speakers and systems. This is a frequency range that can be badly affected by the room. Lately, at least in jazz (what I tend to listen to), there are many more female singers than males.

Personally, I enjoy both male and female singers.

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