I use the Brahms Clarinet Quintet Op 115 with the great Thea King on Hyperion as a gatekeeper. If something can't reproduce the lovely harmonic interplay Of Thea's Clarinet with the Gabriela Qt strings its nothing I want . Not to mention Op 115 is about as serenely beautiful as music gets .
Many years ago an old-timer told me listening to audience applause was a good way to test speakers .It is .
Audience applause? Well, if someone can distinguish male and female applause, then it is a hell of a recording and a hell of a system. That's one of the things that the old- timer meant, I am sure. He was right.
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