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Thoughts on the most difficult instruments for speakers to reproduce?

I’ve heard a number of speakers over the years, and the sounds of some instruments never seem as realistic as others. I would love to get some opinions on this, as I’ve been wondering about this for years.

My my vote on the toughest:
- Trumpet with mute (good example is Miles Davis)
- Alto sax
- violin (higher registers)

Thx!




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bsimpson
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1) Piano (analog or digital)

2) Tutti strings played on bow (digital)

3) Cymbals (analog or digital)

(in any order)
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jjss49
6,612 posts
 
piano

due to the nature of the instrument it is also very hard to mic well for a recording

that is part of the problem... garbage in garbage out
helomech
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Most piano recordings are terrible, unfortunately.
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atmasphere
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One needs to be careful about conflating poor recordings with poor playback. They are two separate issues!

Traditionally, the ability to discern the difference between an oboe and a cello playing in its higher registers has been a benchmark of fidelity for the last 100 years- and its still a thing.
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jayctoy
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Piano , I think the father of Bill Eggleston told him , if he can make the Andra Eggleston sound right on piano, more likely other instruments will sound right too.I own Andra , to me they sound good on piano.
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