String quartet or saxophone quartet?

String quartets, just because there is so much more repertoire. Not Mozart, nor Haydn, nor Beethoven, nor Brahms, nor Shostakovich wrote any saxophone quartets.

String quartet are a good test for an audio system...Timbre textural density of all instruments playing together in their own space is one of the test by which you know if your system is good or not...

I am not fond of sax, i prefer a quartet of trumpets, but is there only one?

All jazz are almost sax filled.... Less trumpet playing.... sax is more sensual, but trumpet is more ethereal....

String quartet are a good test for an audio system...Timbre textural density of all instruments playing together in their own space is one of the test by which you know if your system is good or not...

My sentiments exactly.  

“Daniel Deffayet Quartet”, probably the greatest saxophone quartet ever:

https://youtu.be/3Zu6uXNX0PI

https://youtu.be/5WYUawPukaE

“Prism”, probably the most prominent quartet today:

https://youtu.be/7SsstJC4mEk

https://youtu.be/z7gQ3fSOaIw

Don’t worry. Be happy. Blast both of them (well, maybe the string quartet could be set to a natural sound level). But to me, full orchestral and opera (preferably Blumlein-miked) are the ultimate tests.