How does solo piano help you evaluate audio gear?

I apologize if i reacted a bit rudely but your post was a bit rude also... 😁😊

You seem to be a gentleman though...

I am more wired to understand people but i also  tend to react too swiftly ..

i understand you better now and i offer to you my deepest respect...

Sincerely yours...

Your past experience is welcome here for sure....

2ndly, when any poster here becomes impatient enough or high on his horse enough to begin his response with "for fucks sake" because of inner turbulence created by an answer contrary to his pre conceptions, that acts as an antagonist to my less than perfect side.

Is it right? no. I’m as imperfect as he.

I am not wired to "turn the other cheek".

I agree. Piano reproduction is very difficult task for audio system.

Especially for turntables and speakers.

I had a not cheap Nottingham Spacedeck turntable that was good for vocal, violin and orchestra BUT horrible for piano and pipe organ reproduction.

@hilde45

sounds like you are having fun... 👍

i think someone mentioned earlier that piano is also hard to mike, that and overall recording/mix quality is really important in how sound is then portrayed in room by a well set up system, i think that is what your experience thus far is highlighting (not to mention the challenges this poses to a system to handle transients, the full range of frequencies, overhang of notes etc)

i look at a piano, how big the enclosure is, say a grand with its lid open, the nature of direct, reflected, resonant sound, quite a complex set of sound waves emanating...

@jjss49
Agree that the piano is hard to mic, and even in the presence of a piano, it really can throw such a complicated soundscape that it’s hard for any listener -- even a live one -- to judge what constitutes "the" sound of a piano, at least in terms of soundstage. Is the lid open? Is it closed? Where is the listener -- or the microphone -- ideally? It’s so much different in this regard than a more contained instrument such as a guitar or violin.

@arro222

Is it right? no. I’m as imperfect as he.
I am not wired to "turn the other cheek".

Apparently, you’ve got additional wiring. FWIW, glad to see you stuck around and that whatever petulance you perceived in my reaction turned out to not be quite enough to cause you to abandon the thread. (I apologize for my use of FFS. I will try to be nicer.) Glad you still have the will to contribute constructively. Good outcomes for us both, I think.

Piano (key), guitar, saxophone are three I listen for the most natural tone when testing different components, tubes, cables. Few recordings capture the piano well.