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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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toddalin
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I've not seen Vanessa Fernandez mentioned. This SACD sounds wonderful on a really good system:

https://youtu.be/3Omy_xI40Bo

And for classic rockers, also in SACD:

https://youtu.be/J-Rl8-tXCf0

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toddalin
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BTW, if you want a sampling of the various female artists, this gives quite a variety (double CD) and they are really cheap on the bay.

 

yyzsantabarbara
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I heard a brand-new song on the radio yesterday (KCRW.com) from a female singer that I had not heard before. I think this song is fantastic. It is available on TIDAL,

Mia Doi Todd - Island in the Storm

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ellajeanelle
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roadcykler: I know what you mean. I grew up with heavy metal in the 80’s but evolved into many other genres over time, although heavy metal still hits me in the "soul"! I still go to as many metal concerts as I can. The reason that they play female vocals is to show off the speakers. It’s difficult to discern the subtleties of a speaker with all the distortion and countless effects added to metal music. In reality, the best way, at least for me to tell a good system/speaker from a bad one is to listen to a well recorded piano. It’s very difficult to duplicate a piano and make it sound live. If a system/speaker can do that and fool you, then they’ve got something good there!

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mahgister
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In reality, the best way, at least for me to tell a good speaker from a bad one is to listen to a well recorded piano. It's very difficult to duplicate a piano and make it sound live.  If a speaker can do that and fool you, then they've got something good there! 

 Exactly ...

Piano is the best  meter to evaluate timbre experience ....

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