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In Reply to: Ultimate speakers to reproduce grand piano sound? posted by MM on February 18, 2004 at 18:35:56:
I have been trying to get my most recent pair of DIY speakers back into the "lab" for two months. Too busy. But while I wait, they are in the bedroom on the Marantz 2270. Interesting thing has been happening.I know these have a little too much energy in the 600-1000 range and intend to bring them down. Many if not most speakers have a small drop in this range as it can make speakers a little peakey. This area holds a lot of detail but can cause listener fatigue. Anyway, I noticed all my piano CDs are suddenly on the top of the pile. What I figured out is that these speakers really bring out pianos and sound great with them. They have great hammer attack and that nice brightness so many speakers kill on pianos. But on the other hand, non-piano music sounds a little bright and I get tired after a while.
So what I am saying is if you want speakers for piano, find some that excel in this range. But you might pay for it with brightness in other areas. Again, I have noticed the current "tuning" in speakers is to have a small hump in the 90-300 range and then a wide dip between 600-3000. Some call this the BBC dip. The result is a slightly warmer speaker with tweeter coming back in the upper range and giving some airiness. But pianos have a lot going on in the dipped range and I think that instrument suffers more than others with the BBC dip.
If you live in the DC area you can come hear what I am talking about.
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