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From: rjn@hpfcso.fc.hp.com (Bob Niland)
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Subject: Re: Source of test records needed
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/ hpfcso:rec.audio.high-end / hamilton@brahms.udel.edu (Andrew W Hamilton) /  6:53 am  Apr 10, 1991 /

re: chowkwan@priam.usc.edu (Raymond Chowkwanyun) writes...

> Human voice is also a useful yardstick because we all know
> what it should sound like.

The Stereophile Test CD (STPH-002-2) has a track (5) with J.Gordon Holt
reading the text of "Why Hi-Fi Experts Disagree".  Each of the 18 indexed
cues is recorded with a different "high end" microphone.  Even on this
prosaic vocal material, the differences between mics is astonishing.

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