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Rumours Is a Record that Is Good for Testing Your Speakers’ Lower Midrange and Mid-Bass Reproduction
What do the best copies of Rumours have that the also-rans don’t? Lots and lots of qualities, far too many to mention here, but there is one you should pay special attention to: the sound of the snare.
When the snare is fat and solid and present, with a good “slap” to the sound, you have a copy with weight, presence, transparency, energy — all the analog stuff we ADORE about the sound of the best copies.
Now if your speaker is not capable of really bringing the snare to life, perhaps because you have screen speakers or a small boxed design, this is still a handy test. Next time you are on the hunt to buy new speakers, see which ones can really rock the snare. That’s probably going to be the speaker that can do justice to Rumours, and The Beatles, and Zuma, and lots of other favorite records of ours, and we hope favorites of yours too.
Records that Are Good for Testing Ambience, Size and Space
Records that Are Good for Testing Bass and Whomp
Records that Are Good for Testing Bass Definition
Records that Are Good for Testing Big, Clear and Lively Choruses
Records that Are Good for Testing Compression
Records that Are Good for Testing Energy
Records that Are Good for Testing Grit and Grain
Records that Are Good for Testing in General
Records that Are Good for Testing Midrange Congestion
Records that Are Good for Testing Midrange Presence
Records that Are Good for Testing Richness and Smoothness
Records that Are Good for Testing Sibilance (It’s a Bitch)
Records that Are Good for Testing Side to Side Differences
Records that Are Good for Testing Smear
Records that Are Good for Testing Speed
Records that Are Good for Testing String Tone and Texture
Records that Are Good for Testing the Lower Midrange and Mid-Bass
Records that Are Good for Testing Transparency
Records that Are Good for Testing Treble Issues
Records that Are Good for Testing Tubey Magic
Records that Are Good for Testing Tubey Magical Acoustic Guitars
Records that Are Good for Testing Upper Midrange Shrillness
This is probably not the right kind of speaker for a record such as Rumours. Three 6.5 inch woofers are just not going to be enough to get that snare to sound big and fat.
