how important is the human voice (to your hifi listening)?

[Graham C]

I've just been listening to a play on radio, and started to apply all the usual music & hifi criteria. Spoken word is quite demanding. Siblence and bass boom are easier to detect.

I've also been listening more to vocals in classical music.

I think bass boom and sibiliance are more to do with microphones than reproduction. I would say good recordings of human voices are easy to reproduce. Try hearing wow and flutter from a voice..

 

[Markus S]

I hear it all the time in cassical music, but they have the nerve to call it rubato.

 

[ChrisPa]

I hear it all the time in cassical music, but they have the nerve to call it rubato.

...Vibrato