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Neumann KH 150, do you think vocals are fast?

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I have a pair of Neumann KH 150. Do you think singing is fast?Is the rhythm of the human voice fast
 
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I have a pair of Neumann KH 150. Do you think singing is fast?Is the rhythm of the human voice fast
First time I’ve heard that of a speaker, but no, I don’t think any speaker changes the speed of vocals.
 

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How would it affect the "speed" or "rhythm"?
 

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I have a pair of Neumann KH 150. Do you think singing is fast?Is the rhythm of the human voice fast

Not faster than the speaker can handle.

It's hard to figure out what you are asking.

Do you have examples of music or speech that doesn't seem to sound 'right?'
 

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Just the singer's voice

Unless they are singing higher than 20kHz or so, it should be ok.

"In normal speech fo is typically between 100 to 220 hertz (Hz), or vibrations per second. In contrast, a soprano's fundamental frequency ranges anywhere from 250 to 1,500 Hz. The complicated motion of the vocal folds means that speech and singing also contain a series of harmonics—which are basically multiples of the frequency in question—with frequencies of 2fo, 3fo, 4fo, and so on."
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/expert-opera-singer/#:~:text=In normal speech,and so on.
 

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Probably more a victim of the nonsense subjective comments many rely on elsewhere?
Plausible good-faith interpretation.
 

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Just the singer's voice
Everything is the same speed-tempo. The vocals can't be faster than the music. A speaker doesn't change speed and when something changes the speed, the speed won't be noticeably off unless something is terribly wrong. (You can play a vinyl record at the wrong speed, etc.).

"Speed" when misapplied to speakers/headphones is typical audiophile nonsense... See Audiophoolery


 

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I have auditioned the KH150 before, it does not change the "speed".

Maybe OP confuse "human voice fast" with "detail" and "clarity" in the upper-mid/presence area.
 

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I have auditioned the KH150 before, it does not change the "speed".

Maybe OP confuse "human voice fast" with "detail" and "clarity" in the upper-mid/presence area.
Get something with good hi-hat work and push EQ at 3-4KHz.
 

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In any way you might be thinking, the KH150 will tend to provide the correct "speed", because the frequency response is quite even.

Speed is a confusing term in speakers as you may have noticed from the replies. There isn't really any such thing as "speed" in speakers except (arguably, maybe) when it comes to very low bass from bad ported subwoofers that have a lot of excess group delay and/or resonance.
 

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Speed would refer to attack/decay surely. Not sure if that's a concept that may be true in reality (almost certainly), but practically imperceptible. In my understanding of it, it would be the speed at which a driver can overcome the momentum belonging to the currently played note to that of the next note.
 

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Wouldn't this come down to the speaker's group delay?
 
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