If you could just pick one instrument that you think sounds best on your speakers


What would it be? I love my OHM 5000s. The instrument of my choice would be the synthesizer. I'm now listening to EL&P's songs Tank and Tarkus on CD. Ive just played them 3 times because it gives me good frisson. (Other thread). In the opening of Sade "Smooth Operator" the synthesizer sounds like its notes are moving all around in the room. It's the same with Tears for Fears "The Working Hour". 
So if you could just pick one instrument that your speaker plays the best at. What would it be? I'm sure this would be a tough question for some members because there are many great speakers that do very good at all music. It might also be one instrument you like hearing best anyway. So what would be your choice? 
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For my CLS speakers it has to be the violin (or any stringed instrument). I swear you just about hear the rosin flaking off the bow!

For my main system (Wilson Maxx 2) while everything is well rendered, the low bass, particularly drum, sounds better in a way that few experience. I never realized that most speakers render low bass imperfectly, with definite overhang, until I listened to the bass on the Wilsons. You hear the drum, and then it stops, No ringing (I'm not talking about reflected sound that come a fraction of a second later, but a situation where the main note slurs a little and hangs on for a fraction of a second).

You can experience the same thing at a classical music performance in a hall without proper sound treatment vs. one that has.