nmmusicman: Steely Dan - excellent suggestion.
My latest reference point is Sarah Gazarek’s "You Got By’. She is close-miked in a booth. On my system, in the opening phrasing, her voice seemed a bit too strident, fatiguing. It is most unlikely that the recording engineer allowed it to be released like that. With a cable-swap, she sounded sweet and airy. But, then had to go back to the "I’m So Afraid" to see what happened down in the bass region. Ha!
My latest reference point is Sarah Gazarek’s "You Got By’. She is close-miked in a booth. On my system, in the opening phrasing, her voice seemed a bit too strident, fatiguing. It is most unlikely that the recording engineer allowed it to be released like that. With a cable-swap, she sounded sweet and airy. But, then had to go back to the "I’m So Afraid" to see what happened down in the bass region. Ha!

