Even a string quartet can produce quite an impressive dynamic range if the music calls for it. The Takacs quartet recording of Beethoven's Grosse Fuge is a grea

Even a string quartet can produce quite an impressive dynamic range if the music calls for it. The Takacs quartet recording of Beethoven's Grosse Fuge is a great example with the extreme contrast between the soft, slow section and the two loud fugues that sandwich it[1]. You can open it up in audacity and the visual difference between the sections are immediately obvious. You don't often get this kind of large dynamic ranges in other music. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6nqfPWxWCg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6nqfPWxWCg