1.   The Leeds-Chelsea, Newcastle-Liverpool sounded best to me... bound to get good atmospheres at both.

2.   Dissonances are carefully prepared and approached, and each separate voice part is written to exploit the range in which it sounds best.

3.   Obviously, DVD audio sounds best when pumped through a six-speaker home theater sound system, but it also sounds great through any stereo speaker system.

4.   She sounds best in her tremulous alto register.

5.   The unit might sound best between the left and right stereo speakers, or in front of the sofa, where it could double as a coffee table.

6.   The way we pick wind, brass and string players, they have always sounded best when they are playing Mahler.

7.   Which sounds best?