In my experience the answer is "unlikely". Assuming the speaker is not fatally flawed in some way my experience is that upgrading the source makes the speaker sound better. I currently have a mid six figures system in which the speaker is less than 10% of the system cost yet every time I upgrade a piece of the system the speaker sounds better. No doubt a more expensive speaker could sound better but it would need re-optimizing the entire system around it. System synergy is the key and I would suspect that unless and until the room changes (bigger for example) a well matched speaker still has a lot more to give
Can a Quality Full Range Speaker be the Limiting Component in a system?
Can a quality full range speaker be the limiting component in a system?
Can it be surpassed by the quality / performance of the upstream chain? Therefore, becoming the bottleneck for overall system performance?
No? Why?
Yes? How so?
Examples for both scenarios, if you have them.
For the sake of argument, assume that the speaker's performance has been fully optimized. In other words, the room, cabling, isolation, setup/positioning etc are not factors. In other words, assume it's the best it can be.
Thank You!
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Note: this is not about any specific speaker I own or have demo'd/heard.
Can it be surpassed by the quality / performance of the upstream chain? Therefore, becoming the bottleneck for overall system performance?
No? Why?
Yes? How so?
Examples for both scenarios, if you have them.
For the sake of argument, assume that the speaker's performance has been fully optimized. In other words, the room, cabling, isolation, setup/positioning etc are not factors. In other words, assume it's the best it can be.
Thank You!
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Note: this is not about any specific speaker I own or have demo'd/heard.
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