1 - compatibility
2 - how it sounds, to my ears.
the big one: how do you choose speakers? By what features, data?
I am curious how the experts choose speakers when upgrading? What are the priorities, what would make you stretch your budget?
Based on e.g....
- brand/company’s reputation
- price
- sensitivity
- crossover frequency
- compatibility with existing amp, etc.?
I don’t have buyer’s remorse for my last pair but I sure made some stupid choices until I got there, that I could have avoided if I had known about this forum sooner.
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I read reviews. Then I buy unseen/unheard. Tough to audition nowadays, all my hifi stores/haunts have shuttered. I am mostly pleased with what I’ve bought, which currently includes tannoy legacy eaton, Martin Logan motion 15, wharfedale diamond 225, and JBL 4309. This Is all in my wheelhouse right now. All have their own sound characteristics and all sound wonderfull, at least to my ears. Don’t ask about the other crap I own, it would take me an hour to list it all 🙄, it’s an illness. |
@audioguy85 yeah, you sound like you have the right amount of audio gear with a storage problem... Or :) When you read reviews, who do you trust? Almost every review is positive. I used to be able to read car reviews and tell which way is up, but with speakers, the ones they are reviewing is always the greatest, best bang for the buck. |
I went down the single driver speaker rabbit hole after living 2 miserable years with a pair of Klipsch RP600M. Sometimes knowing what you absolutely hate can steer you in a direction. I just don’t want my speakers to sound like the singer is behind a door. The speakers I bought have almost no reviews and nobody cares. I bought them on a whim from a Google ad. … And I’m pretty darn happy with my decision! I guess I’m just a crazy person screaming in a well. Everyone else is probably going for the Buchardt S400 in that price. |
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