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The conclusion I've reached about speakers

After years of listening to box speakers the conclusion I have come to is that:

All speakers sound the same

A big speaker does more bass and goes lower. A bookshelf gives no bass and cant go as loud. 

Any other differences are either imaginary or DELIBERATELY contrived to make them sound better to the unsuspecting buyer.

The ONLY other differences aside from sound quality are the price and appearance. Prices can vary substantially and so can the way a speaker looks.

In other words, everything we thought about speakers is all wrong. 
kenjit
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dill
2,525 posts
 
" I have given speaker dealers many opportunities to demonstrate their super expensive speakers to me and they all sound the same."

Imagine the eye roll when he walks into an audio dealer's showroom.
ebm
9,311 posts
 
Take a week off.
needlebrush
99 posts
 
If a malignant narcissist had a pet narcissist it would be the OP
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keithsax
107 posts
 
Yes a classic case of RTQ

However also after years of listening I’m getting more and more cynical (or possibly more mutton?)

decooney
1,992 posts
 
@baclagg
I am always hopeful when I click on one of his threads there will be zero responses to it. But, alas there always are.  

"A troll deliberately exploits tendencies of human nature".

And every speaker sounds different and all of them are perfect.  

roberjerman
4,319 posts
 
The "best" speaker is the one that YOU like - and can live with!
roberjerman
4,319 posts
 
A  BBC LS3/5A sounds world's different from a Klipsch Heresy! I have both.
roberjerman
4,319 posts
 
Ditto for my Quad 57's and my JBL Horizons!
kenjit OP
1,771 posts
 
A  BBC LS3/5A sounds world's different from a Klipsch Heresy! I have both.
What are the frequency responses?
dchang05
61 posts
 
I changed speakers only three time in the last 30 years and each time was because the new ones sounded a lot better to me. But that does not happen often. 

I do envoy people that could not hear the difference between speakers, components, and accessories. I have friends who do not hear much difference between $1,000 and $10,000 components. They really exist and they are the lucky ones. 
roberjerman
4,319 posts
 
The LS3/5A and Heresy have much different frequency curves! Ditto.for the impedance curves and sensitivity! Ergo - different sonic "flavor"!
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atmasphere
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These threads have been seen to go away when they are reported. If everyone reports this thread for trolling, it stands a good chance of being removed. The Report button is located at the lower right hand corner of each post. You have to hover the mouse in that corner in order to see it. This includes the original post.
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wsrrsw
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Speaker now or forever hold your peace (or piece).

atmasphere Does have a point but there's fun to lob a few lines back at the old Kenjitster

I think Kenjit’s spiritual center is derived from this Lewis Carrol poem.

Speak roughly to your little boy, 

And beat him when he sneezes; 

He only does it to annoy, 

Because he knows it teases.

kenjit

Killing

Everyone

Needing

Junk

In

Troves

Next post from the KenGlib? Transistor radios offer superior sound.


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