What is your take on high efficient speakers vs. low efficient speakers?
Consider both designs are done right and your other equipment is well matched with the speakers. Do you have any preference when it comes to sound quality? Is it matter of economic decision when it comes to price? - power amps can become very expensive when power goes up, on the other hand large, efficient speakers are expensive as well. Is your decision based on room size? I'd love to hear from you on the subject.
Pretty much the same conclusion I arrived at quite some time ago. Yet, I can respect /appreciate the different approach and opinion of @mijostyn and others. When it’s all said and done, It is what moves you the most. Anyway that’s my philosophical stance with constructing a home audio system. I try to achieve as much realism within my means. Charles |
@charles1dad , Yes, realism could be the final goal. How do you get to realism? How realistic can you get? Many of us do not even think about realistic. It is viewed as an unrealistic goal. Not true at all. Given the right recording a system can sound scary realistic and I do not mean with just an acoustic guitar either. It can be done with full on rock and jazz. It can be done with equipment that is not Luxury Audio. There are also several roads that lead to Rome. Of the three systems that met my criteria for realism one was a three way dynamic system and the other two were based on very different types of ESL. Three systems out of hundreds including the ones I designed (under the wishes and pocketbook of persons usually more interested in fancy decor and artwork than music.) Many of them were owned by audiophile friends. Some of them were mine. Among audiophiles there is significant variance in expectations and priorities. Someone is bound and determined to set himself up with a SET amp because he heard one he thought sounded good, in a totally different environment than his own listening room. Now he can't get the volume he would like on some recordings so he goes out and gets a set of high efficiency loudspeakers which are not capable of performing as well as the ones he had (with the right amp) but they go loud and he is happy. Then there is the confusion generated by unintentional psychological disinformation. There are people who will swear their system improved by putting their cables on elevators. All of a sudden everyone is selling cable elevators. So what is an English Major to think? While guys like my are laughing under our breath. Accuracy gets you in the ballpark, taste gets you to realistic, both get you evicted.
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Agreed @charles1dad @mijostyn These 8’ panels…where need they be located in relation to front and side walls? What size room approx? The few Ive heard where mad far out into the room.… |
