When choosing new Speakers, what matters most to you?


When auditioning new speakers have you ever listened to a pair you thought you really liked only to realize you didn’t like them at all after seeing their measurements/specifications? And I’m not talking about speakers that would be too difficult for your electronics to drive but rather, you just didn’t like their waterfall plot, or their frequency response or some other measurement even though subjectively, you loved the way they sounded? Conversely have you ever listened to a pair of speakers you did not care for only to change your mind after seeing their specs?
 

Assuming speakers can be easily driven by your home electronics, in other words, no compatibility issues related to sensitivity or impedance, what is the single most important thing you look for when finding speakers you’ll enjoy listening to? How do you go about confirming the speakers you buy will be enjoyable to listen to in your home system?

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Quite an interesting range of responses. I always look at frequency response first and it must designate the 3db roll off point. I don't want to have to use a sub. As opposed to what someone else said about size. I recall a statement that Nick Mason made of speakers. "They ought to be big enough to put your granny in." seems like good advice to me!

The room and the way we will control the room FOR the speakers...

We cannot change de speakers specifications but we can adapt the chosen room for the speakers chosen for this precise room....

We listen to the room/ speakers couple not to the speakers alone...

 

They gotta make me tap my toes....   they need to disappear when i close my eyes and sound bigger than they are ....