The point of the article I believe that to many are automatically drawn to speakers that say or they are told have a flat response
And this is not a position I have ever espoused. I mean, I know this is what I like, but why should that influence your buying choices? Also, Stereophile has promoted several brands as "reference" or "neutral" speakers when they clearly and audibly were not. Don't try to sell me "neutral" speakers as the epitome of desirability one moment, then complain about this too.
Not enough just listen to the speakers and find out they enjoy them.
I think that is in fact how you should buy loudspeakers.
My issues with the article was not that reviewers liked non-neutral speakers, but that when speaker measurements varied egregiously from good design patterns they fail to bridge the gap between their measurements and observations.
Best,
E
