My pet peeve: "revealing" speakers

The dac/amplifier/ speakers resolve,
but the speakers/room reveal.

The resolving and the revealing are 2 properties of speakers that must be distinguished....

The resolving potential is in relation to "generic" pre-designed components in the speakers,
the revealing potential is in relation to " specific" working of the mechanical structure of the speakers, not only the electronical or electrical one, in the room....

The resolving is defined in relation to the source, the revealing is defined in relation with the room’s embeddings....

Engineering science like medecine is an art, the art of the trade-off....  

:)

Sounds like you have a semantics problem specifically associated with speakers YOU don't like.  What is YOUR suggestion for the correct wording to use in order to describe undefined speakers you probably won't like?

Sounds like you have a semantics problem specifically associated with speakers YOU don’t like. What is YOUR suggestion for the correct wording to use in order to describe undefined speakers you probably won’t like?

You miss the point completely...

I dont speak about speakers i dont like.... I try to explain a complex situation in the simplest words...

Contrary to your misconception, almost all speakers can sound good rightfully embed in the house and room if they are paired with the right amplifier and dac...

Most speakers that sound bad are badly linked to the wrong piece of equipment for them and/or wrongly embed in their mechanical, electrical, and acoustical dimensions ...(except for some badly designed speakers for sure)

Now there is almost no speakers rightly designed i will not like AFTER embedding them and AFTER pairing them with a good dac and amp.(Even if i had my preference like everybody for the best quality speakers)

Liking some branded speakers is not like liking and tasting a brand of cheese....You must know how to use and embed the speakers, and then you must know how to deal with the resolving power and revealing power balance of the speakers in specific house /room/positions.


If the speakers is a stick, it has 2 ends, he resolve at one end and reveal at the other end.... :)

Or more simply put: Speakers, room and ears are only one organ......

twoleftearsRevealing = equivalent of cranking up the sharpness control on your TV.

Very good analogy.  As a professional photographer, I always have to know when the sharpness added is beneficial and when it is too much.  Knowing the same in audio is more difficult, since I react faster through my eyes than through my ears. 

erik_squires OP9,458 posts08-22-2020 1:32pmPS: My second pet peeve are reviewers who hear "revealing" and very colored speakers and call them "neutral" when they are clearly not.

If they are revealing? Sounds like they are revealing all the coloration the rest of your system is having a problem with. That is... if they are truly revealing.