The most criminal practice in the speaker industry revealed!! Keep reading


Today we are going to expose the most criminal practice within the speaker industry bar none. Thats right folks. Keep reading and you will be disgusted just as I am.

Some audiophiles like to think that speakers are like wine. You just buy whatever one you prefer and pay no attention to cost. This is wrong. Speakers are devices that have a job to do and just because nobody has figured out how to measure how well speakers do the job, does not give the speaker industry the right to pull the wool over our eyes.

Now even though nobody on the planet has been able to figure out exactly what set of measurements we need, that is not to say that we have no measurements at all to rely on when it comes to assessing how well a speaker does.

One obvious example of a measurement that matters is frequency response. This tells how loud every tone is that we can hear from the bass up to the highs. It is the same measurement that is used to assess how well our ears work. Clearly this is important.

The shocking truth is that 99% of high end speaker companies DO NOT, publish frequency response charts of their mega expensive supposedly high end ultra high quality speakers!! Thats right folks, we have been duped all along. Now just in case you think I am lying, I implore you to immediately visit your favorite speaker companies website to check whether i am right. The truth will surely leave you disgusted.

This is no different than buying a fridge that provides no data about how cold the fridge gets. Can you imagine the problems that would cause? We all know that food must be kept below a certain temperature, otherwise it goes bad very quickly and if eaten, can lead to serious illnesses.

Audiophiles must understand that speakers are a tool. It either does the job well or not very well. Obviously we expect much more expensive speakers to do a better job than a cheaper speaker. Thats what measurements are there for. But if the measurements are not provided, then theres no way to tell. and if theres no way to tell, then it is horribly easy for the speaker companies to make any claim they like with impunity and get away with it!!! And that means speaker companies can set the price of a speaker as high as they like even if the speaker does not perform far better than a much cheaper speaker!!! In other words, we are being taken for a ride folks.

Audiophiles need to wake up and smell the coffee and understand what it feels like to be short changed. How often are we not getting what we pay for?

Audiophiles are no better at telling if one speaker is better than another purely by listening, than an average person is able to tell how cold a fridge is by putting their hand inside it!!! That’s right folks. VERY few folks are actually able to rely on their own hearing to tell which speaker is better than another. I am among the small minority who can. However that is beside the point...The main point we need to focus on is that despite the supposed importance of cumulative spectral decay, when it comes to assessing sound quality, very few manufacturers are willing or able to provide this data. The fact that reviewers sometimes do measurements does not justify the fact that the manufacturers do not provide it themselves. Who is going to verify whether the reviewers measurements arent biased?

The truth is speaker companies rely on word of mouth and reviews to sell their wares because its far easier to claim that their speaker has won multiple awards, than it is to prove that it has superior measured performance. Audiophiles prefer to read speaker reviews in magazines than go through a bunch of measurements because that requires too much effort.
Do not be duped. I am the master audiophile and you have been warned.
kenjit
Sorry I am a little tired and probably not clear on your post. It seems you are saying that without measurements one cannot tell which speaker is a better speaker than the other and relying on your ears is not a good way to judge this.

First, I don’t really care what a speaker measures as I just want to enjoy music the way I prefer it. Same goes for the home I chose, the location, the car I drive, etc. Everyone has a preference and I don’t care what the measurements say.

Second, the price of anything comes down to what I want to pay for something I am looking to purchase. Consider artwork. I have a friend who is one of the top artists in the world. That does not mean that I am willing to pay a million dollars for one of his paintings. It comes down to the value I perceive it to be. I don’t judge his work on his technique rather what I like.

So all of your continuing posts on speakers, speakers, speakers is just plain getting old.

It simply comes down to ones own preference in making a decision.

Measurements have to be provided for ALL speakers on the market by ALL companies not just a few, otherwise it is impossible to compare. Why because you say so? If a speaker measured "perfect" according to a measurement, it may peak my interest but unless I was willing to pay for that measurement, then that measurement would be useless to me. In a direct comparison, I may find another speaker that I prefer that sound over the perfect speaker, and decide that I personally like that sound better. If there are no speaker manufacturers that meet your standards, what are you listening to? And how would you know if a speaker with so called great measurements would even sound good to most people if you have never heard one yourself? Plus the equipment would probably have to be perfect also otherwise what is the point. Yeah equipment has measurements but that also does not mean you will achieve great sound.

I would like to suggest that you get past your own bias for once and stop posting about speaker companies and how bad they all are because they do not publish measurements.

Now I will take my hand out of the refrigerator as I cannot tell if it is cold without measuring the temperature.

BTW your system is not listed so you being a master audiophile must be embarrassed with what you have I take it?

Happy Listening.


"Howerer most cheap crap Pioneer or Sansui or other Japanese speaker ..."

There are no crap Sansui speakers.
Being relatively new here, I was at first inclined to give kenjit the benefit of the doubt, and I attempted to engage in a normal way and saw the style of reciprocation and lack of sincere reciprocation. Now I don't even think he has a speaker, let alone a stereo, or that he has any interest in HiFi or music. I'm beginning to suspect that doing exactly as he is doing is his primary fascination and occupation. To each his own. You're not hurting anyone kenjit, so enjoy!
Dave Fabrikant at Ascend Acoustic publishes graphs with his sierra towers and probably all his speakers. They are published on his website and I even got graphs included with my towers specifically measured for that pair! All that for under $3,000. Who says there are no honest speaker manufacturers. You just have to know where to look. Mine sound fantastic.