Are my standards too high?


Dear Gang,

I have heard a number of box speakers and only the cream of the crop are just about tolerable. In other words there is nothing out there that can truly impress me regardless of price. 

The KEF LS50 is a state of the art world class loudspeaker. It has won multiple awards and is used by John himself. A few years ago I decided to go and listen to a pair to see what the fuss was about. They were not setup perfectly but there was no bass. All i could hear was typical uneven ported bass response. The highs were a bit bright and off axis response was uneven. Horrible. I then got a chance to hear the kef Ref ones which were supposed to be the finest speaker that could be made by mankind. They failed to impress me. No bass at all. Then i heard the blades and finally i heard proper bass below 40hz. But the blades were not perfect either. And given their cost they should have been perfect. They didnt sound very refined. Imaging was a bit average. 

Gang, I have come to the realization that either most speakers out there are a hoax (overpriced and overrated) OR my standards are simply so high that the worlds finest 'peaker engineers cannot produce anything that can satisfy my perfect standards. 

The only answer to this riddle is to train audiophiles to understand that the speakers currently on the market are substandard goods.We need to also attract better quality minds to the world of speaker design and weed out the people that dont know what theyre doing. There are obviously some people who are better at doing things than others. Am I right? If we can get rid of the worst speaker designers out there and replace them with superior designers, then we will end up with much better speakers on the market for us to enjoy. Its a win win
kenjit
Standards too high? No, your ability to manipulate current technology is too low.
Hey Kenjit, sometimes I read your posts and just have to wonder when you're just going to accept that you're just not an audiophile.

Like me going into a flyfishing forum and asking what the point of wasting time making your own lures when you can buy them for pennies. 

Bro, this is a hobby that includes all levels of income and passion, have fun with it.
Kenjit, it’s not the speakers that are sub standard. Maybe have a hearing test done. With some training, even with hearing issues, you can learn to recognize the atrophied sounds you hear for what they really are, even if you don’t fully hear them. You will never be happy with what you hear if you don’t realize the real issues and why you arnt hearing what you expected.