Is the most efficient speaker the best speaker?

Is it really necessary to achieve potentially hearing damaging levels of 100db and higher to fully enjoy one`s home audio system? I don`t believe people have to mimic ultra high and uncomfortable sound pressure if they have a reasonably quality system with very good musicality and resolution(and want good hearing a few years down the road).

-06-24-11: Charles1dad

Hello Charles1dad, IMO, usually speakers that lack dynamics and or have uneven power curves tend to sound at there best "loud" ...

For the most part all amplifiers tend to sound there best when run at no more than 33% of rated output, we need a lot more power than most would think to recreate live ( not SPL ) but realism of sound ...

regards,

The interesting thing to with regard to using speakers that offer an amp an easier ride to fixed current, is that it seems to be easier to make such a speaker with a steady low impedance and hence lower efficiency, than it is to do with a speaker with a higher impedance and hence higher efficiency.

Unsound,
High efficiency speakers may(or may not) be more difficult to implement sucessfully, but fortunately there are enough of them available that it`s a viable option for many. They sure work for me.

I'm glad they work for you.

All other things are never equal so its a useless question unfortunately.

More efficient speakers are more efficient and that's about all you can say about that.

Most portable electronics that operate out of necessity on low power are very efficient. DO they all sound good?

case closed.