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The conclusion I've reached about speakers

After years of listening to box speakers the conclusion I have come to is that:

All speakers sound the same

A big speaker does more bass and goes lower. A bookshelf gives no bass and cant go as loud. 

Any other differences are either imaginary or DELIBERATELY contrived to make them sound better to the unsuspecting buyer.

The ONLY other differences aside from sound quality are the price and appearance. Prices can vary substantially and so can the way a speaker looks.

In other words, everything we thought about speakers is all wrong. 
kenjit
kenjit OP
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A  BBC LS3/5A sounds world's different from a Klipsch Heresy! I have both.
What are the frequency responses?
dchang05
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I changed speakers only three time in the last 30 years and each time was because the new ones sounded a lot better to me. But that does not happen often. 

I do envoy people that could not hear the difference between speakers, components, and accessories. I have friends who do not hear much difference between $1,000 and $10,000 components. They really exist and they are the lucky ones. 
roberjerman
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The LS3/5A and Heresy have much different frequency curves! Ditto.for the impedance curves and sensitivity! Ergo - different sonic "flavor"!
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