Speakers The single most critical component


I know we've been over this Q hundreds of X's over the past 20 years here on audion, You can find dozen of topics dealing with this Q <which is the ,,,,most important component...>>
well time for yet 1 more topic dealing with this,, perhaps unanswered, un-resolved issue.
I'm bringing up the old hachet due to my recent experience acutally hearinga FR in my system. 
Let me tell you, there is not even 1 traditional/conventioanl/xover design <The Boxed Type>> in the world that could convince me  , there is something that will beat out FR (caveat, FR requires  some sort of high sens =sensitivity, tweeter)  in  the Boxy world of speakers.
That is to say, FR + Compression Horn is the future of 21st Century high fidelity. 
One lab has already brought us these ~~~SHF~~~ aka SuperHighFidelity  single drivers. 
The code word here is ~~SHF~~~ which can not never be employed when describing xover/trad/conventioanl style  aka The Box designs. db level under 91 are _<<IN-EFFICIENT>> , = dysfunctional, out dated, old school , = Dinasaurs. 
For amps, I only consider tube amps (PP and SET) as ~~SHF~~~ I can not include ss amps in this topic. 
IMHO all well made tube amps sound very close,
 a  kt88 in brand X will sound  close to brand Y. 
So amplification takes a  distant 2nd place in critical component.  No need to break the bank buying amp A vs  a  lower priced kt88 amp B
CD players, nearly all  tube DAC's , tube cdp-ers sound  close. No need to braek the bank over X vs Y.
My Jadis DAC is  only miniscule gain over the Shanling,
 the Shanling
only a  miniscule gain over the Cayin CD17. 
Now as for  best source  , phonograph is the ideal playback medium vs cds. 
I have some LP's now , but my main collection are classical cds, most not on LP version. Cables , I did note some gains employing silver/copper wiring throughout my entire system including inside the Defy.
Tweak worthy.
New Mundorf caps in all componets, tweak worthy. 
Yet the main central component remaisn the speakers.
Here is where  the entire audio resolution either rises to Nirvana or falls to <<distortion/muddy waters,/pollution/anti-fidelity  voicing  issues.
Your system's fidelity is ultimately dependent on what speaker  you have chosen to employ.
Forget all you've learned over the years, 
The new mantra is <,The speaker is key component>
All else is just extra tweaks/nuances. 
To sum up, a  ~~SHF~~ driver will match even the top of line Wilson weighing in at hundreds of lbs priced $$$$$$$ overa single FR driver. 
FR beats out any/all xover box design speakers. Mostly due to that key specification ~~db level~~~ which is everything in speaker design and thus in resolution/fidelity. 

mozartfan
Still not 1 taker on my Seas Thors, which just so happen to be the King of all speaker designs in the low db range.
Hows that for demand in ya old designs.
How is this any sort of validation in any mind other than yours? You have been on here for weeks bashing them, you have the crossovers screwed to the back of the speakers and you can't figure out why they aren't selling? Let me give you a clue, it ain't  because the design of the speaker has passive crossovers. They quite honestly look like a shop project done by someone that never attended shop class. Looking at what was done gives no confidence that the person that did the mods had any clue what they were doing and likely screwed up the voicing of the design. And other than you, who honestly believes a $2000 kit is the top of the mountain in passive loudspeaker design? I have heard many single driver full range speakers and you can keep them. As mentioned above, they create as many problems as they avoid. 
It is quite a different sales tactic, though. Let me bash what I am trying to sell in the forums and then try to tell people looking at the ad how wonderful they sound. How could you expect that to work? What it tells me if I were a potential buyer (I really have no interest in them) is that you are completely dishonest. I would never consider buying something from someone that is that deceitful. 
This thread has never turned into a discussion. Just proselytizing with the typical level of critical examination. Dumpster fire.
There is no perfect gear for all people and all need and relatively to all other pieces of gear which could be potentially linked to it....

Engineering art is trade-off...

Selling perfection is an illusion.... Or a deception...

The most important part of a system is not the visible gear at all, it is the invisible psychoacoustical law, among other basic elementary facts whithout which there is no optimal working audio system at ANY price...