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
Although, without ever seeing it, I have to wonder what an interior decorator would say about your room.
you are not here to judge my room...

It is not a living room it is an audio room first...

Second i created my passive treatment homemade and my active controls myself at no cost...

Then spare me another insult under the guise of an apology...

I dont insult people here.... It seems you do it on a regular basis...Third insults in three posts...

You proved to everyone here what you are ....

Enjoy it.....without me...

Goodbye.....





I’m surprised that otherwise sane members of this forum would take mozartfan seriously 
I don‘t really. just took the bait.....
There’s no getting past the transducer/s that produce the sound.
The loudspeaker is where the rubber hits the road, I would agree that to have a truly immersive sound, the speakers come first.

The rest of the equipment, even the room, and the recording aught to compliment the speakers. Of course without synergy it all collapses, I do think however that the device turning the AC current into audible bliss is the foundation upon which the rest of the system relies, and the qualities it voices.




A guy reads a single review and claims an apocalypse on any other type of speakers. WOW I‘m amazed. ’Too much acid’ again comes to mind.
I do think however that the device turning the AC current into audible bliss is the foundation
what about the device turning music into AC current in the first place?