Blindfold Speaker testing

Look there was a  time longgg agio when the Audiogoners were like into the latest/newest/best in its class components.
Things were different back then. 
Although I will say this forum has been heavily biased towards the box/xover things. 
My testimiony is those things are dinasuars.
This judgement is based on 40 yrs off/on interest in all things hifi audio. 
The final component to making my sysytem truly world class high fidelity is just months away, 
Would have been sooner had I not  made a  very poor decision to jump into a tube fliiping business. Buy low/sell higher. 
Lost $1200-$1500. 
+ The upgrades to the Thors set me  back $1200++. Some of this may be salvagable, as if the Vox do not put out bass that can surpass the W18E001's, well the Dual W18's will be the bass section. 

Any-hoot
If we  held a  ~~Guess the speaker~~~ audition, its my guess the 2 high sens would have stood out. And if we did a  2nd such Guess Test, with the big guns, 
speakers over $20k - $100k. 
WEll now we are into the big horn deals, (which are not wife friendly),,,and brought in the  the 2 labs making Feild Coils, my guess is they would place top in the Big Dawgs class. 
End results would be:
Shootout twix the top horns vs Field Coils, 
Big box/xover things will be shown clearly as *impaired, faulty imaging*.
Honestly.

In English, please?

millercarbon9,796 posts06-25-2021 7:14pmIn English, please?

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You mean a  summation of  all I am trying to get across
1929 Colortura Field Coil, Most perfect mids
Klangfilm other FC came along. Some not so successful.
Now enter xovers. 
Inefficient, wet blankets
2015, enters in new high sens designs from 3 labs, 2 in Germany, 1 in Japan
Hardly made frontt page news.
Audiophiles fear what they do not understand.
Stuck in old ways, old beliefs.
As long as the $$  keep flowing into xover box things, FC may never become avaliable at a price we can all afford.
Plesae buy High Sens, this way you are helping the new 21st C speakers to become more avaliable at a  better price.
Translated. 
You are holding back technology  from  offering us more selection and a  better price.

First off, you can't listen to speakers through curtains, second off the speakers will not be optimally positioned. They are very likely to have different requirements. Third of all, speakers have such varying characteristics that it is almost always going to come down to taste. Which varies from one listener to another.

Auditioning speakers is totally up to the individual and it seems most people gravitate to the most, the most high end, the most bass, the most presence, etc. It is unusual for a person who is not a very experienced listener to select a balanced speaker that has exceptional imaging. It is the speaker that attracts the least attention. 

Having said all that rubbish a great loudspeaker system pumped up with a lot of power playing Waiting for Columbus at 95 dB is a special thing to hear.

I just wrote Tampa Audio show, sadly they canceled 2021, but in 2022 I suggested they invite  both AER and Vox at whatever cost,. = Will be the biggest draw/most popular rooms, 
Long lines could get unruly, Advised make a  sign up list, this way no one has to wait in long lines and fight to get ahead of the others. 
So 2022 is your chance to hear the big guns in high sens speakers.