A full range speaker?


Many claim to be, but how many can handle a full orchestra’s range?

That range is from 26hz to around 12khz including harmonics, but the speakers that can go that low are few and far between. That is a shame, since the grand piano, one of the center points of many orchestral and symphonic performances, needs that lower range to produce a low A fully, however little that key is used.

I used to think it was 32hz, which would handle a Hammond B-3’s full keyboard, so cover most of the musical instruments range, but since having subs have realized how much I am missing without those going down to 25hz with no db’s down.

What would you set as the lower limit of music reproduction for a speaker to be called full range?

 I’m asking you to consider that point where that measurement is -0db’s, which is always different from published spec's.
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mijostyn4,699 posts07-19-2021 11:17amMozartfan, I think you need to listen to a pair of Quads.

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WOWWW
Indeed!!!
WOWW
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaAsse6INeo

problem is, are they tube amp friendly??
Do they have that narrow sweet spot, which would get on my nerves. 
But man do they sound fantastic!!!
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repairrepairrepair, No thanks
Do they sound better than  my Frankensteins?
Yes they do, But I could not deal with malfunctioning speakers. 
back to Frankensteins. 
Video comming after Sony cam charges. 
I made 2 tweaks.
OK vid is loading on YT, Here are a  few things about upcomming NEW Video of the Frankensteins. 
The Frankies beat out Wilson and Vandersteen in some respects. 
The low bass on the Vandersteens and especially the Wilson's have a  superior punch to drum sets. over the Seas Magnesium mids.
But having owned paper woofers in the past,, my goal is to be far away from anything paper composite. 
Paper is not as clean, clear in the upper bas/low mids vs the Magnesium  cones.
There is a trade off, as in everything audio. 
We each have to pick the components that work best for our individual preferences, even as peculiar as they may seem to other audiophiles.

Grading the Frankensteins, i have no complaints, 
My year long  struggle to attain a  world class speaker has been a  success, but at a  price,,,, these experiements do not come free..