Affordable vs. ultra expensive speakers - what's the difference?

djones514,512 posts 01-28-2022 5:30pm About $48800 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This very exact principle in reference to box ttupe speakers also appliess EQUALLY to Full Range designs. Voxativ/AER/Cube have $$$$$ priced FR inside a weird horn cabinet which run the price tag up into the thosands,,,completely not necessary, In fact in my exp, FR sound best/perform better in Open Baffel. My dual FR + Dual Tweeters, get this, well under $1500. And my $ FR design sounds as good (IMHO Better) than the mega priced FR horn designs. So there you have it,

The old maxim spend spend

MORE get LESS

holds so true in speakers.

The fun is in the hunt more than the kill. I find I'm not so crazy about the new music coming out and changing up parts of my system keeps the replays fun, but getting to the top will leave me exactly where I am...The same set list on the same system!!

The BIG Wilson room at Axpona is thrilling to listen to, but if I listened to it every day it would sound the same after awhile. 

Comparing Honda to Ferrari as an analogy to speakers of different quality is baloney as they driving on the same road. I agree with the argument of proper sound room. Gimme the cheaper speaker in a proper acoustic room any day. 

I'm not into Music listening as a hobby, but there are those that are and can afford expensive sound equipment.  I'm sure some will buy the high end equipment, just to say they have the best.  Music lovers as a hobby and want to spend lots of $$$$, more power to them with the right room to listen in.  

If your happy with a $500.00 pair of speakers in a basic open room environment, that's all that counts.  Will a $3000.00 pair sound any different in that environment?  It's all about room acoustics in how a speaker will perform or not.

Spend whatever money on your hobby and or sounds good to you.  Knock yourselves out.........lol  Good question, "Affordable or Ultra Expensive Speakers."  Any difference based on your room environment acoustics?

People dont know that acoustic is an experimental and pure science.. Not less sophisticated and cxomplex than electronical engineering... At best some will  buy bass traps and 2 panels... 😁😊 They will call it acoustic treatment...

They think that the amplifier and speaker design is what they listen to first and last ...

The room is for them an almost neutral empty shell with no relation to what they hear and the room cost nothing anyway, then for them had no power to change the S.Q. compared to their shiny new costly amplifier or beautiful speakers..

This is consumerism conditioning...

My system value is 500 bucks..

And my S.Q. /price ratio is over the roof because and almost ONLY because of acoustic treatment and especially acoustic control...

Nothing can beat acoustic power in audio...Certainly not the speakers by themselves alone...