Is it possible to have an accurate speaker


That is warm sounding? It seems that If a speaker were warm it would be colored and not accurate. Any thoughts?
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The late Brian Cheney did some very impressive live vs amplified sound comparisons at a few hifi shows that must have been difficult to set up and the results were very impressive. Surprisingly, the general public didn't seem very interested in the most honest, no excuses, speaker demonstration.

As a professional musician I have heard some post production studios and even some sound reinforcement setups that were very well done. So depending on ones subjective criteria I would say yes there are some very accurate speakers who performance are very dependent on the room and the execution of their setup which, as a whole, is no small task.

In all, the one thing all this has taught me is that there is no such thing as a full range speaker unless it contains a separately and very robust amplified bass design.

As a (long, long time) professional musician and professional live sound tech I'm AMAZED at the ability of tin eared or otherwise incompetant live sound techs to make a good system sound bad, or they lack the skills to make a mediocre system sound good. My local well equipped concert venue (I name names...The Center for the Arts in Natick, MA, or "TCAN") recently managed to make Shelby Lynn sound like she was playing from inside a small can. She wasn't. This was one of many recent poor sounding shows there...at $45 per ticket (Lynn) the crowd deserves better.
Agree Wolf. As a long,long time play around gia ta playa and concert goer I am amazed at how bad most of the venues sound. I can't beleive how bad they make some incredible musicians sound. If that was how I was introduced to them I wouldn't be as interested in them. A lot of times I say to myself 'I can't wait to hear real music again from my hi-fi system'. And then my dog slaps me and says 'that's not real'! Hey but it is a lot lot better in some cases.
It's virtually academic, unless you're setting them up in a laboratory. Even the most accurate/lowest distortion speaker, when placed into the average home environment, will exhibit significant changes in frequency response due to room interaction. Just find something that sounds good to your ear in your room.