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We should reject hard-to-drive speakers more often

Sorry I know this is a bit of a rant, but come on people!!

Too many audiophiles find speakers which are hard to drive and... stick with them!

We need to reject hard-to-drive speakers as being Hi-Fi. Too many of us want our speakers to be as demanding as we are with a glass of wine. "Oh, this speaker sounds great with any amplifier, but this one needs amps that weigh more than my car, so these speakers MUST sound better..."

Speakers which may be discerning of amplifier current delivery are not necessarily any good at all at playing actual music. 

That is all.

erik_squires
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jjss49
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speakers make the sound we hear in our rooms... and wonderful sound is what we are striving for in our rooms

speakers should be evaluated when performing at their best, which is properly set up in room, driven by a suitable amp to get peak performance (or something very close to it) from them

efficiency of the speaker, and the requisite amp, are all part of the tradeoffs to get the sound we really want

all others things equal, yes, easy to drive, efficient speakers are nice to have... but it is foremost about the sound... that is the big dog that wags the tail of efficiency and amplification

jl35
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we buy ESL speakers because we like how they sound, realizing we need the right amp...

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mrdecibel

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@bdp24 I have no idea what was said by kenjit, as I pass him over when reading

You're a smart man.

 

invalid
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I don't think ESL's are the only loudspeakers that don't suffer from thermal compression, what about full range panel speakers like apogees?

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I don't think ESL's are the only loudspeakers that don't suffer from thermal compression, what about full range panel speakers like apogees?

Apogees have a voice coil and so thermal compression is possible.

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