What would your "perfect speaker" sound like.

I am flabbergasted by the facts that some believe that speakers choice matter more than the room...

For me the room matter as much...If not more... 😊

I prefer less performant speakers in a dedicated acoustic room than more performant speakers in a bad room ( most non dedicated room ) ...

Acoustician regard the specs of speakers as the quantitative aspects of a room only data they will use to create great sound...

Any speakers can sound if not extraordinary, optimal in any great room dedicated to them...

My favorite speakers is the only one paradoxically i never really listened to at his optimal possibilities then i never really heard them , and incredibly i owned them for 45 years and this was because i did not know about the importance of acoustic for so long...😁

Then my mythical Tannoy dual gold Mallorcan, had sounded way less good in my living room for 45 five years than my less well designed and inferior Mission Cyrus 781 in a dedicated acoustic room...is this not extraordinary ?

The room dont change the specs for sure but maximalize all there is that is good in a speaker on a high level...Or the room kill the best specs of any speakers and translate them in the worst ...

My 12 pounds of salt...

Give me the room first... 😁

And pick a good speakers for me...

I will live with them...

Why do you think i can be happy with a good but cheap pair of speakers ( 100 bucks) now with only a dedicated acoustic corner ?

Am i deaf?

Or did i did what we must do to install them in the right way ?

This M-audio MV40 speakers i disliked them when i bought them 12 years ago...I was used to the Tannoy sound which was way over them even in a bad room..I sold the Tannoy which was an error because i needed smaller one on my desk and because i learned nothing about acoustic at the times...

The M-audio were used only for computer sake..l. I never considered them able to deliver music...I bought Mission to replace the Tannoy...

Till i lost my Mission speakers/dedicated room , because i sold my house 1 year ago...

In my new basement i created a dedicated acoustic corner shaped for these little M-Audio... What a surprize at the end of this process ...

i now can listen music and i have even a soundstage and a good imaging and good timbre with the right dac with good but very low cost speakers ...

i created more diffusive surface for them...

I used two foldable screens for that...

I dont have deep bass for sure with a 4 inches driver, but i have acceptable bass ....

Really the acoustic matter way more than the price of the speakers...

What was the use to have been lucky enough to own the Tannoy dual gold, a shining pair of speakers, if you have never been able to set them right as i was unable to do it for 45 years ?

You can laught at me.... But it is pure truth learned the hard way ...

 

Imperfect speakers in the perfect room for them matter way more than the perfect speakers in the most imperfect room....

Pick the speakers for me i will make them shine...

Acoustic rule...

Not speakers design alone and by itself...

#Mahgister...... you are right.  Case in point, go to any show where they set up their equipment [speakers included] in a hotel room like Axpona.  Some of the most expensive speakers will sound crappy beyond belief because the space is too small or untreated.  I never have the heart to say much of anything, especially when they smile and act like it is golden.

You can not discuss loudspeakers without including the room, they are both part of the same transducer. The perfect speaker room would be the one that, with the best live recordings, could fool you into thinking you were at a live performance from the Melos String Quartet to Guns and Roses.

Since most rooms are seriously flawed this is unlikely to happen even with the finest equipment. 

The best speaker/room is the one that gets you closest to the perfect one. The best is the most you can hope for with current tech.