Judging speakers to purchase.

Hoping to discover more regarding the sound that the speaker has. Thin, forward, bottom heavy...feel free to use words like rich midrange and organic sounding and realistic presentation...

Often speakers that are appreciated most simply work well with. the room acoustics. 

stellar phase coherency 

@knottscott , can you expound upon that?

Hoping to discover more regarding the sound that the speaker has. Thin, forward, bottom heavy...feel free to use words like rich midrange and organic sounding and realistic presentation...

Transparent, balanced, and natural sounding with a believable 3D soundstage and imaging if it’s in the recording.  To me, if you sense you’re listening to speakers or something they’re actively doing instead of feeling like you’re just fully and effortlessly experiencing an unfettered performance then something is wrong.  That’s my take anyway and what I’ve always strived for in building/improving my system. 

Speakers are the only component that can affect sound radiation pattern. There are qualities not found in “typical box speakers” that you find in varying amounts in dipoles/bipoles/omnidirectional speakers/open baffles/wide dispersion box speakers. If you haven’t heard any from these categories worth a listen before you decide. Huge soundstage and they disappear.

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I like it...