What is a good speaker ?

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There are two criteria for evaluating speakers:

1. The ease with which the speakers can be driven to produce high-quality sound, and
2. The performance ceiling, or the maximum potential for sound quality.

Based on these criteria, speakers can be categorized as follows:

• Category D: Difficult to drive with a low performance ceiling
• Category C: Easy to drive with a low performance ceiling
• Category B: Challenging to drive with a high performance ceiling
• Category A: Easy to drive with a high performance ceiling

 

[BadEnglish]

(CAT X) Underperforming system

My neighbor audiophile was not happy that his system how much he changed, upgraded , still can't listen to orchestral music  ;D I pulled down his half baked 4 QRD panels in between speakers, toed-in speakers then asked him to play orchestral music.
Wohla , the music come alive although stage was not up to. I wanted to help him more but he was as happy as a virgin who just get hold of sex toy  , so just 5 mins work ;D
He marked the toe-in angle because he didn't want to lose the music.


Legend said he can't listen to his system on weekend because his mother-in-law will be listening  ;D

 

[Francishuang]

For more lively sounding room treatment panels, can consider vicoustic.

 

[boxerfan88]

Go active speaker? no need to worry about difficulty/ease to drive

 

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Go active speaker? no need to worry about difficulty/ease to drive

Me thinking of going active x  ;D
Now exposure built active x

 

[BadEnglish]

Poison alert  ;D

 

[boxerfan88]

 

[boxerfan88]

Good speaker

 

[boxerfan88]

He also takes aim at another common practice of the audio industry: the multi-driver speaker design.

While many companies praise the benefits of using multiple drivers for the same frequency range, Vandersteen sees it as a recipe for sonic disaster.
“We don’t pay the kind of money we do for a good cartridge these days or a good DAC or a good preamp or a good power amp or good wires just to have our signal smeared,” he asserts.

This “smearing,” Vandersteen argues, is the result of timing misalignments between multiple drivers. As a result, it compromises the very clarity and precision that audiophiles crave.

Plus, Vandersteen also reveals that the often-praised wide “sweet spot” of multi-driver designs is actually a warning sign.

“If you had a sweet spot that was four feet wide, that’s your first indication that you’re using something low resolution,” Vandersteen explains.

“The resolution isn’t there to make it really special at that one spot.”

This insight challenges the claims of many high-end brands that promote wide sweet spots as a good thing, when it might actually be hiding poor performance.

HiFi Legend Exposes the High-End Audio Brands' Wasteful Practices That's Costing Audiophiles Millions

Richard Vandersteen spills the beans on the sneaky audio industry tricks that fool our ears and empty our pockets.

www.headphonesty.com

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