Affordable vs. ultra expensive speakers - what's the difference?


Candidate 1: Affordable at about 3K

 

Candidate 2: Ultra expensive at 50K.

 

So what's the difference?

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50K - it looks nice, kinda sexy.

87dB @2.83V/m is low. Correct method of specifying dB.

Frequency response, while specified looks good, ambiguous despite saying +/- 1dB "ïn the audible band"- the audible band could be anything between 20 and 20,000 hz. Anything.. I don’t like ambiguity, where a question needs to be asked or clarification required.

4 ohm is not unusual in expensive speakers..Not "most amplifiers"as in the speil - most retail amps are nominal 8ohm, sometimes have 4ohm capabilities if specified, otherwise don’t assume.. Rule of thumb - don’t mix n match.

No cigar for those.

$1,600 (each?  who buys single speakers I wonder) - looks good, nothing fancy.  Fine.

Better sensitivity,at 90.5dB, BUT could be 87 because not specified if it is W/m or V/m. A marketing trick to be aware of.

Fairly OK frequency response - 27-35,000, except at -6dB! Seek -3dB.

Can’t comment on actual drivers. 50K one mentions phase characteristics, and that’s important.

From just a few moments looking and summary appraisal (some may be horrified) I’d pass on both, irrespective of price. Keep lookin’ . Look at another 20.