Best Loudspeakers for Rich Timbre?

It's not necessarily the midbass that produces rich timbre and warmth. It's the 200Hz-250Hz range. Reduce energy there by making it flatter and or dipped and the speakers will sound like absolute trash. The market is filled with anemic audiophile speakers. And they sound edgy and boring and unengaging. 

This is why audiophiles seek out speakers that have larger cones, or cones made out of paper, or more resonant real wood enclosures. Larger cones also help reduce some energy in the 3kHz range giving a bit of that good old BBC dip. 

I would personally stay away from Samsung built Revel line. 

@chrissain I find that they do everything well, or at least okay, but nothing exceptional. It’s almost as if they’re more interested in checking off all of the boxes. It’s safe. It’s the worst kind of product.

They lack the crazy visionary. The Steve Jobs. The Elon Musk.

Sound is not just science. It’s also art. My ears want to be inspired. I need that ASMR. But after a few minutes of listening, I rather go on a bike ride, or something.

I heard the entire Be line at the NYC store.

@chrissain So who builds them? IKEA?

I’ve heard every speaker they made since the early 2000s. 

@chrissain This was at the flagship Harman store in NYC with ML equipment, so if they can't set it up to sound nothing short of spectacular, that's on them. Mark Levinson stuff is okay, it used to be better. Levinson is hiding out in Europe, trying to evade taxes these days.

I hope you realize that I was messing with you a bit in some of my responses, I would never want anyone to listen to or own equipment they don't emotionally connect to. Everyone hears differently and has different preferences. That's what makes this so much fun and that's why we have so many options.

I just get irked when people put so much faith in Harman's testing/listening room, which was created by their marketing department. 

As for other speakers... If we're still talking about Samsung speakers, then I would pick JBL Synthesis any day over Revels.

I personally own speakers from Devialet, B&W, and Goldmund. And electronics from Devialet, SME, and Micromega.

The best sounding amp circuits today are:

1.) Devialet ADH (Class A D Hybrid)
2.) Hypex Ncore
3.) ICE

Yes, all are at least partially class D. Class D has an absolute iron grip on bass response. And the above three have gotten so state of the art, that they even surpass the best analog designs. Anyone looking for amazing timbre, look at the above first.

@atmasphere You really should stop spreading misinformation and your lack of knowledge in a lot of these threads.

Devialet uses class A and D hybrid circuitry and have over 100 patents.

And recent examples are what I’m talking about. These circuits have surpassed anything previously designed. Old audiophiles need to get out more.