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Bright High End Speakers = Bad Room?

Long time lurker, new poster and diving right in.
I have noticed on the threads, a lot of what are considered high spend speakers, high end B&W's particularly, but not exclusively, being faulted for being "bright", a viewpoint typically garnered from "heard them at a show", etc.
I would posit that the reason this is, not exclusively of course, but in many cases, is due to a conscious decision in how these speaker companies balance on/off axis energy  (or an unconscious decision due to the space they were voiced in).

Whether it is assumed you are going to have more off-axis energy due to reflection/diffusion and/or assumed you are going to have less off axis energy due to absorption, if you don't implement your room accordingly, you are going to find the speaker bright or dark versus a speaker, even a low end one, that is voiced in a room more like the typical partially or poorly treated room.
Thoughts?


atdavid

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murphythecat
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the market aim is flat FR.

this is too bright for my taste. even in a untreated room, i dont find the highs gets tamed enough.
and a flat FR in a well treated room is too bright for my taste as well.

the solution is either eq, or try to tame the HF response with resistors if you have a 4 binding post.

if you look at the AN-E measurements, its no wonder so many love that speaker. its flat from 100hz to 1000hz, then from 1khz up to 8khz its down 4db in comparison. this gives a much smoother sound.
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