Do your speakers bite??


There's a curious phrase audiophiles use for speakers with well defined leading transients, or extra string or reed sounds: bite

Sometimes this is also extra resonance from inside a string instrument.  I say it's extra because I don't hear the same in real life, but for some speakers these are marked selling points.

So, do your speakers bite?  Do you like your speakers to bite you?  What is your threshold?

erik_squires

Showing 1 response by mapman

I want to hear bite if it’s in the recording but not because of speakers. Yes my speakers can deliver that when it’s there. Ohms or KEFs. But it’s not just the speakers. The things that feed them matter as much if not more. Newer good quality Class D amps seem to do it quite well. My Cambridge evo 150 falls into that category.

I’ve had more “laid back” gear feeding same speakers before. I like that too. In a different way. More relaxed and less attention grabbing as better dynamics tend to do. There is more than one way to make good sound. Who says any one is always best? It’s not. Different strokes. Even sometimes for the same folks in different moods.