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Evaluating your speakers

Many, many years ago I recall reading an article that the best way of evaluating your speakers' quality was to play them at a very low volume and hear if the bass, midrange and treble are in the same proportion as when played at medium volume.

Medium volume being defined as not loud enough to induce room acoustics.

My OHM Walsh 4's meet this criteria when placed on a hard surface (vent is on the bottom of the cabinet), not so much when placed on thick carpet.

Anyone recall reading something similar?

uncleang

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cd318
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Nope!

I have the same preference as you, but some speakers can become transformed at a decent volume.

So, it wouldn't be doing them justice to mainly play them quiet.

Some of them also fall apart terribly at volume, but that's another story.

Let's not also forget that many articles can easily pass for ad copy.

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