Is it possible to have an accurate speaker

The late Brian Cheney did some very impressive live vs amplified sound comparisons at a few hifi shows that must have been difficult to set up and the results were very impressive. Surprisingly, the general public didn't seem very interested in the most honest, no excuses, speaker demonstration.

As a professional musician I have heard some post production studios and even some sound reinforcement setups that were very well done. So depending on ones subjective criteria I would say yes there are some very accurate speakers who performance are very dependent on the room and the execution of their setup which, as a whole, is no small task.

In all, the one thing all this has taught me is that there is no such thing as a full range speaker unless it contains a separately and very robust amplified bass design.

Wolf, I so hear and feel that pain. When the folks at Meyer Sound Labs installed and calibrated their system at Yoshi's in Oakland the house reinforcement was simply stunning and throughout most of the room.

A few short weeks had past when the professional sound people began twiddling and that quality has never come close to the original setup since then.

The University Of California At Berkeley's Greek Theater is one of the crown jewels of outdoor acoustic architecture. It's simply amazing how sound companies take one look and begin hanging needles arrays totally overloading the space.

On the other hand, the crew working with the Fleet Foxes who had only heard of the Greek managed to come in and nailed it. Even the group on stage were amazed by what they were hearing.