most accurate loudspeakers....


Many of you are correct, it is personal choice and your own ears. Now that being said ,I do agree with Stevecham in that Thiels are incredibly accurate and one of the best
loudspeakers I ever heard was a Thiel CS 7.2 ...to my ears that is.
timmo812

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the phrase "more accurate" is an oxymoron. all speakers are inaccurate. accuracy is dichotomous. there is a state of accuracy and a state of inaccuracy.

one can use the phrase less inaccurate to indicate a state which is closer to accurate, i.e., perfection.

as has already been said it is difficult to quantify inaccuracy. it is possibly to provide measurements of various parameters. then what ? how do you quantify accuracy, given measurement statistics ?

why not consider which speakers are most resolving, if that is your goal ?
no speaker is accurate, period. most speakers state their frequency response within 3 db. that is not accurate.

at best one can a speaker is less inaccurate than another.

a speaker is either accurate or it isn't. it can't be incredibly accurate. it can't be slight;ly accurate. it is not accurate and not perfect.

there is no way to assess a speaker's accuracy. there does not exist a definition of accurate nor a way to objectively measure or calculate an inaccuracy score.

since we are expressing opinions, i would say the quad 57 is the least inaccurate of all speakers, within its range.

the thiel speakers sound top heavy, i.e., peaky in the upper midrange/lower treble.
the problem with a subjective criterion like the illusion of a live concert is the wide range of assessments associated with a given stereo system.

the pursuit of accuracy, the measurement of accuracy and the criteria for accuracy are all counter productive.

if i can say i like the sound of a stereo system it doesn't matter how inaccurate it is.

the question for all of us, why do we like the sound of a stereo system ?