Almost all earlier hi-fi gear included a Fletcher-Munson "Loudness Control" designed to boost the bass and treble to compensate for their loss at lower volumes. Harry Pearson via TAS made tone controls as well as (heaven forbid) the loudness control dirty words (if you were a real audiophile, that is.) So without an equalizer, you are going to miss bass and extreme high end .... goes with the territory. Mid-range clarity, however, can still exists. I have a pair of older KLH 5 speakers in my bedroom system that sound marvelous at low levels, with midrange that equals my main system Thiels.
Reading the above threads, I see a lot of people confusing power with loudness. A low-efficiency speaker, properly powered, can still play "low" without losing anything .... no more than a high efficiency speaker.
Reading the above threads, I see a lot of people confusing power with loudness. A low-efficiency speaker, properly powered, can still play "low" without losing anything .... no more than a high efficiency speaker.