All box speakers even though they share similarities being box speakerd they obviously do no sound the same . A proac dose not sound like a paradigm or energy speaker for that matter . All small box speakers are limited in their ultimate loudness as a floorstanding normally will sound louder and with more freedom to explore loudness . But they are all box speakers which are construed by the same limitations from the small ones to the large floorstanding speakers
The conclusion I've reached about speakers
After years of listening to box speakers the conclusion I have come to is that:
A big speaker does more bass and goes lower. A bookshelf gives no bass and cant go as loud.
Any other differences are either imaginary or DELIBERATELY contrived to make them sound better to the unsuspecting buyer.
The ONLY other differences aside from sound quality are the price and appearance. Prices can vary substantially and so can the way a speaker looks.
In other words, everything we thought about speakers is all wrong.
All speakers sound the same
A big speaker does more bass and goes lower. A bookshelf gives no bass and cant go as loud.
Any other differences are either imaginary or DELIBERATELY contrived to make them sound better to the unsuspecting buyer.
The ONLY other differences aside from sound quality are the price and appearance. Prices can vary substantially and so can the way a speaker looks.
In other words, everything we thought about speakers is all wrong.