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We should reject hard-to-drive speakers more often

Sorry I know this is a bit of a rant, but come on people!!

Too many audiophiles find speakers which are hard to drive and... stick with them!

We need to reject hard-to-drive speakers as being Hi-Fi. Too many of us want our speakers to be as demanding as we are with a glass of wine. "Oh, this speaker sounds great with any amplifier, but this one needs amps that weigh more than my car, so these speakers MUST sound better..."

Speakers which may be discerning of amplifier current delivery are not necessarily any good at all at playing actual music. 

That is all.

erik_squires

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It’s funny how them junk infinity’s as some call them

still sound as good or better in some cases then what is being 

produced today at 5 times the cost. Yes the crossovers was 

a pain to work with but back in the early and mid 80’s they was state-of-the-art the art. The IRS beta can go against about any 30,000 dollar speaker made today. And yes you should have to rebuild them now hell they are going on 40 years old. So yes stuff wears out. I own a set of Kappa 9.1 series 2 and I would put them up against any speaker made today under 15,000 dollars. 

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