So Erik when did you start drinking your wine with amirm at Audio Science Review, specs are important but saying a 16 ohm speaker design is better than 4 Ohm speaker design strikes me as hyperbole.
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.
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I still do not get it, I thought phase angles and Ohms law had more to do with speakers being hard to drive than efficiency or P= V2/R or 2.83(2)/8=1 Watt, but that is alright. Live music needs efficient speakers to reach suitable SPL levels but for smaller spaces speaker designers can flatten the curve but the impedance does go down. I fail to see how attacking only my statement and no one else’s here who have clearly disagreed with your statements has anything to do with camaraderie. As far as the rest of it goes it was a joke erik_squires and amirm sipping wine talking only about speaker specs not the music coming out, come on sir. I ghosted here from 2002 until 2009 when I officially joined the only other member I have ever been prompted to defend myself against was with geoffkait. He was really good at attacking and trying to bully me whenever I got in the way of his opinions. erik_squires I really do prefer you see me as someone who has been reading and liking your posts for some time now I am in a friendly disagreement over a few statements you have made that is all. |
@atmasphere thank you, speakers designers can flatten out higher impedance in 4 Ohm speakers not sure how I got it mixed up. |