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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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perkri
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I’ve generally been keen on having speakers that are higher sensitivity.

Recently, I built a pair of Seas coax speakers. 4 ohm, 80dB efficient. 
Driving them with a 30w class A amp wit( a large power supply 

Not where my sonic interests are - or so I thought.

These things sound amazing! 
 

Don’t get me wrong. I very much want to build a 15” 100dB coax set up in a coffin sized box, drive them with a SET. But, that’s not an option at the moment. And these low sensitivity speakers have shown me just how good inefficient speakers can sound when powered accordingly.

Im less reluctant to consider difficult speakers after listening to these for the past several months.

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