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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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richopp
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Pretty much any speaker will PLAY with lower power, but also most good speakers, even "efficient" ones, will sound better with more power (this has nothing to do with the accuracy of the reproduction chain, of course; "loud" does not mean "accurate", obviously.. 

Anyway, Maggies will play OK with low power, but if you want the MOST out of them, more is better,and there is no thing such as "too much" unless you have an amp that misbehaves.  I would guess that is true with any "inefficient" speaker.

Match your hardware to your speakers.  Low "watt" tube amps/integrated will drive your "efficient" speakers nicely, I am sure.  ARC makes a couple, as do others, I am sure.

Cheers!

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