What if a high end speaker measures really badly?


You know, it's true that I feel listening is more important than measurements and that it's generally difficult to really tie together measurements with pleasure.  Below 0.05% THD do I care?  No I do not.  I really don't care. The number tells me nothing about whether I'd like the amp more or not anymore.

In this one memorable review for the Alta Audio Adam speaker, I really felt shivers go up my spine when I looked at the measurements, especially at ~$20kUSD.   This looks like an absolute hot mess.  Does it sound this bad though?  I certainly don't have the $20K to test that out myself. What do you all think? 

erik_squires

Showing 1 response by pennfootball71

A lot of high end speakers measure like poopy and a lot more sound like worse than poopy!

don’t buy that one easy!

use your ears and get in your CAR AND DRIVE TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER NOT JUST SOME STUPID HOTEL ROOM SHOW AND HEAR DIFFERENT ONES!