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What is your take on high efficient speakers vs. low efficient speakers?

Consider both designs are done right and your other equipment is well matched with the speakers.  Do you have any preference when it comes to sound quality?  Is it matter of economic decision when it comes to price? - power amps can become very expensive when power goes up, on the other hand large,  efficient speakers are expensive as well.  Is your decision based on room size?  I'd love to hear from you on the subject. 

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kingharold
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charles1dad
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@sbank 

Duke is wise.

Agreed, and humble.

Charles"

 

Duke is also very willing to be helpful to those less knowledgeable than him.  Back in 2004 I was seriously considering building a huge d'Appolito system with Oris 150 horns flanked above and below with 15" open baffle woofers.  Duke was very forthcoming with knowledge and advice on what I could expect if I built them.  He couldn't have been more helpful if I had been paying him a consultation fee.
kingharold
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inna wrote:  "Bass gives a foundation. This is a very big disadvantage of high efficiency design. "

 

I respectfully beg to differ.  My fully horn loaded DIY speakers have a measured output at 25 Hz that is identical to the 1kHz reference.  There is an 18sdB/octave roll off below 25 Hz.  This is accomplished with Bill Fitzmaurice designed HT Tuba folded corner horns which have a sensitivity of about 103 or 104 dB/2.83v/meter.

 

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