What makes a speaker sound great at low volume?


Most of the time I hear music at a low volume (wifey, apartment, ....). 

I am looking to upgrade my current speakers, but in my market scanning I would like to understand, if there are certain “metrics” to look for, before I start going to stores for listening. 

Any advice? 
mtraesbo

Showing 1 response by dmance

Its all about timing. At low sound levels the ambient room noise dominates and the electronics and speakers move off their ’sweet’ spot. But you can still sense the ’grip’ of the music and vocals if the transient timing is preserved. The three Casablanca audio clips in this paper are particularly enlightening:
https://m.phys.org/news/2013-02-human-fourier-uncertainty-principle.html#
So, i was able to supplement my system with a TakeT BatPro2 super tweeter (which is a just a phenomenally fast tweeter) which maintains the energy of the transients to make everything audible and makes low level listening very enjoyable.