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.
Fortunately for we humans, distortion of lower frequencies isn’t as audible/objectionable to our ear/brain mechanism as is distortion of higher frequencies. Right, Ralph? Since the beginning of hi-fi and continuing to this day, woofers commonly produce 10% (and higher) harmonic distortion. If a tweeter produced that much distortion it would be unlistenable. If only @kenjit would put into production one of his perfect loudspeaker designs. The selfish sob is keeping them all to himself. |
@bdp24.... What if a few of us got together to try to design a speaker, we all liked.......This is the thing, and it is ok. We each like what we like, without need to defend why. Unfortunately, many are still searching for that " perfect sound forever ". And Eric, I meant zero offense. We all just need to lighten up a little. My best, always, MrD.. |
@atmasphere thank you, speakers designers can flatten out higher impedance in 4 Ohm speakers not sure how I got it mixed up. |
@bdp24 I have no idea what was said by kenjit, as I pass him over when reading. My point was, there is no ONE speaker for all of us, let alone a perfect one. Sorry if I was vague in my communication of that point. |
