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RE: " That may be a reasonably flat speaker but it may not "

You won't get a flat response in room - what a speaker does in an anechoic chamber is interesting but not at all related to how it will perform in a room. Your ear isn't remotely flat either. It's one parameter of a larger picture. A three dimensional problem that people continually try to solve with 2 dimensional problem solving techniques.

I own wonderful measuring speakers and I own not so great measuring speakers - the latter is vastly superior when listening to music - the former I can use to win technical arguments on audio forums where I get to say "see I own good measuring speakers."

Buying good measurements is easy and very cheap. Buy yourself a second hand Bryston or Rotel anything and it will be about "as good as it gets" in terms of measurements - then buy a SS CD player that has exceptional measured response as cheap as you can - and then buy a Speaker with same. If you can stomach the results great.

But this is the year 2014 - prices have come down - we can all have it all. You can pick up excellent measuring stuff at Pawn shops for dirt cheap. And you can buy good tube/SET amps that will cost more but tend to retain their value.

I have had my Audio Note equipment for 10 years - I can sell it for what I paid or more than what I paid - net cost is Zero. So the tube system is basically free and the SS can be had dirt cheap on the second hand market (because their value drops 60-90% ten years later). You can have the whacko tube measuring stuff AND the elite measuring stuff. Got your bases covered.

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