In Reply to: Okay, next question:) posted by Russ57 on March 7, 2007 at 15:31:36:
Hi Russ,Well, I'd pick Speaker A, but without knowing specifics I couldn't even guess as to the cause of the difference you describe.
Speaker B's failure to differentiate much between different recordings tells me that it's imposing its own sonic signature over everything. That would probably get tiring after a while.
In my opinion a speaker must meet two criteria: First, it must do something magical. That something can be timbre, imaging, impact, coherence, dynamics, inner detail, whatever. But it has to do something so well that you can close your eyes and get lost in it.
The second thing is, a speaker must NOT do anything so badly that it ruins the illusion and jerks you back to reality like fingernails on a chalkboard. It can fall short in various areas, just not to the point of distraction.
From your description, the Speaker A is capable of meeting both criteria under favorable conditions, but Speaker B never meets the first although it apparently meets the second without too much trouble.
Just my $.02.
Duke
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