In Reply to: Speaker measurements vs Subjective Reviews... posted by mkuller on February 20, 2007 at 16:20:53:
Every person has a different shape of ear. As we know, cupping our hands behind our ears changes the sound in a dramatic way. If you take 2 or 3 speakers with the same build quality. Assuming none of the speakers have any huge anomolies it is impossible to say which is the best speaker. One man may love "A", others may find it shrill. The guy that finds "A" shrill may prefer "B" which others may find too bassy or bloated in the midrange. I find it very arrogant for people to say "there are many speakers at that price range that blow away a certain speaker'". Unless you can attack the build quality in comparison to the other speakers it is just opinion.
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- It has to be subjective when it comes to auditioning speakers, - fortysomething 08:57:54 02/21/07 (15)
- Re: It has to be subjective when it comes to auditioning speakers, - Kal Rubinson 19:35:56 02/21/07 (14)
- Re: It has to be subjective when it comes to auditioning speakers, - Dave Kingsland 16:16:02 02/22/07 (12)
- Re: It has to be subjective when it comes to auditioning speakers, - hahax@verizon.net 20:50:13 02/22/07 (1)
- Re: It has to be subjective when it comes to auditioning speakers, - Dave Kingsland 09:10:55 02/23/07 (0)
- Re: It has to be subjective when it comes to auditioning speakers, - Kal Rubinson 17:16:07 02/22/07 (9)
- Re: It has to be subjective when it comes to auditioning speakers, - Dave Kingsland 10:10:28 02/23/07 (8)
- Re: It has to be subjective when it comes to auditioning speakers, - Kal Rubinson 07:23:35 02/24/07 (2)
- So, you don't think differences in hearing physiology affect listening preferences? (nt) - Dave Kingsland 19:06:30 02/27/07 (1)
- Only if they run to the pathological(nt) - Kal Rubinson 19:53:51 02/27/07 (0)
- Re: It has to be subjective when it comes to auditioning speakers, - morricab 13:34:26 02/23/07 (0)
- This is the road to perdition! ;-) - markrohr 12:26:33 02/23/07 (3)
- Re: This is the road to perdition! ;-) - Dave Kingsland 13:54:17 02/23/07 (2)
- Thanks, Dave - markrohr 06:37:40 02/24/07 (1)
- Thank you also - Dave Kingsland 19:19:34 02/27/07 (0)
- Re: It has to be subjective when it comes to auditioning speakers, - hahax@verizon.net 20:27:57 02/21/07 (0)