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In Reply to: Are there established metrics for speaker specifications ? posted by AbeCollins on March 2, 2021 at 15:45:17:
No matter what the numbers say, it tells us very little about what to expect from a performance point of view.
It gives us some idea about what kind of amp we need to use with sensitivity and (minimum) load numbers. But recommended wattage requirements/power handling are/is often a waste of time.
I have heard many a capable 30 watter (Naim Nait and Sugden A21SE to give two good examples) do wonderful things to speakers whose recommended power rating is 50-*** watts per channel.
And as for frequency response - that's an area of wild optimism from the manufacturer. The amount of speakers whose specs claim they go down to below 45 Hz (+/-6db) compared with those which actually do is a vast shift. Although 6 dB is a lot, and therefore suggesting there's a good chance you won't hear what you're expecting to hear.
Then there's the biggest reasons spec's can give us little idea about their sonic capabilities; how a speaker reacts in any given room, and how it is positioned. Looking at audio forums online, it's very apparent the masses who post pictures of their systems are not allowed to, or do not know how to position their speakers to get the very best out of them.
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