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RE: The reviewer also did measurements...

It was reviewed by Martin Colloms, he apparently did not get a response dip from 100-800 Hz in his measurements like John Atkinson did. And he really liked the speakers subjectively. So again, we have a disparity between measurements and the subjective review, which indicates to me that flat frequency response is not make or break for a speaker. In fact, when he measures this type of up and down response, JA often makes the comment (as in this case) that the perceived sound quality will "depend on which frequency region the listener takes as a reference..." That never seems to translate to what the reviewer reports. When I'm listening to music, I don't think, "Well, what frequency region am I taking as reference on this album?" Either I'm digging it or I'm not, and Martin Colloms was digging it. I've had this debate with others here before. I believe measurements have their place, but too many folks are dismissing components if JA's measurements sidebar doesn't end with "All in all, this component's measured performance indicates excellent engineering."

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