"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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In article ,
APR wrote:
Should those who cannot make use of the full sound spectrum from a
speaker because of their age still only buy speakers that supposedly
meet the highest standards of frequency response when they may not get
any benefit themselves?

There's a great deal more to a speaker driver than simple frequency
response. 'Full range' drivers are likely to have a poor directivity
pattern, transient response and distortion due to cone break up, etc. The
only valid reason for them is the efficiency is likely higher - which is
totally irrelevant since watts are cheap these days.


Can't agree with much of that - none of my FR units are rated at less than
20K at the top end...