"APR" wrote


Hi Don, I am in my 50's and find I cannot hear a hell of a lot over
10-12k these days. Therefore I could find the top end of the setup to be
as good as anything in the market place. While these speakers *may* be
deficient in the top end it won't necessarily exclude them from the
purchase list based upon me undertaking listening tests. 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? When we
have products predominantly for our enjoyment only, should we be concerned
what others may say or should we believe what we hear?


The thing that matters here is not the 'measurements' but the perceptions -
I don't notice any lack of treble, the drivers in my speakers are all rated
to 20K at the top end (minimum - one of the drivers is rated at 30K) and the
bass will vary with the cabinets. There is no big 'pistonic' effect (air
shifting) with FR units but low notes are perfectly fine and (despite the
clips) there is no 'one note' bass.

Where they score bigtime (and here I remind everyone I still have Tannoys
and Ruarks here and have tried a vast number of speakers in the past) is the
*clarity* and cohesion - I have quite literally heard detail I had never
heard before on countless occasions now.

The other bonus is the efficiency of some/most (but not all) of these
speakers - they leap into life leap into life like no other and are lighting
fast with incredible attack. All other speakers sound blurry and sluggish
once you have got used to them.



Keith's perceptions of his equipment are 100 valid for himself and maybe
so for many others who would like equipment that produces an enjoyable
sound but have the same age related hearing deterioration as I have
myself. Keith's perceptions of his own equipment may be the same
perceptions that I would arrive at if I were to hear it.


My door is still open to anyone who wants to hear them - there's no
obligation whatsoever to like them!!


After all, for us who replay music the end requirement is enjoyment of it.
For all those who make/play, mix and master, etc (all those professionals
in the chain) , the goal should encompass the technical issues that result
in a quality product, one of them being frequency response, with the
actual goal being to make the music as enjoyable as possible to the widest
range of people so that they want to hear it and re-hear it.

Very nicely put!