Are loudspeakers that different?

Jimmy; It seems to me that-- in my limited experience-- what you pay for when buying expensive speakers is 1. deeper and more articulate bass, and 2. a much more revealing character in the mids and treble. In general I would say that this is good assuming you have very high quality source and amplification components driving them. But if you don't, you could be very disappointed. And at this level, component synergy becomes even more critical. Cheers. Craig

Hi Paulwp; The point I was trying to make is that it is expensive and difficult to design/build a speaker that has "high quality" bass below say 30-35 HZ. There are many inexpensive speakers that will produce deep bass, but it's typically loose, boomy, and uncontrolled.

My Vand. 3As had "good" bass into the mid 30 HZ, but they absolutely cannot compare to the bass of the Vand. 5s which have excellent bass into the low-mid 20 HZ-- but it cost quite a bit to get this quality bass. But the 3As had an excellent mid-range, ie much like the Vand. 5s. Inexpensive speakers with a very good mid-range are common among "high end" speakers, ie the Vand. 2Ces-- all IMO of course. I do agree that it is not as much of a problem with tweeters. Cheers. Craig