As I listen to a lot of early music, I always tune my speakers to A=422, a bit below the modern standard of A=440.
Do not underestimate the importance of custom tuning to your ears
Many audiophiles will reject a high end speaker even very expensive ones all because it was too bright, too harsh, not enough bass, imaging problems etc.
What we must remember is that many of these rejects may in actual fact be great speakers if only they were retuned to the persons ears.
Custom tuning the crossover can change the brightness, the tweeter level, image depth, and more.
It would not be right to reject a speaker design that is fundamentally correct apart from the way its tuned.
Some speakers are fundamentally wrong and no amount of retuning will fix them. These are the real rejects and we must not lump good speakers in with these.
The difficulty is that its not easy to tell which speakers can be retuned and which ones cannot.
All of this applies when buying a speaker for the first time or upgrading. Many speakers end up being sold all because of retuning issues and room acoustics.
Custom tuning to your ears is the key.
What we must remember is that many of these rejects may in actual fact be great speakers if only they were retuned to the persons ears.
Custom tuning the crossover can change the brightness, the tweeter level, image depth, and more.
It would not be right to reject a speaker design that is fundamentally correct apart from the way its tuned.
Some speakers are fundamentally wrong and no amount of retuning will fix them. These are the real rejects and we must not lump good speakers in with these.
The difficulty is that its not easy to tell which speakers can be retuned and which ones cannot.
All of this applies when buying a speaker for the first time or upgrading. Many speakers end up being sold all because of retuning issues and room acoustics.
Custom tuning to your ears is the key.