Sensitivity, like most other specs is somewhere between misunderstood and meaningless.
Without some other information, like some idea of maximum power handling and phase angles at frequency, sensitivity is just another number to hit back and forth over the net.
If your 100db sensitive speaker can handle 20 watts before the smoke gets let out, that is a much different animal than the same speaker with a max power handling of 400 watts.
Likewise for phase. If the speaker were a (mythical + flat) resistive load that would be a completely different kettle of fish than a similar sensitivity with a 3 to 20 ohm range and some wacky phase angle at the impedance minima.
By itself? Sensitivity is not worth much as a single number.
Without some other information, like some idea of maximum power handling and phase angles at frequency, sensitivity is just another number to hit back and forth over the net.
If your 100db sensitive speaker can handle 20 watts before the smoke gets let out, that is a much different animal than the same speaker with a max power handling of 400 watts.
Likewise for phase. If the speaker were a (mythical + flat) resistive load that would be a completely different kettle of fish than a similar sensitivity with a 3 to 20 ohm range and some wacky phase angle at the impedance minima.
By itself? Sensitivity is not worth much as a single number.