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Speaker Pricing and Reviews

Hi Everyone,

I just posted two entries to my blog that I think you'll find interesting and hopefully informative. I've been doing a lot of analysis and trying to compare my personal hearing experiences with reviews, especially at Stereophile which has caused me to post a couple of pieces online.  Please let me know what you think. One of the common replies is that there is more than frequency response to speakers, which is true, but then why do so many of the over-hyped speakers Stereophile reviews share a common frequency  response (FR) curve?

The more I go back in time looking at Stereophile FR charts, the more apparent the Stereophile curve becomes.

Please let me know what you think.

Best,


Erik
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ohlala
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The examples only include three speakers, two of which are different versions of the same model. Are there more of "so many" speakers that have the same response?

I don’t find the GE to match the frequency response of the B&Ws exactly. What I see is a pretty flat response until 9000hz that may be tipped up because of the limited dispersion of a ribbon vs a cone. Further, Stereophile has applauded YG and KEF for their flat responses. There is irony of using Stereophile’s PUBLISHED measurements against them. I do not know what is up with the B&Ws, though. 
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