What do you think the biggest mistakes are when buying speakers?Never try them before at your home (not easy but always the same mistake), i know some will demur.
Not knowing well enough your amp/amps or your spouse.
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The two most common mistakes are bass and treble
OK, so I know many of you will have a knee jerk reaction to that with something like "well you've just covered most of the spectrum!" but I mean to say more than what I can fit in a headline.
When first purchasing speakers the biggest regrets, or sometimes bad choices without regret, is looking for a speaker that is too detailed. In the store over 10 minutes it mesmerizes you with the resolution of frequencies you thought you would never hear again. You take the speakers home and after a month you realize they are ear drills. High pitched, shrill sounding harpies you can't believe you listened to long enough to make a choice.
The other mistake, which audiophiles life with far too long is buying too big a speaker for the room. The specmanship of getting 8 more Hertz in the -3dB cutoff is a huge factor in speaker purchases.
What do you think the biggest mistakes are when buying speakers?
When first purchasing speakers the biggest regrets, or sometimes bad choices without regret, is looking for a speaker that is too detailed. In the store over 10 minutes it mesmerizes you with the resolution of frequencies you thought you would never hear again. You take the speakers home and after a month you realize they are ear drills. High pitched, shrill sounding harpies you can't believe you listened to long enough to make a choice.
The other mistake, which audiophiles life with far too long is buying too big a speaker for the room. The specmanship of getting 8 more Hertz in the -3dB cutoff is a huge factor in speaker purchases.
What do you think the biggest mistakes are when buying speakers?