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When choosing new Speakers, what matters most to you?

When auditioning new speakers have you ever listened to a pair you thought you really liked only to realize you didn’t like them at all after seeing their measurements/specifications? And I’m not talking about speakers that would be too difficult for your electronics to drive but rather, you just didn’t like their waterfall plot, or their frequency response or some other measurement even though subjectively, you loved the way they sounded? Conversely have you ever listened to a pair of speakers you did not care for only to change your mind after seeing their specs?
 

Assuming speakers can be easily driven by your home electronics, in other words, no compatibility issues related to sensitivity or impedance, what is the single most important thing you look for when finding speakers you’ll enjoy listening to? How do you go about confirming the speakers you buy will be enjoyable to listen to in your home system?

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mikem
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Fitting the speakers to the room is most important.  I had a wonderful pair of Vonschweikert VR7’s that worked beautifully in my dedicated large listening room..

When we downsized and I lost my dedicated room to the now smaller Den, the VR7’s had to go along with some large tube mono blocks..  what a shock it was having to basically start over. I went for a mid tower, Daedalus Athena V2’s, for size and their efficiency so I could use smaller lower powered amps..  Took a few years to get to this point.. very pleased now with my sound.. as good or better when sized and matched properly..  i went through a bunch of equipment and another pair of speakers before I got it right.. 

mikem
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@christian 

Good morning.. I heard these at a show a couple of years earlier.  When I sold my Vonschweikert speakers and moved to a smaller room, I wanted something efficient and smaller that fit the room and worked with lower powered amps. I also liked the hardwoods and craftsmanship that these bespoke speakers had. They are also truly efficient as described. Natural sounding and allow all my changes upstream to come though.. very pleased with the sound and ability to drive them easily..

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