Is the most efficient speaker the best speaker?


Is the most efficient speaker the best speaker -- all other things being equal?
pmboyd
Agreed Charles1dad. Your system is awesome and I have always had an interest in both your amps and preamp. Very nicely put together.
Would any builders of horns care to comment? I don`t believe horns lose 6db per 1 meter at all, 3db is the correct value.
Ahhh Charles1dad,

A cylindrical horn does, it is the same as a linesource, unfortunately some call small waveguides horn and there qouted sensitivity is misleading ...

My Point;

We have to be careful when we compare speakers and there listed sensitivities....

regards,
Also in a system where the bass driver is loaded directly to the room, the drop off between both drivers are different in the critical lowmid/midbass region .

When purchasing such an hybrid setup system listening distance is very important and should be noted...

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Hence the 3 db drop of per doubling would only apply to the Conical upper midrange/high horn and not to the system as a whole with these hybrid horn systems...

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