6.5 vs 8 vs 10 woofer

In any case, I suggest a bit more civility ladies and gentlemen. There's simply not enough of it in the world IMHO.


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Appreciate the back support
But this is Audiogon, a  few snides here and there, is all part of the discussion. 
Just so long as  the  mud slinging does not get out of hand to fist swinging.
This new high sensitivuty speaker is all brand new to me. 
I was studiously looking over FR back a  year ago,  but until one has the actual experience of hooking 1 up to the amplifier in real time, then the whole thing becomes clearly apparent. 
I havea  feeling the Defy will have to go adios. And look for a  SET, perferably mono blocks. 
I'm done lifting amplifiers over say 50 lbs. 
The Defy is at 70+ lbs. 

Mozartfan,

Most of the speakers up to the early 1960's were high efficiency speakers.  In those days the speaker were quite large in size.  But, when stereo came along and television sets were also populating living rooms, it became important that speakers become much smaller in size.  The "air suspension" (sealed box) speaker came along to solve that problem.  These speakers were inefficient, but, solid state electronics came along that offered higher power in practical packaging.  

There has been a small revival in higher efficiency speakers and lower-powered amps, but, it remains a boutique community because the rest of the world places higher priority on small size (you can just plop the speaker on any table), portability, etc. and sound quality hardly matters that much.

Completely ignoring the enclosure type and room parameters makes this argument a fallacy. Just sayin.

oldhvymec,

I was not actually suggesting that you post a video of your system--I was making fun of the notion that one can evaluate the sound from a YT video.  But, I do find the description of your system interesting.  I like the way large systems, with a lot of square inches of driver or horn aperture sound.  They deliver a sense of scale even when they are not being called on to play at a high volume.  Your system, more than almost anything else I've read about, fits the "large" category. 

We should all boycott the speaker manufacturers and INSIST they ONLY use 6 1/2 and 8 inch woofers from now on.   How dare they use 10 inch and bigger🤣