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Do your speakers have enough "freshness"

I have come to realise recently that one of the ingredients I wanted from speakers is a "fresh" sound, but was unable to articulate that. This is not a term I have used in the past but I am realising that for me it is so vital in creating an emotional response to music. How do you describe what "freshness" is? The best I can do is it is a kind of an open, clear, extended, and lively quality that occupies the mid range through the upper frequencies. I think now that I am more aware of how important this attribute is for me, it is very apparently missing in many speakers. As I have moved up in all equipment, but especially speakers, there has usually been an improvement in freshness, amongst other things. How does sit with you?
mike60
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philjolet
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"freshness" is in abundance at a concert, even though the music plays thru amplifiers there is a certain intimate quality that I think of as "glow" where you can hear into the musical nuances and get the sense of it being "alive". In this case it has to do with the ultimate source (a live performance).

I think in a home rig it is a certain coherence of the fundamental and harmonic frequencies along with soft and loud dynamics that help "action" (the ability to come alive). Inner detail figures into it as well IMO.

I am getting blogheaded, time for bed...
br3098
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>> The best I can do is it is a kind of an open, clear, extended, and lively quality that occupies the mid range through the upper frequencies.

Mike, you are describing dipole speakers to a T; planars, ribbons and some open-baffle speakers share these qualities.
wolf_garcia
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My speakers have a hint of eucalyptus that I attribute to my fetid imagination.
audioconnection
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Could it be you just need a decent turntable set up correctly?
Cheers JohnnyR
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bombaywalla
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Golly 'fresh' is such a lame term to use to describe anything to do with speakers! I would like to know if it's not asking too much how you even came up with the adjective 'fresh' for speakers??
Surely you could have trolled the extensive audiogon archives to discover several other more appropriate adjectives to describe preferred speaker sonics.....
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