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?
ghasleyNo not a Cosworth. But you obviously know your way around cars, not many people knew about them. Amazingly that old slime green Vega is the car I met my wife in. I knew she was a keeper as anybody that was driving THAT thing certainly didn't have much income. She sure as heck wasn't after me for my money! LOL . But it did have a pair of "Mind Blower" Speakers in the back. Maybe it was the future audiophile in me she was after .. Ha Ha |
@nitrobob did you keep the early Z ? good on ya, nice collection ! My Dad worked at New Departure H…. we had no lack for super precision bearings ;-) I am a drifting Robot burning up Caddy tires, my teacher is Hunter S Jim |
tomic601No. All I have is pictures of both those Z-28’s. I bought the first one with paper route money and drove it to high school. That 302 cu in engine made a lot of noise but was only a 14 second car. So, I talked my dad into letting me buy a crate engine.. a 427/430 L-88 and install in that car. Before it was over it had 4.88 gears, Hayes aluminum flywheel, Lakewood traction bars, Hooker Headers. Can you imagine letting your kid drive that animal to HS? It ran 11.88 @ 116 and in its day, on those little tires it was a wicked SOB.. The hardest part to believe is a paper route had the buying power to purchase such neat things. We grew up in the best of times, didn’t we? |
