Clearly a speaker that is too small to have decent low frequency extension does not meet the criteria that encompasses "frequency response".Thanks for answering
Well, you give the obvious answer yourself:
FREQUENCY RESPONSE IS NOT THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR.
Size is. Headroom is a derivative of size. And size and headroom are cost driving.
For what I know my MacBook Pro speaker is probably flat and smooth. But I would prefer a legacy and not so flat and smooth JBL horn speaker with a 15 inch woofer when listening to music. Do you see my point?
I am not making an absurd example here. We have in recent years experienced speaker producers claim ridiculous bass extension and talk of «small big speakers» that are flat and smooth but will fail miserably against some of the big legacy design speakers.
Again: This is not critique of your research per se. But your and others’ research has been misused (because marketing people and even some people at ASR say it’s only FR that matters) to sell speakers that fail for obvious reasons (they’re too small to deliver what they promised).
Further to illustrate my point: Take a look at Harman Kardon’s top speakers, the Salón and the M2. Both are BIG, and the Salón costs a lot. If FR were the only game in town, why spend so much on a Salón speaker if a Devialet Phantom has similar FR specifications?
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