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While the subjective listening portion could become inherently biased, that’s what the measurements are for (and the amount of people who want a neutral/transparent speaker but don’t believe in a relation between measurements and listening impressions is likely not a large subset).

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Preference Rating SCORE: 5.5 SCORE w/sub: 7.3 Frequency response: ±8.0dB 20Hz-20kHz ; ±2.5dB 80Hz-20kHz

Wonder how much wattage when multiple channels are driven. If this is just for whole home audio though, you probably don’t need a lot.

IIRC, he stated deeper bass extension. and a smoother transition between bass and midrange. Which you can see both of in the measurement. And a less "chonky" nozzle and a better cable.

Preference Rating SCORE: 3.0 SCORE w/sub: 4.9 Sensitivity: 87.3dB (300Hz-3kHz) Frequency response: ±8.0dB 80Hz-20kHz

What matters is to have a standard. A speaker with a wider dispersion will sound louder in a room than a speaker with the same on-axis sensitivity but with narrower dispersion. So, if some "standard" room could be built and all speakers where to be measured in it at the designated...

I just updated my F35 scores/graphs (as Amir redid the scan a while ago). They have the same score (when rounded to 1 decimal), F35 does have a better bass roll-off and higher sensitivity, but a stronger directivity mismatch at the crossover region. Unsure of max SPL/compression/distortion and...

It needs around 7.5V @4ohm for 200W, the Topping Pre90 can go to 8V (I didn’t do the math for 8ohm). But yeah, that’s what the high gain mode is for, which for real world use has no hindrance.

The 193W doesn’t make sense to me from the graph; the marker for the Benchmark amp is further to the right but it’s 164W? EDIT: Amir's response; looks like the cursor is at ~150W @ ~112dB SINAD according to my efforts on WebPlotDigitizer.

Note: Rating not designed for in-ceiling speakers Preference Rating SCORE: 3.9 SCORE w/ sub: 5.2 Sensitivity: 89.4dB (300Hz-3kHz ; spec: 89dB) Frequency response: +/- 6db 28Hz-20kHz ; +/- 7.3dB 80Hz-20kHz

Note: Rating not designed for ambient speakers Preference Rating SCORE: -1.1 SCORE w/ sub: 3.0 Frequency response: +/- 5.8dB 135Hz-17kHz