Hi everyone,
In my downtime, I really enjoy reading through threads on ASR. I find the discussions fascinating and often way over my head. Yesterday, I was reading about speaker measurements and came across a comment that basically said: if a speaker measures well, it will sound good.
From what I've gathered, it seems like speakers under, say, $5000 a pair, can measure just as well as those that cost many times more. That got me thinking about what high-end speakers (like $50,000+) actually sound like?
To anyone who has downsized by price significantly, do you miss anything from the other speakers? My thinking is simply, perhaps more expensive speakers are bigger and can fill a bigger space with a 'bigger' sound....much like sound systems in an auditorium I guess.
I asked ChatGPT and here is part of its response: If you blindfolded someone and set up a well-measuring $3000 speaker next to a $50,000 one in a controlled room, they might struggle to justify the price gap by sound alone. High-end can be incredible, but measurement is a great equaliser — and ASR types will often point out that many of the best-sounding speakers are already affordable if you're focused on accuracy.
PS I know of the various aspects/features that make such speakers pricey, but haven't heard any yet, hence my curiosity. I'm keen to travel one day to an audio show and find out.
In my downtime, I really enjoy reading through threads on ASR. I find the discussions fascinating and often way over my head. Yesterday, I was reading about speaker measurements and came across a comment that basically said: if a speaker measures well, it will sound good.
From what I've gathered, it seems like speakers under, say, $5000 a pair, can measure just as well as those that cost many times more. That got me thinking about what high-end speakers (like $50,000+) actually sound like?
To anyone who has downsized by price significantly, do you miss anything from the other speakers? My thinking is simply, perhaps more expensive speakers are bigger and can fill a bigger space with a 'bigger' sound....much like sound systems in an auditorium I guess.
I asked ChatGPT and here is part of its response: If you blindfolded someone and set up a well-measuring $3000 speaker next to a $50,000 one in a controlled room, they might struggle to justify the price gap by sound alone. High-end can be incredible, but measurement is a great equaliser — and ASR types will often point out that many of the best-sounding speakers are already affordable if you're focused on accuracy.
PS I know of the various aspects/features that make such speakers pricey, but haven't heard any yet, hence my curiosity. I'm keen to travel one day to an audio show and find out.