Is the most efficient speaker the best speaker?

This is an assanine thread.

Atmasphere,

I think in the minority paradigm that your products operate in, which you wholeheartedly believe in for good reasons, the answer to the ops question has a much better chance of being "yes" than in general. Still not a guaranteed yes though I suspect.

But the rules that apply in one case/paradigm mostly do not apply in the other. Another reason why the only possible answer to the ops question as stated, for whatever it may be worth, is "no".

In a real world scenario, the ops question is impossible to answer. In theory "all things being equal" makes his answer yes. Maybe a couple of you guru's can figure it out, but when you leave theory, I see this as an oxy moron and not answerable.

too much complicated answer required for this question. it never be the same conditions. if the original thread starter asks what i think he is asking answer is- they DO in general sound diferent. high eficiency speaker sin general have more lively "imediatly" sound which is always exciting, bass is always tight,but "hard hitting to chest"

never have hear high eficiency speaker with diferent bass- most models differs very litle in this aspect.

low eficiency speakers in general have more reserved and more refined/calm in midrange. bass mostly is punchier, softer and "vibrating stomach"

I find stange coreliation between eficiency and wanting to listening loud- HE speakers can play very loud and clean but for some reason I do not want listen clasical loud with them (rock- maybe)

LE speakers on the other hand are not able to produce so loud sound, and expieenced listener can hear dicorted sound in bass with bass heavy music , but most of them for some sound very calm (in good mean) and realistic on loud levels.

Mapman, the simple fact is that any speaker that has high efficiency conforms to the Power Paradigm unless the designer went through extraordinary steps to prevent that.

All SETs and most zero-feedback amps are also on this paradigm. Yes, it is a 'minority' technology but in the opinions of the designers of such its the technology that offers the possibility of real music, as opposed to something that sounds like a stereo.

Now the Power Paradigm offers that possibility of being that much closer to the music. The idea is that the technology is totally committed to the rules of human hearing, which I think all of us can agree is the foundation of audio; without our ears we would not play with audio gear at all.

OTOH the Voltage Paradigm is all about looking good on paper (IOW pays little attention to human hearing rules), which our ears could give a damn about.

So going to higher efficiency is clearly an access to transformation in sound quality. Of course its better!