Is the most efficient speaker the best speaker?

I by chance stumbled into an old style general store along the bike trail the other day and was thrilled to find that the owner specialized in refurbished Victrolas and had an assortment to listen to and purchase.

I asked to hear a couple of the best sounding ones.

What I heard was quite lovely. Various smaller boxes with a crank motor filled that sizable venue with some lovely music from that era that, though technically limited and flawed, had a mechanical tonality and presence all its own.

I want to own a working Victrola some day. Not likely to dump my power guzzling OHMs and Class D amps to drive them though...

Acurus,
Rather than getting yourself so upset and others until you are called names, Why didn't you just click on another thread and ignore this one?
I completely agree that there has been alot of useless info passed, but in this thread some knowledge and experience has been passed that might help someone. There are a dozen or so of us trolls that posted on this thread with a wealth of knowledge and experience. As a whole, most were just trying to help.

Acurus - Don't criticize what you can't understand.
It would appear that spelling is not your greatest weakness.

Just stop and think about why it bothers you that other people are discussing a subject among themselves. Try with all your might to figure out what gnarly synapse in your cranial enterprise is offended. Then, if you master that challenge, try to determine why it bothers you so much that you choose to lash out at us for chatting about our respective beliefs.

It's not like we're standing in your front yard or anything.

Anybody know what the typical efficiency rating of a Victrola is?

It uses no electricity yet can fill a quite large room with quite lovely sound. Gotta be extremely efficient! This may be the ticket!

Not much bass or high end though in those old 78's!

Depends on the year, Mapman. Some of the later models were sold with electronics inside. I'm hauling one back from the mid-West in a few weeks. No electronics, just a moderately sized horn in the cabinet.

I think hi-eff drivers can give the best of both worlds. If I want "audiophile sound" I just stick my fingers in my ears.