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Cannot find perfect sound

I've been listening to supposedly some of the finest speakers that currently exist. These include b&w 800 Series, revel high end, vivid audio, Psi audio and kef blades.

None except the kef blades satisfied my high level standards.

When I play my reference tracks on cheap earbuds I hear timing accuracy that is missing on all the above speakers. Only the kef blades came closest to what I hear from cheap earbuds. 

Explanations please?

I really suspect that none of these high end speakers are accurately reproducing the sound on my CDs despite all the marketing claims about accuracy and high quality sound.

What could there possibly be that my cheap earbuds can do that eludes these super high end speakers?  

I'm not so eager anymore to spend any money until I have a good explanation.

kenjit
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ivan_nosnibor
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@myc67  Welcome! 

That was a reasoned post.
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headphonedreams
95 posts
 
Since you speak of timing, have you tried horn speakers or similar that uses on driver for most of the frequency range?
Like Avantgarde Acoustics. Should help a lot with timing.

Some speakers like the Kii Three has some DSP functions that can be somewhat configured to your taste. Might also be worth trying.

wcfeil
464 posts
 
>>Cannot find perfect sound<<

It’s at the rainbow’s end.
Look for the pot of gold and a unicorn. 

avanti1960
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I know what you are saying. However much of what you are hearing is due to less than ideal speaker positioning within the room, room acoustics and listening position.  
The larger high end speakers demand a larger room and with that more problems.  
My personal solution is to setup a nearfield listening position within my larger room using speakers that are designed to be nearfield monitors (Harbeth)
A nearfield setup allows you to place the speakers well away from side or back walls and the listening spot per the typical nearfied triangle is also well away from the wall behind the listener.  
My nearfield setup in a larger room is modest compared to many high end systems but the sound that I hear can better or compete with the best regardless of price.  
The only downside is that the room is somewhat sectioned off, basically you are sitting in the center of the room as opposed to along a wall.  
But for me the sound is more than worth it.  The coherence and imaging are spectacular.  
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