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How do you know what a good speaker is?

Frequency response for high end speakers at every price level is usually relatively flat. The differences in audible sound quality reported by audiophiles is disproportionate to the differences in frequency response between different speakers therefore frequency response cannot be a very significant factor in what we're hearing.
Distortion is usually below 0.5% so again the same reasoning applies.
I'm not convinced that polar response is quite as important as is sometimes claimed. 

If you look at the specs of most ultra high end loudspeakers,  there's no hard evidence provided by the manufacturers to justify their claims that their speaker is vastly superior.
And if there was it would need to be independently verified.

So how does the consumer know how close any given loudspeaker is to the ideal loudspeaker? How do we know how close a loudspeaker is to recreating the sound of a violin, cello, piano, human voice, or anything else? 

What makes a magico vastly different from a yg or Wilson? On the other hand if the difference between these speakers is extremely small then why is there such a discrepancy in opinions and why do we need a yg and a magico and Wilson and tidal audio and b&w etc on the market if they're all so similar?  







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You just know, may not be someone elses choice but if it sounds good to you then it's good !

I've had so many speakers.... dozens but most were not able to convey that "live sound" that blows you away .   I remember years ago i visited a small dealer who  sold Mc Intosh and Klipsch.  When I walked in I was blown away by the opening of the track "Crossfire" by Stevie Ray coming through a pair of LaScalas.... it was awesome and was somewhat the benchmark for me when it comes to capturing the dynamics and huge soundstage of a live performance.

Fast foward 25 years later, I walked into a dealer and there was some weird Bjork song playing, the image was huge and instruments floated way beyond the physical box.   I could not believe it was a pair of Klipsch Heresy III.  I auditioned a few other speakers in their price range and after that I knew that was a great speaker for me...  

I've them about a year and can honestly say I love them .  They aren't perfect but are a lot of speaker for the money.   You have to let your ears decide. 
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