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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
frozentundra
129 posts
 
Kenjit;

Have you been to an AXPONA show or something similar?

You can hear lots of options all in a few short hours 

It appears you are a “ show me” type guy. If so, You have one option then!

Read all you can with hifi magazines before you go & plan to cover all the “ kinds” of transducers 

ie) horn, planer, electrostatic, dynamic etc

Jeff
audiokinesis
1,872 posts
 

@frozentundra wrote:"It appears you are a “ show me” type guy...
Read all you can with hifi magazines before you go & plan to cover all the “ kinds” of transducers..."

Ime "The Quest" can be an awful lot of fun in and of itself!

In fact some people who already have their main system totally finished enjoy the discovery and creativity and rewards of The Quest so much that they embark on another Quest for an office/workshop/bedroom/kitchen/whatever second system.

Duke

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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.

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