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Originally Posted by the deep
sorry vesuvius, the article doesn't mention anything subjective, only objective.
that said, both do, indeed, rock. Which will you feel more comfortable buying is the real question. The self taught speaker maker, or the company employing a league of acoustical phds who literally wrote the book on speaker measurements and have the facility to back it up?
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Depends...do you want to a listen to a speaker that sounds good or one that measures well (and by this question I am not implying that the Revel does not sound good, rather I am simply pointing out that if it measures well does not necessaily translate into it sounding good)? In the 1970s, many amplifier designers used gobs of negative feedback because it lowered measured THD levels. Did those amplifiers sound good
or did they measure well on THD
? Just because a piece of gear measures well, it does not mean it will meet a consumer's aesthetic tastes. And that is the rub in audio - the push-pull between science and art.