babi8987 wrote: >> "Highly sensitive" speakers, such as Lowthers, or original Klipschorns, >> are loud with very few watts of amplifier power. >> >> Speakers with low sensitivity, such as original 1970s vintage Advent >> Large speakers, take a lot of amplifier power to play equally loud.
> I understand better the way you have explained. My listening preference > is Jazz, some Blue Grass and Acoustic. I normally prefer to listen at > the low/middle end of the volume range. With that said, if I understand > it the way you explained it, thean a speaker with a higer sensitivity > setting would give me a clear distiguishable sound at the lower volume > levels. > > Do think that this info is in line whith your explanation? Sorry, not quite. Efficiency has nothing to do with how it sounds at any volume setting. It is just how hard the amplifier has to work to get a given loudness. Take a specific example, suppose you want to listen to Leo Kottke's six and 12 string guitar. It is pure acoustic. It is supposed to sound like one guy playing either a six string or a twelve string guitar. You want to listen to it at a level that sounds like a guy in your living room. With low efficiency speakers, like Large Advents, you need 30 or more watts to make it sound like a guy in your living room, and 100 watts a channel is likely to sound better. With Lowthers, you need maybe one watt. > Thus the interest in the Klipsch line of speakers. The Klipsch > RSX-5 is rated at 95db. And the Klipsch RCX-4 is rated at 94db. There is no real difference between 94 and 95 db sensitivity. It is well within measurement error. They are more sensitive than my Sonus Fabers, which are rated at 90dB 1W/1m, 2.83V. The sensitivity has nothing to do with sound quality. You have to listen to speakers. You really should listen to them in your living room, or at least a dealer's room that is sized like your room. There is no point in auditioning speakers at a typical BestBuy. -- Pat http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
