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Great explanantion, even for a ” Coles Notes” version.
I agree wholeheartedly, understanding specifications,let alone how they are derived is more important than the numbers posted on a sheet of paper. Most all specifications provided are usually somewhat ambigous due to missing points of referance.
In my experience I have noted that the moment I start to compare specifications, and talk about distortion figures etc.., the mission of purchasing quality sound is lost to numbers, not your ears.
Many people can’t understand that a speaker with an efficiency rating of 3dB difference from another will be akin to a doubling of power from the amplifier, however at the same time, this more “efficient ‘ speaker may tend to sound very aggressive and harsh in comparison to it’s couterpart.
I recall many situations with clients, who shopped on merit of “reviews and specifications” for matching their equipment. Invariably these clients kept changing their system, because they simply were looking for something better, whether in sound quality or specifications, these clients are never going to be happy or content with what they have, because they didn’t match more important tonal characteristics of each brand in their system.
Even the most knowledgeable audiophile will not bother with specifications as much as the resulting sound quality of the entire system.
It’s for these reasons that I felt I needed to post a glossary of audio terms, to help people understand the terminology in this industry.
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