Originally Posted by
rich carnese
Even though compression drivers have higher measureable distortion levels, they always sound "cleaner" to me. I dont know if its less power compression, and the headroom(at average listening levels for the home).
...I always prefered a good JBL compression driver with proper horn and crossover.
Test measurements for loudspeakers that really translate to how accurate they are, and how they sound ,I believe,dont really exsist. As has been said here in the forums even some JBL engineers felt that even though the ferrite magnet units measure better, they dont sound as good as their Alnico counterparts. Am I just acclimated? Could be!