"When I listen to a stereo loudspeaker playback in my room and an auditory scene has formed in my mind, how would I know that what I hear is an accurate replica of an auditory scene that could be had at the recording venue? Or more generally, that this is an auditory scene that could have existed at all?"
Anything that's been recommended to you in this forum will be an excellent choice. Don't worry so much about which one is the best as they all have slightly different things to offer. TBH, I'd say go with the PHD as I've never seen people go wrong with Italian sound (look at Mosconi and Steg, for example). Plus you'll have an advantage of getting good resale value as they really won't depreciate as long as you keep them in good condition.
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Seeing review after review of Focal being lively. Which can be good, but makes me think itll lead to harshness and a ton of eq'ing... Might steer away of focal. Just got done looking up the ps165 and i dont know. Bright is good but too bright is bad. Want something more on the deeper/flatter side of things.
And these are only 80rms. The phd's are 150, that means louder right.
"When I listen to a stereo loudspeaker playback in my room and an auditory scene has formed in my mind, how would I know that what I hear is an accurate replica of an auditory scene that could be had at the recording venue? Or more generally, that this is an auditory scene that could have existed at all?"
Forget about power ratings when you're looking at SQ comps; they won't tell you much of anything regarding how they sound. For example, look on CDT's website for how they rate their power on the HD series comps. Notice the @120Hz addition to that rating? Imagine what they can actually do at a more realistic 100 or even 80Hz.
That being said, Focal's always been known as being "lively," which to me is just a fancy way of saying shrill and bright. You're either going to have to go active and lift the crossover point on the tweeter or EQ the living hell out of them to remove that if the install location isn't ideal.
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99 Honda CRV: (Always Changing) ___________ 79 F-150: Show Truck ________________
-Head Unit: Kenwood DNX-692HD_____________ -Head Unit: Eclipse CD7100
-Sub Stage: Focal KX40 16"_________________ -Sub Stage: Looking
-Mids/Highs: Focal KRX & PHD AF____________ -Mids/Highs: Scan Speak & Blaupunkt
-Sub Amp: Mosconi AS200.4_________________ -Sub Amp: American Warrior Set (Zed Built)
-Mid Amp: Mosconi AS200.4_________________ -Mid Amp: ^^^
Why? Whats wrong with the hsks? And the price of those milles are............ @neo_styles ; We were talking about the review![]()
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Yep, missed that too. The HSKs are good comps but pale in comparison to the Milles. Here's the huge draw with Hertz, though...if those doors aren't deadened properly, they're going to sound anemic as fuck. The other choices I provided are a little more forgiving of less-than-perfect installation.
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Yea they probably arent as good as milles of course. But im going to have everything deadened and sealed. With that being the case a set of hsks will probably sound great. Cant find a current review on them though, i can only find ones from a year+ ago. I imagine they have changed the speaker since.
It's not that they haven't changed them, it's that soooooo many people have reviewed the HSKs that have clout that nobody really cares to do another one. Be VERY careful if you buy Hertz, though, as there's a ton of fakes out there. Unless you're buying Hertz authorized, I wouldn't bother.
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