Just thought i would ask

simphiwes
simphiwes Posts: 116
edited May 2006 in Speakers
Something I have noticed, the more expensive and the higher one goes in each series the more difficult it becomes to drive the speakers, shouldn’t it be the other way round. Maybe I am being stupid but I’d just like to know, just for interest sake not the I have any issues as such, I just thought I’d find out.
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  • mulveling
    mulveling Posts: 505
    edited May 2006
    simphiwes wrote:
    Something I have noticed, the more expensive and the higher one goes in each series the more difficult it becomes to drive the speakers, shouldn’t it be the other way round. Maybe I am being stupid but I’d just like to know, just for interest sake not the I have any issues as such, I just thought I’d find out.
    Not necessarily. More expensive speakers are usually targeted towards more affluent audiophile consumers. This allows the speaker builder more options as far as impedance, efficiency, size, and other criteria towards the goal of sound quality. A well to do audiophile is able and willing to buy an amp that will dive 4 ohm and/or low efficiency speakers (if not already in possesion of such an amp). For budget level speaker buyers this is unlikely. When a speaker designer has more options at their disposal, they will (hopefully) use what they feel is best to achieve the sonic goals, which likely varies from designer to designer based on their differing philosophies.

    Edit: BTW, your thread title sucks :p
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