@jaudere
I didn't want to start an entirely new discussion here, but I think I will TRY to answer your questions ONCE, in the manner best possible for me. Also, if you are curious you should make your effort to read the whole thread.
Amazed to read that a speaker of that cost cannot satisfy everyone. One statement I didn't agree with. ' X speaker is good mainly for vocals', Y for bass etc. A good speaker should be good for all genres. If I spend upwards of 1 lac for a speaker and then if its good only for particular kind of music then, I am sorry but I cannot call it a good speaker.
Would you call Jamo R909 (INR 450k) and Focal Diablo Utopia (INR 800k) good speakers? I heard them extensively. The more I heard them the more I felt they were good for Classical and Jazz.
There are only two type of speakers that can do everything right.
(1) The one that is entirely honest (ruler flat FR, ruler flat electrical impedance across the playable range, higher sensitivity to electricity). This type of speakers are ridiculously expensive. By my personal standards, I might have to sell my one eye, one ear, one hand, one leg and still might need to part with one kidney to afford one.
(2) The one that color the sound to the extent that throw anything at them and they come out colored. Some well-known hifi manufacturers do this. I am tempted to name some of those brands here, but I rather not step on sensitive toes of their owners. Beauty is that when a well-known manufacturer does that, people like it. They often use the word "WOW" to describe their experience, and that is often followed by a few exclamation marks!!!
On the description of sound: Every speaker has a sound signature. Different people interpret that signature in different ways (owing to one's own understanding of the signature) and describe the same sound in different ways (while making references to various genres). The problem is not that they are presenting different pictures intentionally, the problem is, there is no standard way to describe a sound signature. Same speaker some will say is good for R&B, some will say is good for Hip-hop. Mind you, they are not talking anything different, just that they are saying the same thing in different ways. The difference lies in personal taste and understanding of genres. Even as a speaker might be able to do Hip-hop as well as R&B as well Country well, different people will only mention the genre they are mostly into. The problem is compounded when people start describing the sound signature that they "read about" on an "audiophile forum". These "audiophile forums" are mostly "Chinese whispers machines". The description of the sound of a speaker goes from grey to yellow to green to a tint of orange to reddish purple when it changes mouth. And in the root of all the problem is - people describe the sound even as they have not heard it first hand. Describing sound is as it is a tricky business, on the top of it, people "read about it" and add their own interpretation to it. There you go. You have an object that looks like a bird to some, like a plane to some.
