audio set-up for beginners [continued]

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Wow! Really? Still for the jbl kayo? Why?

Because at these price points, lahat sila more or less same materials lang ginagamit. And this makes it hard to differentiate them. Not that it's anything bad but sometimes you have brands that standout because of their engineering. For example, Focal is well-known sa inverted tweeter domes nila. Morel pioneered the carbon fiber sandwich on their Fat Lady flagship speakers, JBL is very famous sa GTi subwoofers nila because it uses an underhung magnet to reduce distortion, Scanspeak's slitted treated paper cones, etc.

When it comes to the lower price bracket. It's not really all that important to get best speakers because there's no best. Because of price point, limited sila on what they can throw sa speakers nila. "You can't throw a 50,000php beryllium tweeter sa 5,000php na speaker" so parang ganun na yun.

The reason why people continue to shell out big bucks is always on one premise: "tingin ko masmaganda tumunog si X kaysa sa current ko" This is true in a way because better equipment will always be more capable than budget ones. But it doesn't mean they sound better. Yun problema kasi sa industry is that they correlate "better" with more expensive. May makita lang silang brand name ng Focal parang "shet.. mahal at maganda". But fact is, I never had people who sat in my car.. listen to my system.. and know my system. That's a huge revelation is because your ears -- or somebody's ears won't really care about which brand. But when we start seeing things using our eyes.. our perception of sound changes.

If you look at it in a strict SQ criteria, I will guarantee you: you cannot differentiate them apart if I blindfold you. But once I remove the blindfold, I suggest you purchase the speaker na tingin mo.. masmaganda sayo. Because user perception is automatically +50% SQ points sa iba.. hehe.