When it comes to loudspeakers, bigger is not always better.
What matters most is the way a speaker conveys the essence of the music being played. Does it project the emotion recorded on the disc, and does it provide enough detail to provide a sense of the performers’ individual styles, timbres and idiosyncrasies so that we can tell one player and instrument from another? And can it do all of this in a way that does not fatigue our ears with too much bass or too much treble?
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