naimitbren
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Having owned all three, (1) Shahinian Hawks (2) Naim SBL .. Love them or hate them!!.. And lastly the original Epos S14
Unlikely I would say given the results of Harman's repeated blind listening tests. It would seem we prefer technically good sound when we can't see what we are listening to.
I can't think of any particularly good speakers to come out of the Harman program, though, apart from maybe the limited production big JBLs. No trickle-down...
Where were the results published, please?
Yup.You COULD make a very good speaker with modern drivers (likely a 3-way, 10"+ bass in a big, wide cabinet)
Unfortunately most modern designs choose to go for too narrow cabinets, a "smile" frequency response and 3 Ohm impedance in places
As an aside, possibly the most influential loudspeaker designs have been (unfortunately IMHO), the LS3/5a, the Klein & Hummel OY, and the Acoustic Research AR-3.