Thanks for all the help and answering my dumb questions, I greatly appreciate it all! Maybe eventually once I get my new toys I'll take a picture of the set up and let you see what you guys created
I'm quite fascinated with the Q900. The measurements and praise it has received is just amazing.
I will NOT compare the acutal sound quality of Q900 to the $25,000 B&W 800 Diamond.
It would be just ridiculous and unfair to compare a $1,800/pr speakers to a $25,000/pr speakers.
And we know that measurements do not tell us the whole story. Measurements are not everything. But measurements are important none the less.
When John Atkinson measured the B&W 800 Diamond, he never mentioned that they even had "excellent measurements". I got the impression he basically said the 800 Diamond speakers had decent measurements. He said pretty much the same about the $22K Klipsch speakers. The fact is, most speakers regardless of price, do NOT have superb measurements.
So when John Atkinson, chief editor of Stereophile, enthusiastically says that the KEF Q900 has SUPERB MEASUREMENTS, that is in absolute terms and not restricted to just speakers costing $2K. The superb measurement is in comparison to all speakers of all budgets. Thus, it is a tremendous accomplishment by KEF, especially given the price!!!!!
Kal Rubinson of Stereophile says there are no other speakers in the < $2K range that he would rather have than the Q900.
The Home Theater Magazine review also confirms.
AJinFL has personally heard the KEF Q900's drivers, and he also recommends them. I think AJinFL is extremely picky with speakers, just like GranteedEV.
Honestly, I would expect the Q900 to just have good measurements. So the fact that it has superb measurements amazes me. That is all.
When I saw HTM reviewed the $400/pr NHT Absolute Zero bookshelf speakers and the listening window was +/- less than 1dB, I was amazed too.
In general I love to see components (speakers, amps, pre-pros, etc.) that have superb measurements.
Of course, HTM does not do all the measurements that Stereophile does. HTM does not measure the polar responses up to 60 degrees, for example, among many other measurements.
