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The review provides distortion figures (90 dB, 1m) which are

-30 dB at 100 Hz
-60 dB at 1 kHz
-50 dB at 10 kHz

The K+H produces at 95 dB, 1m

-55 dB at 100 Hz
-60 dB at 1 kHz
-70 dB at 10 kHz


As Floyd Toole once said, the single most important measurement is amplitude on-axis. I suppose that Hifi-News measures just that because what else would they measure when presenting one single graph. They measure distortion at 1m so I suppose that they also measure amplitude at 1m.

The in-room response very much depends on the room. A speaker measuring absolutely flat anechoic could measure desastrous in-room. So in-room is meaningless unless you have precise acoustically relevant details about that room.

We have only that single graph and given my previous experience with speaker manufacturers I'm sure that SF would not provide any measurements when asked.

Frankly, I do not need to compare the speakers to know that I prefer the K+H. They come at about 36% of the price of the SF and you get the power amps.

Klaus

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