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You claimed that those speakers had more accurate sound, clarity and bass reproduction than a set of studio monitors costing 100x as much.

That sort of statement needs to be backed up by serious, verifiable facts.

So please go right ahead and back up your extraordinary claims with some verifiable proof. Distortion measurements would be a good start.

As I previously mentioned, Amir at audiosciencereview.com has the necessary tools for thorough speaker measurements, and he accepts shipment of speakers for testing.

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I said it would cost 100 times as much to match the clarity. I told you you need to investigate it yourself as I have no way to convey that information over the internet. They just sound very clear, detailed and precise. The 0.5% claim seems quite believable after you listen to them. They are small, but with low distortion.

Then tell that Amir guy to test them. I don't know him.

> " said it would cost 100 times as much to match the clarity."

Based on what, exactly? Do you have any sort of verifiable information to back up that claim?

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, and you are making some very extraordinary claims. You seem to be very firm in your beliefs, but completely unmotivated to actually put them to the test.

Do you really honestly and seriously believe that a $25 set of gimmick speakers can match a set of $2500 studio monitors for sound quality, on even a single performance parameter, let alone overall clarity and low distortion?

I can only conclude that you are utterly delusional and that you have absolutely no idea what you're talking about, which a cursory glance at your comment history confirms.

Based on comparing them with studio monitors. They sound more like good headphones or not like speakers at all. They can play string bass. The drums sound unamplified on good enough recordings. There is no doubt that their distortion is extraordinarily low, and it's not the distortion of the amplifier but the speakers. I don't know how you expect me to prove it to you.

> "I don't know how you expect me to prove it to you."

By providing objective measurements, as I have written in multiple previous comments already.

If you do not have measurements at hand, or the necessary gear to undertake them yourself, Amir at audiosciencereview.com has the gear, skills and experience to perform in-depth detailed speaker measurements. He accepts speakers shipped to him for review.

It's not very complicated: You made claims of extraordinary performance from outrageously cheap speakers. I ask you to provide evidence of this very hard to believe claim, and I even provide you a way of doing this.

Of course, Occam's Razor says you're just full of BS, which is a perfectly fine conclusion for me.

They can play the kick drum without any noticeable accompanying "dunnn" sound, which is enough to tell that their distortion must be extraordinarily low. In fact the people who said they "yes, they make sound" may dislike them for their dryness. Occams razor has nothing to do with that, as your phone screen has better image quality than the best TV screens a few decades ago. And that is my last reply, do it yourself if you care about measurements, you'd probably say I faked them anyway.

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