18-Oct-2020, 08:34
That’s a tricky question, and without listening to both, it is hard to tell.
For sure, SAM, although SAM corrects the phase of the speakers, it affects the entire spectrum, but let’s be clear, this is not night and day for the frequencies above 150Hz.
Where SAM is really shining is in the bass compartment. In your example, the SR1 can go down to 40Hz.
The QR1 can only go down to 45Hz, but with SAM it can reach 26Hz, so better than the SR1.
So if the 3x price of the SR1 justification is the bass compartment, I would give a serious consideration to the QR1+SAM.
But if the justification of the difference resides in the medium and high ranges, then I would tend to think that SAM will not be able to compensate for the difference.
Once again, and like many times in audio, the only way to be certain is to try and listen by yourself.
Jean-Marie
For sure, SAM, although SAM corrects the phase of the speakers, it affects the entire spectrum, but let’s be clear, this is not night and day for the frequencies above 150Hz.
Where SAM is really shining is in the bass compartment. In your example, the SR1 can go down to 40Hz.
The QR1 can only go down to 45Hz, but with SAM it can reach 26Hz, so better than the SR1.
So if the 3x price of the SR1 justification is the bass compartment, I would give a serious consideration to the QR1+SAM.
But if the justification of the difference resides in the medium and high ranges, then I would tend to think that SAM will not be able to compensate for the difference.
Once again, and like many times in audio, the only way to be certain is to try and listen by yourself.
Jean-Marie
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