[hydrashok]

Folks,
I've been debating changing my front & rear speakers. I've been casually searching for some info on what the specialty of various brands of speakers are, and the specialties of the separate lines within the brands. (I'll be able to buy them only after I have enough dough in the bank). For example, from the various discussions here, I've narrowed myself down to Hertz & JBL components for the front. Again, from the discussions, I could get that JBL's tend to be brighter than most other brands (which I like, as I like my music a little bit brighter than most folk). I have not been able to pin-point any special strength of Hertz as yet, except that they produce very good quality output overall, and are good for SQ applications.

The point of the thread is this: Wouldn't it be a good idea if we could have a place where we could say look up a particular speaker model, and get an idea about what kind of sound we can expect it to produce?

I know very well that different people will have different opinions as far as what brand is good, what model is good, etc. But I think the experts here will be able to describe the kind of sound that we can expect to hear from a particular models far as say:

a) Overall faithfulness to the music being played
b) bass response
c) treble levels
d) midrange response
e) Power handling
f) In the case of subs, better for SQ application or better for SPL application, etc.
g) Good for rock/hip-hop/electronica/jazz/blues etc
h) Non-output factors like: ease of installation, etc.

Are there any more such factors that when added up will help us narrow-down our options to 2 or 3 brands?

Once we have info like this, we can audition the speakers and make a decision. This way we won't have to, say go around from shop to shop, listening to 6-8 brands before we get an idea about what kind of sound the speakers make.

My intention is not to start a brand war, but simply to get each other to share the strengths and weaknesses of each models/brands, so that we all may make (easier) and better decisions, suited to our taste in music.

Mods, please feel free to close this thread if there will be a whole lot of duplication. But I feel info such as this is not very easily available in a single place. And the search function in the ICE section really does throw up a whole lot of results to be waded through whan you are looking for something real specific.

To start off, my original question. What kind of sound can I expect from a Hertz? Total and exact reproduction of source material (music)? Or good bass & mids? Gurus?