I'm far from being an expert but I think it's difficult to disagree in 100% with eg this guy's (who claims he used to be an audio dealer) logic and arguments, I even wonder what would
@amirm say:
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Being an audio dealer would, if anything, reduce credibility, not improve it. But of course, this guy instantly destroys his credibility in advance for us by saying cables matter:
(it's a pretty serious gear, I'm quite surprised the guy can't hear eg differences between cables on this system..)
The score is a topic that has been covered ad nauseum. There are hundreds of pages of
discussion about the
score. The score and the measurements are two different things. There are measurements that aren't even included in the score at all(like distortion). Disagreements with the score don't prove anything about the measurements, as the score is no more than a (mathematical, study-based) INTERPRETATION of the measurements.
The score offers a general guide to which should be preferred due to bass extension, frequency response and directivity, that's it. It only shows ~95% accuracy within a +/- 1.6 window, so for example the Kef LS50 is not guaranteed to be preferred over the KRK, it's only about a 66% chance on average.
The score is still more valid than a completely arbitrary subjective rating, and it's useful to sort hundreds of loudspeaker reviews, but you really shouldn't take point of differences of less than 1 point as being all that meaningful.
Again, this is all old stuff and it's only new to you because you're new here! Which, welcome! But you'll need to do your own research and read the content to understand why these criticisms are boring and already debunked.
I probably won't bother responding to anything else from that thread as none of it is novel enough to be worth it.
I suggest starting with learning how to read the speaker reviews: