Do speakers have "soul"?

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I am a bit fortunate to be able to drive an older generation and affordable BMW M3. Most auto enthusiasts consider the M3 especially the older gen have certain "soul". After having driven various cars I sort of agree. Occasionally when my car is in the shop, I have to rent a Toyota and it feels sort of like an "appliance" and sort of "soulless" if that makes sense. And having driven my old M3, I can't really drive any other cars especially in its price range. So I guess that is my metric or ultimatum of sort.
So my question is do speakers have "soul"? Do some have more "soul" than others? Do some are considered "appliances"?
 
BMW straight 6 cylinder is a perfect motor. I had the honor of driving E36 325i with 192 bhp and then I realized what Germans meant to say with their motto Freude am fahren. I was so content with this vehicle that the fuel consumption was 25 litres/100 km constantly. Lojzek the Bleifuss, ha ha.
 
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I do not know, but if fire or earthquake strikes, I am taking 4 things : My 2 cats and my 2 speakers. Everything else can burn down and I'll be alright.

But more seriously, I think there are some things we feel an affinity to that we feel like we grow together, much like a partner. Speakers, a good chair, that special cooking knife, or even a programming language.

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No, I meant the E30 had soul (and danger). The fact that it looked the dogs danglies was just a case of form following function :). I also have a soft spot for Escort RS1600 (mk1) for similar reasons.

Friend of mine had an E30 M3 as his daily driver which he also used for amateur racing by merely using a spare set of wheels with slicks on them.

However it was his wife's M Coupé that nearly killed him.


The consensus amongst car cognoscenti seems to be that the 4pot M3 is the most sublime driver's car ever made by BMW. My friend would agree and still regrets selling it.
 
Have you guys heard a rally tuned Audi 5-cylinder turbo, preferably from 1980's when Hannu Mikkola and Walter Röhrl ruled? The roar has a special tune, much more crazy than a 6-cylinder engine. On video one gets a slight hint of how it sounds IRL. A video from a WRC rally here in my home town, I was watching it live!
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I love my Triumph 995 3-cylider sound with open pipe too, lots of same rascal energy...
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I have been driving the most powerful ever BMW 3 liter free-breathing engine for 9 months now (E83 X3 3.0si, 289hp). It has standard exhaust and sound is nice and cultivated. Soul?
 
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I've seen and heard Michelle Mouton go up the Goodwood hill climb in her old WRC Audi so I'd say yes. :)

She was really going for it too. The only car faster than her that year was an ex-F1 driver in an 80s F1 car who was going for the outright record.
The most impressive noise on the day though was made by a Ferrari 712 Can-Am.

In 1995 BMW made a few hundred E36 M3 GTs with a 291hp non-turbo 3L.
 
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