> > Lastly, it's not an art. It's science and engineering. It isn't > evolving, electronic theory is still as valid as when it was first > understood. We may have different views on sub-atomic processes, but > they do not have audible effects otherwise we'd all be running around > screaming about the din of electron spins being all tangled up now that > we know they are probability clouds and not orbits. >
Well, really it is part art, and part science. The fact of the matter is that all audio equipment fails to faithfully reproduce the original sound to one degree or another. The Science is getting as close to that ideal as possible. The art is dealing with how the inacuracy 'colors' the sounds being reproduced. This is especially true with speakers. There are well known equations about cabinet dimensions, driver design, etc... But the fact is that no speaker can -accurately- reproduce a singers voice as it was originally produced by a wet throat and vibrating vocal cords. They all introduce some 'coloration' to thier sound reproduction. That's why listening to a speaker set anywhere but your own listening environment is essentially useless. Now, granted you can get a -pretty good- idea of how a speaker is going to sound by examining its specs and narrow down your choices. (Ignore price-point, because there is actually little correlation there after a certain point) But ultimately, you have to bring them home and audition them in your own room with your own equipment and see if the sum-total of imperfect reproduction is acceptable to your own wet-wear testing devices on either side of your skull. -- jeffluckett ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jeffluckett's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28080 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
