rajacat;142485 Wrote: > Do you consider yourself an engineer or a scientist? > If it can't be measured with state of the art equipment, does it exist? > We shouldn't ignore history and how most breakthroughs were by people > that were pushing the limits and ignoring contemporary biases. Who > knows, there might be a new theory or application which could > revolutionize acoustical design at any time. > > Raja
I'm both, I have an honours degree in Applied Physics and I'm a CTO for software products, although I was also an electronics engineer as well for several years. Breakthroughs in science are at the fringes of knowledge, not at the macroscopic level where audio operates. We haven't re-written the theory of how sounds propogates recently becuse the kinds of sub-atomic processes that you keep mentioning do not have human-discernable effect at audible frequencies or pressure levels. It isn't about new theories, it's about the economics of building components. Military application with big, big budgets can create far more accurate and sensitive equipment than commercial enterprises. History tells us that breakthroughs come where existing theories break down and no longer apply. That just isn't the case here - we're talking about low frequency AC voltage and pressure waves in air that behave in a very predictable way. -- CardinalFang You're only young once, but you can be immature forever... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CardinalFang's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=962 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28080 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
