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In Reply to: Different, yes. Wacky, No. posted by John P on February 11, 2007 at 07:18:36:
There are more problems with the design than they'd solve. You've got drivers all over the place and there's no way you can get your head at the exact same target all the time. If you are an inch higher or lower, the sound would obviously degrade. Plus you've got all the diffraction issues and you've got reflected sound that has little in common with the direct sound and that influences the subjective response.IOW, by "wacky" I mean that he took one or two ideas to the extreme while creating tons of other problems. The newer models are obviously better engineered, but still have other unresolved problems, including comb filtering and diffraction/reflection, not to mention dubious FR, to be polite. I think Thiel's solution to the same problems was far more elegant with a far better performance/price ratio.
Most high-end companies seem to obsess with one or two things, rather than trying to get everything done as well as possible. And most audiophiles, apparently, seem to focus on one or two attributes, rather than the whole enchilada, and choose accordingly and that is why the "I've got a wacky idea" speaker design theory is so successful.
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- Okay, let's say wacky execution..... - John Ashman 12:06:35 02/12/07 (1)
- Re: Okay, let's say wacky execution..... - John P 21:29:11 02/12/07 (0)
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