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avaserfi wrote:
 I was hoping for more replies, but now its time for the follow-up question. How did you determine your parameters? For example, what lead you to believe option X would sound better than option Y?
It seems the question of what is answered for the most part, but not why. I am interested in both. |
In order to explain why option A is better than option B you'd have to define what "sound better" actually means. Remembering that sound perception is both objective and subjective so everyone has a different definition of good sound. I personally like quite a wide range of tonal qualities (a result of working with many live artists) so I have an open mind about what works and what doesn't. I also like a challenge and thus enjoy trying to get the best sound out of the cheapest/most obscure drivers. I do read alot of threads where people spend hundreds of $$ on drivers and materials, build a speaker based on a well regarded design/alignment, place these speakers into a treated room then go on about how good they sound. Of course they sound good, what do some of these people expect? the sound of a pair of $20 AWA's
I guess after having typed all that, I'd say there isn't necessarily a better option unless you fully complete two or more designs and carry out side by side comparrisons to see which one gets the results you expected. I also think that the design process can be overcomplicated too. The physics of sound does not change. You can look up many studies and physics books to find this out. So once we uinderstand the physics of sound the rest is elementary.
My 2c