The discussion on Logic, Semantics, etc. got me thinking about an assumption that I have been making over the past 30+ years when selecting components. My assumption: select speakers to fit your room, amplifiers to match your speakers, and source components to fit your source media priorities. Have I been wrong all these years? If not, then why haven't the component manufacturers adopted some kind of guideline to help consummers create systems based on their environment?
Are the marketing departments still focussed on the ego of the customer? (See the Dominator speakers from the movie Ruthless People). Is it easier to leverage the ego of the customer to justify a more expensive system even though it is not what the customer needs?
Why the rant? Take speakers for example. A typical manufacturer will have several series of speakers with different models within each. The differences of the models within each series are typically the number of drivers and their size. Why would you choose one model over the other? The logical reason would be room size and listening area. Many manufacturers are selling direct from the internet these days. Why not include a sound field diagram for each model?
Where am I going wrong here?
Are the marketing departments still focussed on the ego of the customer? (See the Dominator speakers from the movie Ruthless People). Is it easier to leverage the ego of the customer to justify a more expensive system even though it is not what the customer needs?
Why the rant? Take speakers for example. A typical manufacturer will have several series of speakers with different models within each. The differences of the models within each series are typically the number of drivers and their size. Why would you choose one model over the other? The logical reason would be room size and listening area. Many manufacturers are selling direct from the internet these days. Why not include a sound field diagram for each model?
Where am I going wrong here?