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In the Thread: Macondo's Axioms: Horn-loaded acoustic systems
Post Subject: Getting to The Point (Alone)Posted by Paul S on: 10/12/2021
Of course we are just picking our poison when we settle on any sort of speaker, since any speaker is a compilation (pile) of compromises. And it's not like we can contain and control "phase issues", either by measuring the distance to our voice coils, lining up our drivers, or going to a "point source", if only because "phase" itself varies for so many reasons that are outside our control at any moment, including frequency, diffraction, relative motion, on and on; basically, stuff that's part and parcel of Music, and even of Sound in the Real World, but - somehow - it's of no further use for "reproduction". Based entirely on experience, I would say that it's "worth it" to do some "empirical" modeling and testing; but it only works for me if I can tweak it to taste for my personal use and enjoyment. I will certainly be interested to read/hear Romy's thoughts on his "final" version, when/if it happens. But it seems to me it's all been "subjective" so far. And I can certainly relate to that.
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