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In the Thread: Aporia - Silbatone Acoustics speaker
Post Subject: Modern speaker designPosted by drdna on: 2/9/2009
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 drdna wrote:
Thanks tuga. It is a nice article, but my French is a little rusty. It seems that he does very little more than explain the limitations of stereo versus binaural reproduction.

From this came the schools of thought of quadrophonic reproduction and omnidirectional speakers, etc. of course. I, myself, just accept the limitations of mono and stereo recordings and do the best I can.

Is there some more nuance I missed (owing to my poor French)? If so, I would appreciate a summary of your thoughts on how this can impact our audio systems.

Adrian


 tuga wrote:
Hello Adrian,

I added this paper as an interesting read for our discussion of "the point-source" and I think that the pictures are clear and informative enough on that subject.
There's also there's mentioning of several aspects of speaker design (like imaging, time and phase distortion, etc.) that match Romy's views on the subject and have been put to practice in the Macondo.

Best,
Tuga
I see. Well, I think we have to assume that anyone who is manufacturing a speaker is very aware of these fundamentals of acoustics and audio reproduction. I think the question we have to ask in any speaker design is WHY they are making the trade offs that they do. I think the biggest problem is that speakers are manufactured to meet a specific price point. Simple DIY'rs who make there own plans make constructions without recognizing that these compromises have been made; hence there is a bit of hubris when we "discover" the importance of time-alignment etc.

Adrian

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