Popular Post audio.bill Posted April 11, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted April 11, 2017 3 hours ago, Silly goose said: Yeah I've heard PMC's and great speakers. I think in order to get my dream speakers, it's going to need to be a custom build. I think Salk could probably build at least as good of active speakers as these other guys who want $40000, for much cheaper. I'm going to see if they can build me active speakers with Ravenna inputs. I'm thinking of a 4 way with all Accuton drivers, a very slim front baffle with dual 5" midwoofers, with diamond mid and tweeter. Then dual side firing 8" woofers in a sealed enclosure. It seems like an easy decision from a financial perspective to select a set of top shelf drivers and crossover parts and have a solid cabinet built for them. Of course the latest software can be used to select the crossover points and slopes to integrate everything by the book. The result will cost a fraction of the price of the top speaker brands. However after having heard numerous examples of such designs over many years I've found it extremely rare to end up with a speaker that is truly competitive with the more costly target. There's a lot more than 'by the book' science that goes into loudspeaker design, most exceptional designs involve hundreds of hours of time in tedious listening sessions and endlessly tweaking design parameters to achieve their desired sound characteristics. There's a lot of art in speaker design beyond the science. An analogy would be comparing a meal that I might make with the same ingredients as a master chef, but my results would pale in comparison to what was achieved by a professional. You can certainly end up with a fine sounding speaker having one custom built for you as described, but it's highly unlikely you'll have one that reproduces the magic which some of the finest and best engineered speakers provide. Just my perspective based on many years of experience as an audiophile and an engineer, take it for what it's worth but I hope that some may find it helpful. pooger and semente 2 Link to comment
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