Loudspeaker Design - from the perspective of a loudspeaker design engineer...

[PeterSt]

2 hours ago, semente said:

Or have you already settled for one particular topology which is a way of defining your preference?

 

That.

 

27 minutes ago, Audiophile Neuroscience said:

All audiophiles prefer a treated room. I know this from my mentor, the unnamed guru who told me so 🙄

 

And if you are not careful, my friend, PWK himself will come after you.

 

haha

[PeterSt]

12 hours ago, Chris A said:

12 hours ago, semente said:

 

High performance stereo listening is a solo activity.

Not in my house.

 

FWIW, I explicitly tune for enjoying the system from almost everywhere in the room (I don't even have a listening seat). Besides, people may recall me saying that this is without any room treatment; all what it requires is "best quality reproduction" (from really all elements involved in the chain, and which are all 100% under our (design/production) control. Have one element "off" a little, and standing waves of one type or another are our share).

 

Peter

[PeterSt]

12 hours ago, Chris A said:

More to come on loudspeaker distortion...

 

Chris, I hope you can qualify this with some numbers. I mean, I can claim to be without standing waves whatsoever, but such a claim should come with numbers of some kind (doable, but quite tedious to set up in honest fashion).

Loudspeaker distortion is easy to measure, but I don't see manufacturers do it (or show the numbers 😌).