Speaker design, KenjiT and others.


After following these threads for a long time the common theme seems to be that there is no perfect speaker to reproduce sound. What I find a bit ironic in these discussions is that so much sound that we hear comes from speakers. For example pretty much any electronic sound you have heard before has come from a speaker of some kind. Pretty much any live show you have been to has either been supplemented by or sent to you via speakers. So what is this elusive experience that KenjiT claims may or may not exist?
Is it also like this? Most of what we see today is not driven by the sun but by light bulbs or a light emitting device. Yes there is really bad lighting in some places but when lighting is excellent are we really that  troubled by it not being like the sun?
todd_segal

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So what is this elusive experience that KenjiT claims may or may not exist?
Nobody knows what PERFECT sound can do to a human being. It may cause a heart attack or an extreme response. Nobody has heard PERFECT sound so it is impossible to say. 

PERFECT sound from a speaker has nothing to do with trying to recreate the sound we hear from a real life orchestra. Most music we listen to is done in the studio using instruments that dont exist in reality. There is NO REFERENCE POINT. 

PERFECT sound is therefore not only elusive but it is a MYSTERY. NOBODY has seen it or heard it and nobody knows what it can do.

Trying to solve this mystery has been the pursuit of many speaker tuners over the decades but nobody has cracked it yet, not even me. 

What I find a bit ironic in these discussions is that so much sound that we hear comes from speakers.
where is the irony? i dont see it.

https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/615

Thats not a very good system especially considering the amount of money that has been spent on it. What you have there is just a pair of boxes with drivers in 'em. What he should have done is bought some illuminators or accutons and mounted them in a concrete block. What is more solid, a speaker box made of mdf or any other material that these high end companies use, or a solid BLOCK OF CONCRETE?
and can you imagine the amount of money he would have saved by doing that?? The only reason for a speaker cabinet is so that the speaker companies can package them and ship them all over the world. Its just for their convenience rather than for sound quality. If you want state of the art, you need CUSTOM BUILT SPEAKERS CUSTOM TUNED BY HAND TO YOUR EARS AND YOUR EARS ONLY!!! not mass produced junk like
evolution acoustics which are just horribly overpriced boxes that appeal to people who want a nice looking shiny glossy box in their homes. 
I dont see any measurements on their website to justify the horrific prices they charge. Not a single graph in sight.
I guess you have to be told everything.

Evolution Acoustics MMSeven Specifications

So it goes up to 70khz and down to 3hz.Most people your age cant hear much beyond 10khz if youre lucky yet this speaker does 60khz beyond that. Similarly theres not much going on below 20hz yet this goes down to 3hz. Theres no proof the speakers really do accomplish these claims and even if it did it would be a lot of effort to do it which in the end you wouldnt hear it anyway. Now show us the distortion measurements of these speakers. Show us that they have 0.0005% distortion from 20hz to 20khz at all levels. If not, they are not good enough for me.