Success in terms of popularity often means mediocrity in terms of performance.I agree 100%. Best example I can think of is the MP3 format. Further, just because a product design caters to a niche market, it does not make it a flop, this is so strange to me. Porsche made a rear-engined car, vast majority of cars have engines in the front, so Porsche tech must be a flop!
Tech That Flopped!
Every few months someone releases technology that seems to be revolutionary, but goes nowhere a couple of years later. Some tech gets acceptance and even imitation. Some goes wildly successful.
Ideas that are a huge success:
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Ideas that are a huge success:
- Acoustic suspension
- Bass Reflex
- Soft dome tweeters
- Perfectly time aligned speakers ilke Thiel/Vandersteen
- ESL
- Line Arrays
- Plasma tweeters
- Transmission line
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