Speaker cabinet construction..

There is absolutely no doubt to the fact that this is a marketing/PR piece. It is a very poor PR effort however, with little integrity. To open this piece with a blatant slam to his competitors (in no way veiled) was a very poor choice on the part of Mr. Von Schweikert. I have no doubt that the paper is based on genuine R&D (“science”) and that the resulting tactical implementation is effective. I would also like to believe that one not need spend ridiculous amounts of money on exotic cabinet materials and that this approach by VS does provide a cost effective solution. Furthermore, my comments are not intended as a slam to VS speakers but to the lack of integrity taken in publishing a public article with such demeaning reference to the competition – sounds more like politics.

I just had a discussion about "white papers" with my wife. In her case, it was white papers in the nursing profession.

In my experience (and I was a career technical writer for three decades), white papers are propaganda with scholarly affectations. They are not, nor are they intended to be, objective. They are there to sell a point of view. In the case of audio, computer, and most technology-based products, it's to sell the vendor's design theory (especially if it's been patented) as superior to the competition, with an air of academia.

That doesn't mean the presentation is dishonest or untrue, but it is highly selective in the facts and subjective in the point of view.

After I finish reading white papers...they are used in an envirnoment more sutable for their purposes.

Not sure this can truly be considered a white paper as it was originally penned on parchment.

Es347,

I missed your reply until today. You make a good point. Actually I have no axe to grind with VSA but, as you point out, perhaps I am overly distrustful of most technical claims made by audio manufacturers...especially given that most designers concentrate on aesthetics first and foremost.