avsjerry wrote,
""Telephone speakers as passive radiators...." OhhhK... Hmmm, then I should hold my breath to prevent my chest cavity from vibrating as well. Who knows how my mere presence is effecting what I’m hearing. Sounds like a wander into quantum physics where the act of observation effects the outcome. "Spooky action at a distance", my playing my music is effecting Yours whether or not you like it or not..."
Things are actually worse than you have surmised. Much worse. I was trying to say that while idea that the tiny telephone speaker acts as a passive radiator is not true. But it’s not an old wives tale, it’s something deeper and more mysterious. Th original claim that telephones interfered with the sound was precipitated by Ivor Tiefenbrun of Linn turntable fame.
Consider this - conduct an experiment to see if having a telephone in the room affects the sound, let’s say a controlled blind test. And let’s say the experiment shows that the telephone in the room hurts the sound as observed by the subject(s). Next, remove the tiny speaker from the telephone. Then repeat the experiment. The results should remain the same even without the tiny speaker in the telephone? Therefore speaker in the telephone is not responsible for the change in sound. It must be something else. But what? By the same token, a cell phone in the room spoils the sound. Or a telephone book.
