erik_squires
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| Design a $60,000 Speaker - Start here Teo:The other side of the coin is using tweeters that are deliberately ragged. By emphasizing narrow bands, it can seem like you are getting more details. And you are, but at the cost of other bands. This is a particularly good way to sell a pair ... | |
| Opinion - Every audiophile should build at least 1 pair of speakers Assembling a speaker kit is not "building" a speaker IMO. Just like putting together an IKEA cabinet is not building furniture. Hifi kits can be fun and give you a sense of accomplishment, but they are just scratching the surface for DIY. I... | |
| Opinion - Every audiophile should build at least 1 pair of speakers John, Lots of kits only require a router jig and circle cutter. :) Some flat-pack kits don't even require that. Also, look through some of the Great Plains links, they work with a great cabinet maker. I personally use Lee Taylor for my top end stu... | |
| Jazz Vocalist Halie Loren starts a new Kickstarter! Very fun, a capella song is "High Heel Blues" from Stages:https://listen.tidal.com/album/58219779 | |
| Design a $60,000 Speaker - Start here This brings up another kind of interesting / lopsided issue around audio. The cost of tweeters.Wilson is one of the few companies that keeps this more or less in balance (again, not promoting, not a fan). The cost of high-end tweeters is kind of a... | |
| Design a $60,000 Speaker - Start here Re: Tidal: They are also using real diamond (not diamond powder) tweeter and midrange. This adds a great deal to the basic part cost.Now ask me if a diamond midrange and tweeter are better than the best Be or AMT's. Answer is, I have no idea. :) T... | |
| Need suggestions please! Electrical noise in my system and it's driving me crazy! Do you mean you are getting a hum through your speakers, or that the equipment is mechanically humming? Best,E | |
| Design a $60,000 Speaker - Start here @atmasphere Wut? I missed a few posts that would put your question into context. E | |
| Design a $60,000 Speaker - Start here It is also very very bad for business if your customers focus on COGS. You want them to focus on value. In that are things bigger than technical performance. Modernity, aesthetics, sound decision making, exclusivity. Lots of reasons to buy a car/s... | |
| Design a $60,000 Speaker - Start here @ctsooner Not sure why you are interjecting Vandersteen and this thread and me personally together. Seems a bit of a word salad. I mean, I'm sure Vandersteen makes fine products, but you seem to be replying to something I don't remember saying. I ... | |
| Design a $60,000 Speaker - Start here I never meant this thread to be how to design a "good sounding" speaker by the way. :) Just one that would retail for lots of cash. Hahahaha. :) Erik | |
| Opinion - Every audiophile should build at least 1 pair of speakers Twoch - Share your thought process behind that please. I feel very much the opposite! :) Best,E | |
| Design a $60,000 Speaker - Start here Of course the cost of a speaker brand is much bigger than the cost to manufacture a single pair of speakers.That's not what I meant to say. But rather, this is an important calculation that often appears. The same type of analysis is done for rest... | |
| Opinion: Turning Off the Filtering More line sources I can think of include Nola, and some McIntosh speakers. | |
| Opinion: Turning Off the Filtering This by the way kind of brings us around to speakers which perform well in messy acoustic environments. Line and planar sources, and in some ways, what the Tekton tweeter array is doing, are always interesting solutions to the listening room probl... |