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In the Thread: Macondo's Axioms: Horn-loaded acoustic systems
Post Subject: Objective of new speakersPosted by drdna on: 9/27/2021
Romy, I was delighted to see your video monologue, and I look forward to following along your new journey.
No speaker can reproduce the reality of a live musical event for various reasons, and all speakers are by their nature a conglomeration of engineering compromises. The design of the system is pointed at a musical objective, achieving one goal to the detriment of other ways we may assess a system.
I remember one of my first "high end" speakers -- made by a Canadian company Image, which subsequently went out of business. I lived happily with this speaker for many years. To me it always brought me the "contentment" to which you refer, and I always preferred it to any and all speakers I heard regardless of cost. Only when the tweeter coil burned out on one channel did I have to search for an alternative. To be honest, I haven't found a satisfactory substitute, although my current horn system is the best I have been able to make so far.
I don't enjoy making audio components, but only have done it out of necessity, when nothing exists that matches my objectives. To be honest, if I could just buy a simple box that provided musical "contentment" I'd do it -- if you know of one, let me know!
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