[mythtv-users] Looking for high WAF in-wall speakers!!

Meatwad meatwad.get.the.honeys at gmail.com
Wed Jan 18 22:27:53 UTC 2006


Steve Adeff wrote:
> On Tuesday 17 January 2006 22:19, Meatwad wrote:
> 
>>* Here is the de facto article I refer prospective clients to when they
>>bring up Bose. If they still have a thing for Bose, I know they are
>>going to be PITA customer and I politely drop them like a hot potato.
>>http://www.intellexual.net/bose.html
> 
> 
> that article doesn't even touch on why the physics behind bose's engineering 
> is bad audio science. my uncle, and acoustic physicist that got there 
> designing and building speakers in high school hates Bose for this. Bose even 
> advertises its bad science and tries to pass it of as good science. The Wave 
> Radio "works" by bouncing the sound off walls, which any good audiophile 
> knows changes phasing and timing of frequencies with each wall it bounces off 
> of.

Anybody that's fallen for Bose marketing hasn't a clue about loudspeaker 
physics in the first place. That is why I use the intellexual article. 
Non-techies can read it and walk away with a better understanding of 
what to look for in a quality loudspeaker.

When I encounter audiophile-types that show a willingness to move beyond 
the BS reviews and articles in the Stereo/HiFi/xxxPhile magazines, I'll 
point them to Art Ludwig's excellent site at 
http://www.silcom.com/~aludwig/ to get them started.

After that, I'd strongly recommend F. Alton Everest's /Master Handbook 
of Acoustics/ as well as Gary Davis' classic /Sound Reinforcement Handbook/.

Very good foundation stuff in all of those resources for jumping into 
the world of acoustics. After that, you need to spend as much time as 
you can in front of all kinds of speakers listening to a good selection 
of reference material. Stuff like Jane Monheit /Live at the Rainbow 
Room/, Diana Krall /Girl in the Other Room/, and Nickel Creek's 
self-titled. Acoustical instruments and female vocals are the way to 
'read' a loudspeaker and how it performs.

And if you'd like to learn more about how a small room plays into 
acoustics, there's some downloads and very articulate folks over at 
http://forum.studiotips.com/index.php


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