Do Physicists Or Musicians Design Better Speakers?

Scientists can design things that will work, but eventually you want to choose among things that all work well, you want the one that "sound best". That is a problem of human brain, how it hears and interprets signals, and so far scientific instruments are helpless there, they can't make those fine and final calls.

Musicians are like diners who know good food but can't cook themselves. May not even recognize the ingredients let alone cook with them. So, a pianist can certainly tell when a speaker is doing it right and when nott, but he wouldn't know what to change where to tweak the sound in the desired direction.

And as Newbee said above, a musician who "merely" plays one instrument in a 100+ orchestra may not even have the basic judgment about how the whole thing sounds in the hall.

So, we need scientist types, and a listening panel with a few soloists and a few expereinced concertgoers. :-)

Just curious, but is Thor available assembled? I understand the tweeter is dome which some people like less than ribbon etc.

Of course, you are absolutely right. If Brian, my insurance salesman, designed the best speakers I'd buy those and recommend to eveybody else here as well. :) However, the spirit in which I took the question was, what kind of person in real life usually designs or is likely to design a speaker that many people might consider "best". I also emphasize that when I say physicist, technical tinkerer, musician, I am refer to approach rather than formal formal degrees.