Are their standards anywhere in the field of audio? I mean can't Joe Schmo build a preamp, amplifier, turntable or DAC for Schmo Audio?
Hypocrisy within the speaker industry
One of the biggest problems in speaker design is that you have speaker designers claiming that speaker design is a highly skilled job that requires great expertise.
The problem is, there is no standard within the industry which can be used to prove that a given speaker meets that standard and therefore is satisfactory.
What is there to differentiate a speaker designed by a fraud from that of a real designer? NOTHING.
In conclusion, speaker design is open to anybody that wants to try it. Its not a private club for members only. There is no skill or expertise involved since there are no standards to decide if the end product meets the required standards. Anything and everything is allowed. Thick cabinets walls, thin cabinet walls, resonant cabinet walls, flat response, smiley curve, gently decreasing, NS10 type curve, flat vs non flat impedance curve you name it, it's all considered acceptable.
There are no qualifications required to be a speaker designer. The fact that some have degrees is coincidental and irrelevant.
Next time you listen to a high end speaker, just remember that folks. Until we have strict standards, this hypocrisy will remain within the industry. It's time we have standardization in the industry so we can weed out the charlatans.
The problem is, there is no standard within the industry which can be used to prove that a given speaker meets that standard and therefore is satisfactory.
What is there to differentiate a speaker designed by a fraud from that of a real designer? NOTHING.
In conclusion, speaker design is open to anybody that wants to try it. Its not a private club for members only. There is no skill or expertise involved since there are no standards to decide if the end product meets the required standards. Anything and everything is allowed. Thick cabinets walls, thin cabinet walls, resonant cabinet walls, flat response, smiley curve, gently decreasing, NS10 type curve, flat vs non flat impedance curve you name it, it's all considered acceptable.
There are no qualifications required to be a speaker designer. The fact that some have degrees is coincidental and irrelevant.
Next time you listen to a high end speaker, just remember that folks. Until we have strict standards, this hypocrisy will remain within the industry. It's time we have standardization in the industry so we can weed out the charlatans.