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Have you ever wondered who sets the trends in the hi-end speaker industry?

Have you ever wondered who sets the trends in the hi-end speaker industry?

Analyzing the modern market of acoustic systems, we can note the fact that acoustic systems are built on the basis of more and more complex crossover filters. And now it was proud rather than a negative fact...

Then why do you buy super expensive wires when inside the speaker system, your qualitatively amplified audio signal meets kilograms of copper, nihrome resistances in its path.
And what is the output? Phase shifts, nonlinear distortion, etc. and as a result, a "lifeless sound"

The frequency cut of tweeter driver in modern audio systems is in the average range from 2.5 to 3 KHz. This means that tweeter driver playing unusual for its desig frecquency range.... And actually it’s very sad, due to the fact that people have no choice...

Add the fact that more and more are used artificial materials in the design of elements of speaker drivers, which negatively affecting timbre characteristics of sound. After all, we have long forgotten that the timbre of sound determines the musical expressiveness

Now ask a question who creates trends in the world of speaker systems?

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millercarbon
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Speaker styling trends are established by committee, currently chaired by Clarence Carter. Before that was Stevie Wonder.
aewarren
575 posts
 
I do.
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mapman
21,838 posts
 
I heard on a Frank Zappa album it is folks called “trend mongers” specifically “Big Swifty & Associates” that determine trends.  “ The Adventures of Gregory Peccary” as I recall.
glupson
7,842 posts
 
Did you notice that kenjit is conspiciously absent from this thread?
richopp
760 posts
 
Sometimes, smart people with ideas that are somewhat "different" from the norm help here.

Take Mr. Jim Winey, an engineer at 3-M in the 1960's, who was working with materials that gave him the idea for Magneplaners.  As one audio writer put it:

"To be clear, not everyone really wants to hear the input signal unaltered. Some folks like their systems to offer certain colors that please their ears. While I would never argue with whatever brings anyone their listening pleasure, this entry is directed toward folks who want the colors to come from the music and not from the gear used to listen to it."  

Thus the fascination I have had with these speakers since first hearing them in my shop in 1974.  I brought my cornet and guitar(s) to the shop and played them while the speakers were on.

That was it.  From then on, after listening to ALL the boxes in my shop--a so-called "high-end" shop--I realized that I had been mistaken about the accuracy of speaker sound reproduction all those years past.

When you reproduce the recorded information as it was recorded, you finally understand what Mr. Winey was doing.  For those who prefer "colors" with their music, I totally understand.  BUY WHAT YOU LIKE was the motto in my shop and remains my watchword.

BUT, if you want that "uncolored" reproduction, you do have a valid choice.

Cheers!
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