As a speaker designer.... my $0.02 #1. We have a better idea of what measurements correlate to a speaker that sounds "better".
#2. We have much better software tools for simulation. #3. We have better transducers due to #2 and we have better tools for measuring them (Klippel). #4. High quality low cost DSPs really allow much more ability to tailer the electrical transfer function. You have companies that are making DSP room correction and that still seems to be problematic. There is still some ambiguity about what should be changed about the in-room response and what should be left alone so there are situations where room correction can sound worse than the uncorrected version. I'd note.... that not all of these "improvements" have necessarily translated into universally better loudspeaker designs. I routinely see poorly designed loudspeakers in the review pages of big-name magazines and they get great reviews even though we know, beyond any shadow of a doubt, that they would perform poorly in non-sited evaluations. If you know what to look for... there are many more examples of good design too. -- Kevin Haskins ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Kevin Haskins's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=30729 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88582 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
