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RE: Measurements vs. Reviewers

Hi,

Interesting to hear. Whether someone throws out 80, 90, or 95% isn't as important as saying that the best designers are getting most of the way there through modeling, measurements, etc.

But I still would not discount the final bit at all, or say it's unnecessary. Last month I was at KEF and I talked to Jack Oclee-Brown, who heads up acoustics there now. He had said that the Blade Two was most of the way there after the modeling and measurements, but there were some small things in listening that they didn't like, and worked out through a combination of ears and back to the measurements (and back and forth several times). The LS50 designer, Mark Dodd, told a similar story about that speaker. I wrote about this in my new editorial, which will be published September 1.

The point is, these guys are using measurements to get a lot of the way. But the listening is still critical and I've never found one who wouldn't include it as an important part.

Doug Schneider
SoundStage!

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