In Reply to: RE: Orchestral-sized events are the worst "live reference" posted by josh358 on October 24, 2010 at 12:30:00:
Toole has tried to correlate objective measurements with subjective listener preference. He found that a particular behaviour of amplitude response (on and off-axis) is preferred in blind listening tests. What he says is that there is no need to spend big money in order to obtain this preferred behaviour, hence the price figures indicated.
What is state of the art in loudspeaker design? In Toole's book its flat response on-axis and smooth behaviour off-axis. To that add a clean waterfall plot and correct time alignment. That whole package possibly cannot be made for $800, especially if on top of that you want high SPL with low distortion.
Klaus
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Follow Ups
- RE: Toole's theory - KlausR. 07:29:18 10/25/10 (2)
- RE: Toole's theory - josh358 08:29:12 10/25/10 (1)
- RE: it isn't possible to make a loudspeaker ... at that price range - KlausR. 02:34:59 10/26/10 (0)
- RE: it isn't possible to make a loudspeaker ... at that price range - josh358 12:08:02 10/26/10 (0)