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RE: Voicing speakers

"Perhaps there is a niche towards designers voicing speakers with particular instruments in mind superseding flat frequency response curves and general music tastes?"

If accuracy is what you're after, you'll still need a smooth response from the system even after voicing.

Now, if you have a piano as your reference sound, you've set a pretty high bar indeed. The frequency range of operation, and the harmonics it generates beyond the key struck, put quite a strain on a speaker that is limited in dynamic capability. That first attack requires a speaker that can hit high peak SPL without compression. So if the result of voicing such a speaker is that it's tough to distinguish from the real thing, that's no small accomplishment.

I'd be surprised if such a system that faithfully reproduces such a wide range instrument were to be miserable at reproducing voices, or guitars or drums, etc. But getting something to sound "like" a piano may not be enough. Does it sound like that particular piano? If the answer is yes, then the response should also be flat, along with being voiced properly.

Of course, there's varying degrees of what's considered flat. A dB here or there, whether it's a narrow or broad peak depending on the chosen drivers, can really have an impact on the final sound. It's a subtle process, but voicing is part of the "art" in speaker design that puts the finishing touch on the science.


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