In Reply to: Yes, but.... posted by Peter Gunn on December 15, 2006 at 21:17:03:
...where the person said he made boxes out of various materials and compared them and the acrylic was best. I also doubt it would be."On what basis? Have you done the experiment?
Resonances in audio systems introduce tonal colorations and suppress resolution of details in the source material. Resonances can be manipulated to make the colorations euphonic, but they will still suppress details. Users with poor or defective upstream components may find they prefer this suppression to the ugly truth.
"Magnepans more than any speaker can be said to be musical instruments themselves."
If you want to see speakers that are musical instruments in themselves, look at the Bosendorfer, Lumen White, and Sonus Faber lines.
We have such completely different audio goals that there is not much more to discuss. My goal is to reveal as much of the music in the recording as the format allows, not to decorate recordings with pretty resonances. Magnepans can be tweaked to reveal music, but not by adding resonances.
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Follow Ups
- "I have never read a review... - Al Sekela 09:35:17 12/16/06 (5)
- Exactly - Peter Gunn 09:55:39 12/16/06 (4)
- Your wooden constructions add resonances, unless - Al Sekela 13:19:43 12/17/06 (3)
- You're so funny Al - Peter Gunn 14:01:47 12/17/06 (2)
- Instrument analogy- pretty good!!! - Mando 09:16:11 12/19/06 (1)
- Re: Instrument analogy- pretty good!!! - Peter Gunn 10:02:15 12/19/06 (0)