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Re: Agreed

Like all speakers of that era. AR2a had a pathetic design for high frequency reproduction. Around 17 years ago, I began tinkering with the problem myself. I copied what other people were doing to see what worked and what didn't. It took me several years to understand the problem. I have come to the conclusion that the issue is definitely not one of cost, it is the very concept used to reproduce high frequency sound fields. The way most speaker designers go about it, there is no single tweeter design possible which can satisfactorily be incorporated to convincingly reproduce the sound of most musical instruments. Given what they do, it's small wonder to me that most of them sound thin and shrill. Unless and until the high frequency problems is solved, a loudspeaker system simply cannot be made to sound like most music, it's that critical. Get it wrong and nothing else can salvage the sound of a speaker system. I have been modifying and revoicing every speaker I own to incorporate my discovery. I'm considering reactivating my AES membership and offering a paper for presentation...if I become sufficiently motivated. BTW, revoicing one usually takes me about 2 to 3 years to get it the way it sounds right to me. So far, original Bose 901 was the hardest because of the direct reflecting principle... 3 years running so far and still struggling with it but results are encouraging. AR2a was relatively easy. I've got a bunch of others people have long ago given up on to rework as well.

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