Where does this project stand?
Translation,I am seriously working it behind the scenes. Will report when I have something concrete.
I would try first to see what the membership or/and additional/supplemental crowdfunding will do ... I have a hard time with advertising. It is a bout selling a product, not (even, ever?) trying to tell the truth. I do agree with you though that this will involve a lot of work .. I believe also there are logistics issues that need to be addressed... Say, they were to send Amir a Wilson Audio Chronosonic for testing ....Where's the money going? It's going into the pockets of Benchmark, Massdrop, and others who have greatly benefited from your positive reviews. How many people are lined up, waiting for their Okto DAC? How can you leverage your work to get paid enough to do what you want? Seems like YouTube is the way to go nowadays. Shudder. You're in an interesting spot. Keep going as you are, making an impact on these companies but not getting paid much for your effort, or try to go big. I don't think crowdfunding or donations are gonna get it done, though. Memberships probably won't either. Advertising is tough on a small site. 200 people viewing? Ad views are cheap, even targeted ones.
If your measurements identified something less expensive than D&D 8cs and Kii3s that had a comparable CEA-2034 performance envelope that would be like finding the Khadas Tone Board of speakers.Answering the last bit, yes, it is a lot more work including physical aspects of handling speakers. My current thought is to mostly limit the testing to small to medium with some exceptions here and there. In the larger scope, I am more worried about the cost of the instrumentation than the rest. I can go on a better diet and learn to lift 100 pound speakers. Can't wish for $70K to fall on my lap.
The measurements will be very different than stereophile and much more understandable. The system will measure a complete sphere around the speaker, not a few degrees left and right. This allows to one plot a curve like this:
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A weighted sum of the three lines above allow one to predict listener preference to high degree. It takes 70 measurements for Harman to produce the above graph in an anechoic chamber. This method of correlation is based on measurements of countless speakers and hundreds of listeners across many trials.
In contrast, the stereophile measurements are rather crude:
Notice how their measurements stops at 300 Hz on the low side.
There is also the question of the future of stereophile measurements. I am not confident that JA will continue in this role to make measurements, speakers or otherwise.
On availability of speakers to test, that is an open question to membership. I can source fair number myself without purchasing. There are also a ton of budget speakers/monitors which would be good to review from Elac to Yamaha. I think if we just profiled every small speaker, we would be in a far better place than we are now.
We also have a number of manufacturers that sell on measured performance such as 8C, Kii, Dutch & Dutch, Genelec, etc. who over time may be willing to send samples in for testing. Indeed some may not have access to such measurement system and see it as a value to them just to have the data, much like some companies do with respect to Audio Precision APx555 which I have now for electronics.
But yes, this is a complicated thing and hence the reason I am asking for feedback.
If they did, Dave would probably be inside, tightly wrapped and perfectly preserved.I would try first to see what the membership or/and additional/supplemental crowdfunding will do ... I have a hard time with advertising. It is a bout selling a product, not (even, ever?) trying to tell the truth. I do agree with you though that this will involve a lot of work .. I believe also there are logistics issues that need to be addressed... Say, they were to send Amir a Wilson Audio Chronosonic for testing ....
Forgive me if this has been covered, I didn't read the whole thread. I reached a stalemate with Alan Shaw of Harbeth on the measurements behind his claim of having the "least colored" loudspeaker (see link below). He is big on using specific terms, but he gets squishy on this subject. Basically his assertion is that the RADIAL material has rigid properties that reduce coloration. But he didn't share a picture/measurement of what that looks like next to a more "colored" speaker. I agree with him, subjectively, but I'm very curious whether there's something measurable there.
https://www.harbeth.co.uk/usergroup...harbeths-unique-radial-cones.79430/post-79477
There is no other way than charging (high!) those mfr who send in it's gear to the benefit and maintenance of the site. Of course this should imply the results will be published in any way no matter how much they paid. But regrettably the site already decided not to do so.Where's the money going? It's going into the pockets of Benchmark, Massdrop, and others who have greatly benefited from your positive reviews. How many people are lined up, waiting for their Okto DAC? How can you leverage your work to get paid enough to do what you want? Seems like YouTube is the way to go nowadays. Shudder. You're in an interesting spot. Keep going as you are, making an impact on these companies but not getting paid much for your effort, or try to go big. I don't think crowdfunding or donations are gonna get it done, though. Memberships probably won't either. Advertising is tough on a small site. 200 people viewing? Ad views are cheap, even targeted ones.
Of course, the largest problem with that is the fact that any manufacturer willing to comply - will naturally be one that has already run a full suite of similar tests on the same equipment prior. That would make ASR more of a "measurement confirmation site" rather than an objective review and analysis forum.There is no other way than charging (high!) those mfr who send in it's gear to the benefit and maintenance of the site. Of course this should imply the results will be published in any way no matter how much they paid. But regrettably the site already decided not to do so.
that would obviously be yes, but given the growing success of the ASR site, I'm afraid that as for wine, Amir will become the robert parker of audio with many perverse effects and lead to an increase in the prices of new and second-hand products.
https://www.robertparker.com/