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I went from Spendor A5R(paid 2200ish) to Kef LS50 (paid 1000) in 2016ish. Despite the difference in price and size, the Kef's did everything subjectively better. Even bass, if you can believe that. It is my humble opinion a respectably engineered speaker compared to another respectably...

The German graph everyone keeps referencing looks to me like a test of a whole system(mains,subs,surrounds). Im thinking it could have been equalized and is not a good reference for the individual speaker. Can a fluent German speaker here read the article?

is it Ned's Atomic Dustbin?

Are peaks, compression and some of those other things related to speaker "dynamics'. . That is more word salad maybe, can we define and measure dynamics? Compare the voltage differences in the output of the amp speak terminals, vs what it is right before it hits the cone(I dont know if that is...

I am going to make a real simple observation. The OP wanted to know if boring(and its inverse excitement)can be measured. How about sensitivity? I believe volume is probably part of the boring/exciting equation. Colloquially that has seemed the case to me, though it doesn't endure over...

This song made my eyes leak. I spent half my life in the woods with a few good hounds. I hope they knew how much I appreciated their work and affection.

Its a social construct really. Enough people with enough influence said they were good and everyone else just agreed. We here at ASR are trying to correct these things.

I have ordered 4, 4 inch fostex full range drivers from madisound. I will be making my own boxes, but definitely copying the boxes they sell. I also picked up some new dead fall and have logs that are 5 to 7 inches in diameter that Im going to use for the "log" speakers I'm going to make for...

I will still try to create the log speaker enclosure for fun. But will start with a kit and try to learn more first.

I am not so sure about the shape anymore. I am sure about full range or coaxial type of driver. I need to research more of the projects on here and maybe its not a bad idea to do a prefab kit before trying to create my own. I have pretty good basic skills in electronics and woodworking, but...

https://www.madisoundspeakerstore.com/coaxial-speaker-kits/seas-loki-mkiv-active-coaxial-kit-each/ It comes with a minidsp

Thanks for the input. I saw one kit for a concentric driver that had an active crossover on madisound. Would that allow me to do similar things using minidsp or something? I know zero about dsp.

I think I am already abandoning that idea. The truth is I had not put much thought into it other than wanting to try building something unique. I saw some pretty interesting kits at madisound and partsconnexxection. Initially I wanted to do everything for the cabinets from felling the wood to...

I am wanting to make my own speakers. I am doing this more for fun and experience. I have accumulated various bits and pieces of stereo electronics, new, used, good and questionable. I am cobbling together systems for my mother and two of my kids. The only thing I dont have is extra speakers...