I would say it is more that people have come along with skepticism that has spoiled the hobby for those who believe that everything sounds audibly different and they can mix and match in search of some kind of audio nirvana. That itself is relatively benign as a hobby but when it's so expensive...
Bigger woofers are more expensive. Larger speakers are more expensive to produce and ship so bookshelf speakers have a price advantage. The audiophile market prefers tall and slim over wide in terms of appearance. Thin speakers are easier to place into small gaps and most of these speakers will...
The Audeze Sine in ear planar magnetics had an emphasis on linearity with EQ to the correct the frequency response. It's not realistic to sell a headphone that sounds terrible without EQ as a significant number of customers will not be using EQ and will review it poorly. You would have to sell...
Aeon open has more noise attenuation than is typical for an open headphone. It is more a semi-open headphone in terms of noise attenuation which is halfway between an open headphone and closed headphone. I wish it had less noise attenuation but I guess it is a result of the baffle plate with the...
Established speaker company has a particular sound that people buy. They continue to produce that even they know it's not correct because they're a business to make money. It's their brand. The company survives on its own inertia of being the most known in the market. If everyone else is using...
Hi all.
I've been looking at these two speakers for use between 1m and 2m. I want a maximum SPL capability of 105dB SPL between 100Hz and 500Hz which seems to be beyond the capabilities of woofers smaller than 8". In the future I will likely have a crossover to subwoofers but 8" woofers still...