Most beautiful speakers in the world ?

[dagfinn]

If there are "standing waves," they'd cancel each other, and that "diffraction," those diffracted sound waves won't reach you. There are various theories on this, but I don't think anyone has arrived at a valid conclusion yet. There are many patents on this matter, but patents are not necessarily scientific theories.

You should tell Genelec.

 

[Lekha]

You should tell Genelec.

They already know.

 

[dagfinn]

Estelon X Diamond Mk II loudspeaker

Taste is a funny thing. Love cilantro? Millions swear it tastes like soap. Similarly, design cognoscenti will gush over a minimalist Scandinavian sofa that others dismiss as just a pricey plank with delusions of grandeur.

www.stereophile.com

"The unique shape of the Estelons' enclosures—the antithesis of traditional box designs—is intended to avoid diffraction and other colorations. CEO and co-founder Alissa Vassilkova-Rajatalu noted proudly in an email to me that there are no parallel walls and that the surfaces are almost entirely curved. She also relayed that "Inside, each internal chamber is tailored to suit its specific driver." The company turns that approach up to 11: in order to combat microphonics and small vibrations, even the crossovers get their own subenclosures.

The absence of parallel surfaces cuts down on standing waves."

I like them better every time I see them .

 

[Vladimir Filevski]

that "diffraction," those diffracted sound waves won't reach you.

Diffracted waves around sharp enclosure edges are real, and they certainly will reach you.

 

[Pearljam5000]

Then why is this cabinet not round?
Is there diffraction because of it?

 

[thewas]

Then why is this cabinet not round?
Is there diffraction because of it? View attachment 429304

For the wavelengths and the corresponding drivers its mostly matters (i.e. tweeter and mid) it is rounded, namely everything around the coax everything is smoothed and rounded so it doesn't "see" hard edges.

 

[Yasuo]

Such things keep my faith in humanity Praise to the owner.

Wow, such a great idea. I wonder if it can be refined further by allowing them to tilt (with a stepper motor)

 

[Count Arthur]

Wow, such a great idea. I wonder if it can be refined further by allowing them to tilt (with a stepper motor)

Or, have them slowly descend from the ceiling.

 

[ryanosaur]

Or, have them slowly descend from the ceiling.

There was a vid circulating several years ago of a guy that did just that for his KEF HT. Pretty cool the extent he went to to make it happen.

 

[Lekha]

Diffracted waves around sharp enclosure edges are real, and they certainly will reach you.

How?
One has to decide whether those sound waves would travel along the surface to the edge and suddenly make a U-turn, and if so, why that would occur. And also make a 90-degree turn and come towards you.

 

[Juhazi]

Piece of Audio Science... https://www.linkwitzlab.com/Fitz/Loudspeaker Cabinet Diffraction.pdf

 

[Lekha]

She also relayed that "Inside, each internal chamber is tailored to suit its specific driver."

And do those sounds emerge from any orifice in that box, or are they simply contained within it?

 

[JiiPee]

Piece of Audio Science... https://www.linkwitzlab.com/Fitz/Loudspeaker Cabinet Diffraction.pdf

This is the problem with ASR - Somebody is throwing science to a nicely brewing dispute.

 

[thewas]

Piece of Audio Science... https://www.linkwitzlab.com/Fitz/Loudspeaker Cabinet Diffraction.pdf

I just had a short vision of all audio snake oil manufacturers and sellers being forced to read it all the time in hell after death

 

[Pearljam5000]

 

[Vladimir Filevski]

How?
One has to decide whether those sound waves would travel along the surface to the edge and suddenly make a U-turn, and if so, why that would occur. And also make a 90-degree turn and come towards you.

Before you embarrassed yourself in public even more, please read some basic stuff about diffraction.

 

[cavedriver]

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yuck. they are marketing the "U" as a 360 degree speaker, presumably to be used as single speakers for the Siri/Echo crowd. Need to be marketed with polars instead of the glitzy bs on their website (check the video- it literally tells you zero about the speakers).

 

[Lekha]

Before you embarrassed yourself in public even more, please read some basic stuff about diffraction.

Maybe you are!
I know what I am talking about, do you?

 

[Lekha]

Some speakers not at all worried about "diffraction."
You can even somewhat see the speaker inside through that "sound-immune" cover.

 

[Vladimir Filevski]

I know what I am talking about, do you?

No, you don't know.
My last attempt - please read this:
https://www.linkwitzlab.com/diffraction.htm