Noske
Active Member
The law of diminishing marginal returns has nothing to do with subjective preferences.
What is being considered is the production side - a measurable metric (name it) that is the concern of the design engineer who is wishing to optimise their tower speaker, given constraints.
(Digression on constraints - sometimes Amir mentions good for its "class", or, could do better - and I think that is what he means. There are many different classes (curves, as seen in at least one diagram), not just one class or curve. With all due respect, the poll question is deceiving - it is looking at absolutes, not marginals. I would not have been surprised if each category received 20% each - they are sort of different classes, with overlap ).
The engineer could instal a component making it 20% more expensive but the tower speaker measures only a couple % better. Diminishing marginal returns. The inflection point has well passed.
Perhaps the manufacturer may offer it as a premium version of the basic model.
Preferences - some people will prefer the premium version, others don't care. Doesn't matter. Preferences have nothing to do with marginal returns in production.
What is being considered is the production side - a measurable metric (name it) that is the concern of the design engineer who is wishing to optimise their tower speaker, given constraints.
(Digression on constraints - sometimes Amir mentions good for its "class", or, could do better - and I think that is what he means. There are many different classes (curves, as seen in at least one diagram), not just one class or curve. With all due respect, the poll question is deceiving - it is looking at absolutes, not marginals. I would not have been surprised if each category received 20% each - they are sort of different classes, with overlap ).
The engineer could instal a component making it 20% more expensive but the tower speaker measures only a couple % better. Diminishing marginal returns. The inflection point has well passed.
Perhaps the manufacturer may offer it as a premium version of the basic model.
Preferences - some people will prefer the premium version, others don't care. Doesn't matter. Preferences have nothing to do with marginal returns in production.