You can’t defy the laws of physics

[mhardy6647]

It was really off putting for rear surrounds - no sense of envelopment at all.

I don't doubt it -- I am just wondering why. The size of the drivers and the cubes ought to have worked in favor of good dispersion within their (limited) passband (I would have thought).

EDIT: Oh, and in terms of the LF performance -- I'll take any excuse to (re)quote the redoubtable iconoclast Col. Paul Wilbur Klipsch

They make miniature tubes and miniature loudspeakers, but they have yet to come up with a miniature 32-foot wavelength.

source:

PWK Expressions | Klipsch

Paul Klipsch lived a very long and a very “broad” life. One of his most memorable characteristics was the way he expressed himself.

www.klipsch.com

 

[IAtaman]

Well, for your defense, they look cute.

you can’t defy physics - not even in the interest of aesthetics.

Of course you can. Laws of physics are man made. I think what you mean is that we can not defy the laws of nature, which is probably true, assuming nature has laws.

 

[Greenman]

Laws of physics are man made

Eh?

Discovered maybe, but certainly not manmade. E.g. We don’t decide the wavelength of a 20 Hz soundwave in air

 

[Digby]

speaking of the laws of physics -- I wonder why the adorable little cubes were beamy?

Probably a full range driver with whizzer cone, they always start to beam at high frequencies.

 

[CapMan]

Well, for your defense, they look cute.

Of course you can. Laws of physics are man made. I think what you mean is that we can not defy the laws of nature, which is probably true, assuming nature has laws.

They are certainly cute - expensive paper weights maybe !! It’s interesting that I just typed that phrase about laws of physics without any great thought.

I found this on a philosophy forum which is a whole different debate I guess .

“Basically, a law of physics is a law of nature of the sort that a physicist would study. This is a large subset of the laws of nature and so gives many situations where they would be interchangeable.”

 

[IAtaman]

Eh?

Discovered maybe, but certainly not manmade. E.g. We don’t decide the wavelength of a 20 Hz soundwave in air

I always enjoy a debate on epistemology of science, but I think we will upset admins and other forum goers if we go into that here and now. It was a half tongue in cheek comment anyway, so lets agree to continue this debate another time if that is alright with you.

 

[CapMan]

epistemology

That gets a prize! FWIW I think it was an interesting side point you made!

 

[IAtaman]

“Basically, a law of physics is a law of nature of the sort that a physicist would study. This is a large subset of the laws of nature and so gives many situations where they would be interchangeable.”

It was a half tongue in cheek comment, if such a thing exists, merely to remark upon to the fact that what makes science science and not religion is its falsifiability, so when we say laws of physics can not be defied, we are actually conflicting with the process of science itself. Or put in another way, what physicists do (hopefully) all day is to find ways to defy the laws of physics with better laws of physics, like Newton did with Aristoteles's laws, and Einstein did with Newton's and so on.

 

[Penelinfi]

Maybe those monoprice coaxial surrounds if you can make them white

 

[egellings]

You can't send a 6" woofer out to do a man's job.