Custom Tuning Conspiracy


I have a theory that the reason custom tuned loudspeakers are not offered to the market place is because it would essentially destroy the whole speaker industry. If every audiophile had their speakers custom made for them, there would simply be no need for further speakers to be made, until the next generation of audiophiles came along which would take decades. 

If you think about it, most speakers are mass produced junk. They are made in vast quantities so that more profit can be made. 

Even the few companies that do offer so called custom speakers are not really customized. Companies such as Gr research and Fritz offer their range of speakers hoewever GR research tunes all their speakers flat by default and Fritz does not tune his speakers to his customers exact specifications. 

Wouldn't it be wonderful if there was a speaker company that made speakers according to your exact specifications? You would choose the material, shape, drivers, components, configuration, crossover slopes and frequency response. It would be made to measure. 

The people that mock this idea say that speakers dont need to be made to measure. This is nonsense. Every speaker on the market already sounds different from one another. Audiophiles then go on the merry go round and buy one speaker after another, each speaker never quite fulfilling their needs. How much time would be saved if the right speakers were made for you right from the start?

Not only would it save time it would save resources and energy. Every speaker model is produced in their thousands. Yet perhaps only a dozen people will eventually find that particular model suits their ears. So that means several hundred speakers have been made and will eventually end up in the junkyard. What a waste of time, energy and resources? 

Should there be more companies doing truly custom tuned speakers among the vast sea of mass produced junk producing companies?

kenjit

"The customers would receive a visit from our tuners."

- Are these "tuners" from your imaginary company?

There must be well over 300 brands and styles of speakers, not even counting brands that are no longer in business.  If someone can’t be satisfied with such a wide range of products, then I fell sorry for them. 
And why does everything need to be a conspiracy? Who are ‘they’ - as a famous philosopher once said “we have met the enemy and they are us.” 

- Are these "tuners" from your imaginary company?

Yes, hypothetically speaking. 

There must be well over 300 brands and styles of speakers, not even counting brands that are no longer in business.  If someone can’t be satisfied with such a wide range of products, then I feel sorry for them. 

Most audiophiles are not satisfied with whats available. So something is wrong. Even if there are 1000 speakers out there thats still a small number compared to the number of audiophiles. How many audiophiles are there? Must be hundreds of thousands. So to satisfy us all there would need to be at least 1 million speakers out there. Rather than spending a lifetime searching for the perfect match, shouldnt there be a quicker way?

"Yes, hypothetically speaking."

- As everything is coming from you, right?