D'Appolito on What Matters


For anyone interested in evaluating loudspeakers and measurements thereof I found a very recent (November 10, 2016) article by the good Dr. Joseph D'Appolito. A man who quite literally wrote the book on speaker testing.

I share this knowing it will start endless flame wars, but still hopeful some will find it informative.

http://www.audioxpress.com/article/testing-loudspeakers-which-measurements-matter-part-1
erik_squires
Dunlavy's article is interesting too, though at fist blush, the idea of matching instrument radiation patterns seems bogus, and not what I read acousticians and other speaker makers attempting to do.

I'm an unqualified pretender though, so I'll have to do more investigation.

Best,


Erik
I'm not sure all of the above named authors would exactly hail the line source.
no, that was a pro-Maggie comment

how about a book on the history of speakers?  the title could be:

"From Horns to Here"

with a sub-title of:

Edgar Villchur Died For your Sins