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Speaker design, KenjiT and others.

After following these threads for a long time the common theme seems to be that there is no perfect speaker to reproduce sound. What I find a bit ironic in these discussions is that so much sound that we hear comes from speakers. For example pretty much any electronic sound you have heard before has come from a speaker of some kind. Pretty much any live show you have been to has either been supplemented by or sent to you via speakers. So what is this elusive experience that KenjiT claims may or may not exist?
Is it also like this? Most of what we see today is not driven by the sun but by light bulbs or a light emitting device. Yes there is really bad lighting in some places but when lighting is excellent are we really that  troubled by it not being like the sun?
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boothroyd
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Esoteric no doubt, but how does it make you feel . . .
wolfie62
352 posts
 
Makes me feel like listening to my favorite music!

Dr Lame and The Lame Street No Count Band....
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b_limo
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@kenjit ... about Mikes set-up...“Thats not a very good system especially considering the amount of money that has been spent on it.”

Since you like to bash other people systems, care to share a picture of yours??  
Didn’t think so...

You mentioned that you have PMC speakers.  Do you have am amp?  A dac?  Any cables? 

Didn’t think so.
Do you ever add anything constructive??  Nope.

Have you ever heard concrete speakers?  Were they the perfect speaker?  
Didn’t think so.

Have you ever stood in a concrete tunnel and yelled “echo”?  

Didn’t think so.
And last, why does scanspeak, vifa, morel, accuston etc. ship their drivers in small cardboard boxes as opposed to large speaker cabinets if the only purpose of speaker cabinets is to ship the drivers.



bigkidz
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I have always told my friends that a speaker cannot reproduce live instruments sound.  Piano, sax, or electric guitar.  But that does not mean that I cannot enjoy what I am hearing and isn't that what all this is about?  If you think you can get a system to reproduce musical instruments perfectly, I would love to heat that.  I can bring over my old beat up less Paul and Marshalls and play along!  But I do love what my system sounds like so I am a happy camper!

Happy Listening.
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todd_segal OP
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That’s sort of my point is there is something ironic about thinking every speaker is flawed when the sounds coming out of your electric guitar amp are through speakers. As a guitar player myself I understand the intensity of a guitar amp is hard to reproduce but sound reinforcement such as live concerts and famously the Grateful Dead shows were able to this albeit with a ton of speakers and air movement. 
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