Should Speaker Manufactures provide a Frequency Response Graph?


Eric at Tekton Designs has been battling two different reviewers who have posted measurements without his permission, using Klippel devices for their respective measurements.

It seems to me that if manufactures provide a simple smoothed out graph, consumers can see how much a speaker is editorializing with a frequency response that deviates from neutral.  

seanheis1

Nope.  I buy speakers based on my hearing, not a graph made in a testing lab.  

You are gonna stare at a Frequency Response graph and not know a whole lot. Manufacturers should provide a minimum of the following:

Frequency Response

Impedance

Sound Power

Impedance

Directivity

Dispersion Polar

Waterfall Plot

7 plots...should be able to take it from there...

Posting a graph wouldn't be bad idea.  I'm sure some would resist, especially those with poor graphs.  I think if we had them all, Tekton would fall toward the top.  Eric has always been proud of his flat frequency resonse.  

They already post numbers like "40-23000 Hz +/-2 dB" so show us the graph.

I agree, buy speakers based on how they sound but as a physicist, I would likely use graphs to choose which ones to check out.  I certainly would have a problem with one that had a big dip in middle C, for example.

I think those who are having fun criticizing Tekton would not really want to see a graph of their own speakers.

Jerry

The amplitude response of a speaker is a moving target. It will change depending on the room. There are also other factors that play a significant role in audio fidelity like phase behavior and group delays. I do not pay attention to specs. I review the design of the speaker and make the best determination I can that I will be able to make the speaker perform to my expectations. 

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