Serge Auckland wrote:
Cessna172 wrote:

speaker manufacturers, to make sure their product is technically
brilliant, yet get them into a room and they will sound anything from
horrible to superb.


I've yet to see a product that didn't work properly when the sums were
done correctly, rigorously, and applying the rules. That's not to say
that an intuitive designer can't get a good sound without doing the
sums, what I'm saying is if you then analyse such a design, you will
find that the sums come out right as well.

What about the perfect speaker - a point source with a flat frequency response?
It will sound perfect if your room has no walls or floor.
If you design the perfect speaker for your room, it may not work well in mine.

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