On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 13:51:28 +0100, Laurence Payne
lpayne1NOSPAM@dslDOTpipexDOTcom wrote:

On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 13:08:21 +0100, Serge Auckland
wrote:

Secondly, if you were to design the "perfect" 'speaker for my room, that
is exactly what it would be, the "perfect" 'speaker for *my* room, not
yours or anyone else's. You would have to design a different "perfect"
'speaker for every different room.

Can a good violin (and player) sound good (though different) in
different acoustics? Why not a speaker?

Yes, but for totally different reasons. The violinist will actually
change the way he performs in response to the different acoustics. The
speaker won't do that - the combination will simply sound different.
In some circumstances it will sound good, in others it won't. There
are plenty of acoustic spaces in which no speaker will ever sound
good.

d

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