"Eiron" wrote in message
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Laurence Payne 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?

Because the purpose of the speaker is to give the illusion that you are in
the
concert hall, not that the orchestra is in your lounge (Bose excepted).



Nicely put.

You will be pleased to know I'm having serious trouble choosing between the
Pinkies and the 609s!!

(Different in minor ways, but *sooo* similar overall....!!)