"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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In article ,
Doki wrote:
So what? You still can't magic bass from anywhere. A 6" driver at the
same cost as 7" driver is never going to be able to produce as much
bass. Maybe a 6" at double the price. My opinion is that half the
speaker design is about making a small, pretty box rather than
something that makes a decent sound.

An 'ideal' speaker would be tiny and a point source. Any discrepancy from
this produces compromises of one sort or another.

That doesn't seem to be taken into account by many of the speaker makers
either. More expensive speakers often have 2 or 3 small drivers (what I'd
term mids) in an attempt to shift enough air to make some bass. There does
seem to be a lot of focus on producing a small cabinet that will fit in
nicely to your wife or girlfriend's plan for the living room.

On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 11:05:32 -0000, "Doki" wrote:


"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
...
In article ,
Doki wrote:
So what? You still can't magic bass from anywhere. A 6" driver at the
same cost as 7" driver is never going to be able to produce as much
bass. Maybe a 6" at double the price. My opinion is that half the
speaker design is about making a small, pretty box rather than
something that makes a decent sound.

An 'ideal' speaker would be tiny and a point source. Any discrepancy from
this produces compromises of one sort or another.

That doesn't seem to be taken into account by many of the speaker makers
either. More expensive speakers often have 2 or 3 small drivers (what I'd
term mids) in an attempt to shift enough air to make some bass. There does
seem to be a lot of focus on producing a small cabinet that will fit in
nicely to your wife or girlfriend's plan for the living room.

You got it. 95 percent of hi fi equipment choice is a lifestyle
matter, not one of sound.

d

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Pearce Consulting
http://www.pearce.uk.com

On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 11:05:32 -0000, "Doki" wrote:

That doesn't seem to be taken into account by many of the speaker makers
either. More expensive speakers often have 2 or 3 small drivers (what I'd
term mids) in an attempt to shift enough air to make some bass. There does
seem to be a lot of focus on producing a small cabinet that will fit in
nicely to your wife or girlfriend's plan for the living room.

Do hi-fi buffs inevitably attract female partners obsessed with
interior design?

"Laurence Payne" NOSPAMlpayne1ATdsl.pipex.com wrote in message
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On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 11:05:32 -0000, "Doki" wrote:

That doesn't seem to be taken into account by many of the speaker makers
either. More expensive speakers often have 2 or 3 small drivers (what I'd
term mids) in an attempt to shift enough air to make some bass. There does
seem to be a lot of focus on producing a small cabinet that will fit in
nicely to your wife or girlfriend's plan for the living room.

Do hi-fi buffs inevitably attract female partners obsessed with
interior design?

I don't know. It seems that way if you read a hifi magazine. My bird's quite
happy to have massive speakers about the place, but we'd both rather have a
hifi in a room than a telly.

"Laurence Payne" NOSPAMlpayne1ATdsl.pipex.com wrote in message
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On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 11:05:32 -0000, "Doki" wrote:

That doesn't seem to be taken into account by many of the speaker makers
either. More expensive speakers often have 2 or 3 small drivers (what I'd
term mids) in an attempt to shift enough air to make some bass. There does
seem to be a lot of focus on producing a small cabinet that will fit in
nicely to your wife or girlfriend's plan for the living room.

Do hi-fi buffs inevitably attract female partners obsessed with
interior design?


I think you'll find 'hifi buff' and 'female partner' are mutually exclusive
descriptions....

In article , Laurence Payne
NOSPAMlpayne1ATdsl.pipex.com@?.? scribeth thus
On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 11:05:32 -0000, "Doki" wrote:

That doesn't seem to be taken into account by many of the speaker makers
either. More expensive speakers often have 2 or 3 small drivers (what I'd
term mids) in an attempt to shift enough air to make some bass. There does
seem to be a lot of focus on producing a small cabinet that will fit in
nicely to your wife or girlfriend's plan for the living room.

Do hi-fi buffs inevitably attract female partners obsessed with
interior design?

Depends on the size of his wad these days .. girlies seem to be
impressed only with how much he's got in the bank..

At least thats when some mates of mine are finding as their getting
divorced;(./..
--
Tony Sayer

In article , Bob Latham bob@sick-
of-spam.invalid scribeth thus
In article ,
tony sayer wrote:
In article , Laurence Payne
NOSPAMlpayne1ATdsl.pipex.com@?.? scribeth thus
On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 11:05:32 -0000, "Doki" wrote:

There does seem to be a lot of focus on producing a small cabinet that
will fit in nicely to your wife or girlfriend's plan for the living
room.

Indeed there does and you can add to that the pose factor of a trendy
name, is there an iSpeaker yet? Can I place it on my ishelf, istand?
Ridiculous!

Do hi-fi buffs inevitably attract female partners obsessed with
interior design?

I consider myself lucky, married for over 30 years, not once has she
moaned about any kit unless she didn't like the sound, she's a
functionalist like me and likes her home comfortable, welcoming and
interesting with plenty of toys. There are no twigs or stones in our house
thank God.

Depends on the size of his wad these days .. girlies seem to be
impressed only with how much he's got in the bank..

Yes, it does seem that way. Nearly all the really top looking women go for
men with money and/or power no matter how ugly,short,old they are. Now if
I'd have realized that whilst I was at school... I was brought up to
believe women were all about love and romance and relationships

Ho....bloody ho!...

and some
maybe but for most it seems to be cash.

Thats it today!..

And prolly has been for a long-time...

Cheers,

Bob.


--
Tony Sayer