2006-05-13, 12:34
the retail markup on drivers is insane. have a look at the diy speaker scene on google. it is possible to build enclosures with good quality drivers for far less than what you may think. there is some science to the design but its not too over the top and there are some predesigned kits requiring only basic assembly that are pretty cheap, but good too.
when audio is produced the sound engineer has reference drivers costing hundreds of thousands with all sorts of equilization and other studio effects to get the sound how the artist intended it. in my view, all thats needed to reproduce the original intent of the engineer is not to colour the sound with anything else but to reproduce it accurately.
acoustically the sound will be effected by the room and some people use equilizers for that, but to do it right you need a real time sound spectrum analysis tool and as i said when your at that point, youve spent so much money that a pro grade equilizer isnt a problem to afford.
when audio is produced the sound engineer has reference drivers costing hundreds of thousands with all sorts of equilization and other studio effects to get the sound how the artist intended it. in my view, all thats needed to reproduce the original intent of the engineer is not to colour the sound with anything else but to reproduce it accurately.
acoustically the sound will be effected by the room and some people use equilizers for that, but to do it right you need a real time sound spectrum analysis tool and as i said when your at that point, youve spent so much money that a pro grade equilizer isnt a problem to afford.
