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In Reply to: I'll try to explain myself one more time. posted by Al Sekela on February 4, 2009 at 13:56:34:
"but the result of building them yourself as opposed to buying the products of a factory."
For the last time, Al, I got it and I reject this as being a tweak in any way, shape or form for the reasons I gave above and the definition of a tweak: that being something that seems to change the sound without any hard evidence the signal our soundwaves changed. A speaker obviously doesn't meet that definition as it clearly and measurably changes the sound.
"There are a lot of people who modify their factory-made speakers by making minor improvements to the cabinets, etc., without changing the components or basic design."
Wrong, coating the cones with C37, adding or subtracting damping, or adding resonators to a speaker does often change the basic design or at least the intent of the designer. However; as I pointed out, my speakers use off-the-shelf, unmodified parts in a design that is my own (especially the radiation pattern concept), with measurements to insure that what I did is what I wanted to do. People who mod their speakers, without really looking to see what they did to the sound before and after are tweaking, not designing.
"How can you distinguish DIY from tweaked speakers without straining the meaning of the word?"
Sorry Al, it is you who is stretching the word tweak beyond all boundaries I would have dreamed possible. Why don't we just call all speaker builders tweakers who don't hold an advanced degree in mechanical engineering, whether commercial or not and be done with it?? Are you telling me that your definition between a loudspeaker is whether or not its a commercial product??? Get real,, I bet 90% of those so called "professional" speakers are designed by non-engineers who have learned by trial and error. Are those tweaks too?? I will restate, NO loudspeaker that actually makes sound is a tweak...it may be crap but its not a tweak.
Does it make any difference that I hold a Ph.D. in Analytical chemistry but have designed and built a very sophisticated scientific analytical instrument that is now a commercial product (TSI model 3800 mass spectrometer)? I did much of the mechanical and electrical engineering on that project (as well as cad and actual machining of parts...very little was off-the-shelf). Maybe it doesn't but I know that I have done a hell of a lot more advanced designing and building of complex electro-mechanical systems than a lot of the so-called "professional" loudspeaker builders. In fact, until this economic downturn, I had all lined up a professional woodworking shop to build my cabinets for a commercial version of my speaker.
"You've lumped improvements with humbugs together into a single category that you call 'tweaks' and you will not entertain that there might be a difference. "
No I haven't, you have tried to paint me in that box and went so far as to place DIY loudspeakers there as well! I told you my tweak definition very early on, Al, try remembering it.
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