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In Reply to: RE: Beauty vs.Performance..or Both posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on July 27, 2024 at 12:08:23
Hello,
It's interesting to look inside speakers, but I think magazines should avoid doing that during the review because while it might seem like fun to take off a driver and see what's behind, there's no guarantee you'll get it back right and have the speaker functioning as it should. You'd need to have proper test equipment and do a before and after if you do it, which most reviewers aren't equipped to do.
Furthermore, take out a driver and what you're most likely to see is a lot of damping material, which isn't too attractive at all. To get a real look, you'd have to pull it all out, but then you've really messed things up.
So, if manufacturers were to allow it, it kind of makes for a "destruction" exercise. What's more relevant is the sound of course, but also how it measures. Those are the priorities -- and not enough publications are measuring.
That said, to see a lot of speaker internals during construction, I invite you to look at many of our YouTube videos. We travel to a lot of companies to profile new products. Part of that is profiling is filming the insides of stuff.
Doug Schneider
SoundStage!
Follow Ups:
Hi Doug, thanks for the info.One way around taking the speaker apart is for the speaker on review to have provided pictures that are required to get your speaker reviewed. An issue or two ago had a McIntosh speaker system on review. There was a great illustration of all the components used including the inside.There was also a great picture of the crossover which clearly showed quality build and componantry. There were some other things I questioned,like the grill,frame?But the cards were all laid out on the table in that review.The inside of the Sonus Faber might be boring but if they don't show it they could be hiding or camouflaging something even though they have a reputation like Ferrari has in autos...thanks Doug...Mark Korda
Hi,
I agree -- there are often ways to get them. The problem is, many companies are actually so poor at taking pictures of their own products, they often have few of the outside and none of the inside. But some do.
Regarding Sonus faber, because you brought it up, that company doesn't hide anything. We were there in the spring shooting videos on their newest speakers and they gave us complete freedom to shoot anything -- and we did. You can see that in the video linked below.
Doug Schneider
SoundStage!
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