Why evaluating the sound of a single speaker is essential

[ToppingSMSL]

Interesting thread on ASR started by well respected author Floyd Toole:

Why evaluating the sound of a single speaker is essential

Note from staff: this content was move from another thread for better overall access and organization… A forum member has just alerted me to this discussion, and my name is being circulated, so I have decided to add some clarification. The topic of sound quality is of fundamental importance...

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[GSV Ethics Gradient]

I've never done that, and have never been unhappy with what I've had. I reckon that 'advisable' might be less clickbaity than 'essential.'

 

[ToppingSMSL]

I've never done that, and have never been unhappy with what I've had. I reckon that 'advisable' might be less clickbaity than 'essential.'

He knows what he's talking about: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sound-Reproduction-Psychoacoustics-Loudspeakers-Engineering/dp/113892136X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1SOEWTJOWLVJ1&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.mJuaOrlbFORoVZTT0eoSiGGSVDsQtQ5JFwM-iTqW7kf6xhTp1to3JVXS3Vn_ek2o7x86vp38LDKtygv6qJBtaA.rZS5j1jhYGbph5PN6cACPPL48w0UYT-qgI3ZWQ--Kes&dib_tag=se&keywords=Floyd+Toole&qid=1751285837&sprefix=floyd+toole,aps,513&sr=8-1

Just because you've never done something doesn't mean you shouldn't.

 

[manicm]

Linn espoused this in the 80s. Times and technology have changed.

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

He knows what he's talking about: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sound-Reproduction-Psychoacoustics-Loudspeakers-Engineering/dp/113892136X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1SOEWTJOWLVJ1&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.mJuaOrlbFORoVZTT0eoSiGGSVDsQtQ5JFwM-iTqW7kf6xhTp1to3JVXS3Vn_ek2o7x86vp38LDKtygv6qJBtaA.rZS5j1jhYGbph5PN6cACPPL48w0UYT-qgI3ZWQ--Kes&dib_tag=se&keywords=Floyd+Toole&qid=1751285837&sprefix=floyd+toole,aps,513&sr=8-1

Just because you've never done something doesn't mean you shouldn't.

I didn't say you shouldn't - I said that 'essential' is probably over-egging the pud.