What Makes a Speaker "Great" ?

Also, in speaking with a few speaker designers, you realize that they all come from it at different angles. One HATED the entire concept of bass reflex and blames it for setting back the industry decades, plus he thought that architectural culture had to be considered (Lots of concrete construction in Europe vs wood frame houses in USA and Canada = big differences in typical in home bass response). One could hear the sound of ALL different driver materials and postulated that great design is the way to deal with this (Cabinet shapes etc). Another thought that small frequency changes is where its all at and that should be the primary focus, along with phase coherency.

Obviously Raidho starts from a revolutionary planar mag tweeter that is ephemerally light and designed everything around that to approach the tweeter's level of performance.

Many ways to skin a cat and its good to know that most if not all are making good progress. I wish the industry players would consider keeping prices down a priority. In this Audio game, it appears to me that prices are zooming upwards much faster than inflation. Maybe the consumer base is shrinking too fast???
 
It is odd that nobody mentions the obvious incorrect design solutions we all can see by just looking at several Raidho models.
 
It is odd that nobody mentions the obvious incorrect design solutions we all can see by just looking at several Raidho models.

Chr.R,

I apologize if I misunderstood your intent by your post, but when I read it, somehow it appears to be slanderous and somehow I thought this type of commenting belongs in "other forums" but not here at the AS. Again, sorry if am misunderstanding what you are saying.
 
Which is?

C 4.1

Raidho-C4-03(2).jpg
 
I am still puzzled as to what the obvious incorrect design is!

Small front baffle? Multiple drivers in a 3 way config? Dual front firing port holes? What?
 
There is nothing wrong with the design or any of the other Raidho speakers. They may or may not be your "cup of tea" but they are not designed incorrectly.

The post above stating so, was just a rude comment, nothing more.
 
I am still puzzled as to what the obvious incorrect design is!

Small front baffle? Multiple drivers in a 3 way config? Dual front firing port holes? What?

:)
No design is incorrect my friend if it works.....
My late Aerial Acoustics model 6 had a front firing port and because of that it let me put it close to the back wall
and that is a plus to me
Maybe they don't need bigger baffles because they have something like Transmission line like Acoustic Zen.
But I respect your critic

:)
 
There is nothing wrong with the design or any of the other Raidho speakers. They may or may not be your "cup of tea" but they are not designed incorrectly.

The post above stating so, was just a rude comment, nothing more.

+1. One discussion (and I've had many), with Michael Børresen and you realize just how brilliant that guy is. I don't think he would allow his flagship speaker to be centered around an incorrect design.

I would like to know if he's even heard the Raidho speakers - especially the c4.1's. What speakers does he have that are so perfect?
 
There is nothing wrong with the design or any of the other Raidho speakers. They may or may not be your "cup of tea" but they are not designed incorrectly.

The post above stating so, was just a rude comment, nothing more.

With such good arguments and clearly lack knowledge, it is clearly not on this forum the right place to discuss design principles based on facts. I should know better, since it is unfortunately not the first time I experienced this.

Friendly maybe, but certainly not a forum with room for facts when it result in any criticism :(
 
With such good arguments and clearly lack knowledge, it is clearly not on this forum the right place to discuss design principles based on facts. I should know better, since it is unfortunately not the first time I experienced this.

Friendly maybe, but certainly not a forum with room for facts when it result in any criticism :(

Then enlighten us. You come out with unsupported statements and don't share your reasons. What are we to think?
 
:)
No design is incorrect my friend if it works.....
My late Aerial Acoustics model 6 had a front firing port and because of that it let me put it close to the back wall
and that is a plus to me
Maybe they don't need bigger baffles because they have something like Transmission line like Acoustic Zen.
But I respect your critic

:)
Not my critique. I am just trying to find out where the poster had a problem with the design.

To say so without elaborating is not cool.
Heck, I may choose to agree or disagree, but at least give me that chance!
 
With such good arguments and clearly lack knowledge, it is clearly not on this forum the right place to discuss design principles based on facts. I should know better, since it is unfortunately not the first time I experienced this.

Friendly maybe, but certainly not a forum with room for facts when it result in any criticism :(

I would enjoy an intelligent, open conversation about the specifics that detail the exact "incorrect design" that you referred to in your post. Without you mentioning exactly what the incorrect design issues were it is difficult to take your comment as nothing other than an insult. You just said that several Raidhos were designed incorrectly, with not one specific, just a statement, ie, "Black cars are designed improperly". ?????

My brief exposure to this forum has been nothing more than exemplary. I have observed everyone expressing their opinions and almost always explaining the reasoning behind their opinion or even disagreement to someone's idea or post. If comments are done in an appropriate manner I believe that this forum is all for expressing your opinions or even disagreements with someone else's opinion. It's just the way that you say it, that makes all the difference in the world. Have a GREAT DAY!!! :peace:
 
Chr. R. has been banned. Apologies for his homophobic comment. That will NOT be tolerated.
 
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