In that sense the room is part of the transducer itself, yes, as the speaker cabinet supports the speaker driver, so do the walls and room size. Think of them as a system.
Pretty much, and I don’t think my stylish cardboard and wood-shavings condo is going to make expensive Totem Acoustic speakers sound their best… I had a pair of affordable Paradigm floor-standing speakers, but everything sounded hollow. They sounded great in the store, that happened to be a field-stone and timber construction with corner room treatments, etc
In my dry-wall and toothpick chamber, the sound just bounces around randomly. So then I got rid of the big speakers and got tiny QUAD ones, and that’s all I need. I can of course tell the difference from a premium setup, but I can’t afford a nice home.
I can also tell Angus steak from grocery-store all-beef hot dogs, but … money.
In that sense the room is part of the transducer itself, yes, as the speaker cabinet supports the speaker driver, so do the walls and room size. Think of them as a system.
Pretty much, and I don’t think my stylish cardboard and wood-shavings condo is going to make expensive Totem Acoustic speakers sound their best… I had a pair of affordable Paradigm floor-standing speakers, but everything sounded hollow. They sounded great in the store, that happened to be a field-stone and timber construction with corner room treatments, etc
In my dry-wall and toothpick chamber, the sound just bounces around randomly. So then I got rid of the big speakers and got tiny QUAD ones, and that’s all I need. I can of course tell the difference from a premium setup, but I can’t afford a nice home.
I can also tell Angus steak from grocery-store all-beef hot dogs, but … money.
Hot dogs it is.