[Gary Eickmeier]

"Sonnova" wrote in message
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I would think that an accurate loudspeaker would be one which faithfully
reproduces the waveform with which it is fed. The extent to which any
loudspeaker accomplishes that goal is a measure of its accuracy.

Something for you all to chew on for a few minutes:

Suppose we want to reproduce a piano. Sonnova's "accurate" speaker measures
perfectly at 1 meter - frequency response, phase response, loudness,
dynamics, everything razor perfect.

Now, what is the radiation pattern of this "perfect" speaker? If you
recorded the piano with a "perfect" microphone (or microphones in stereo),
then played that back through a highly directional speaker or speakers,
would it sound the same as the live piano?

What is the most "accurate" radiation pattern?

Gary Eickmeier