dave weil wrote:

On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 19:31:02 GMT, Joseph Oberlander
wrote:


Either that, or since he shipped stands - um - why NOT go for the real deal
and make a tower speaker? Plenty of room there, and no stands required.
Since his speakers require a stand, why not make an integrated stand
and use the volume to help the bass response? Nothing huge, mind you-
just the same dimmensions as his speaker is now, but 3 ft or so tall.


IOW, he should just make NHT clones, right?

Heh. Why not? As opposed to a too small to do music without a sub
2-way bookshelf like every other maker on the planet?

What's wrong with a NHT with a more reasonable shape like
sound dynamics? Ie - not ugly - flat in the front, but curved/angled
evenly and attractively in the back - kind of like NORH does(well, not
LIKE NORH does - lol - but a simmilar asthetic goal)

Add a nice ribbon tweeter - and suddenly, it's like no other speaker
marketed. Different geometry, ribbon tweeter, and a small package
that needs no stands.

OTOH, I see few 3-way bookshelf speakers. None with a non-rectangular
design and a ribbon tweeter. I smell niche.

Wood-grained, of course. All these light colors suck. People want
teak and mahogony colored as well.

I don't think this is going to go over real well...

Why not? It always seemed a bit silly to make a bookshelf with overly
large drivers and then all but require stands instead of making a smaller,
slimmer package that has its own built-in stand.

Take a look a the Tannoy MXm-3 towers. They aren't the best mini-towers
by a long shot, but they do have much better bass than the bookshelves.

I mentioned this as his speakers are very slim front-to-back and that
lends itself to a small tower design. The Tannoy R2 is a perfect example.
Small, attractive, and decent bass.

Also, if he wants to go the HT route, people will want larger main
front speakers.

Oh - his tweeter will be less glaring astheticaly in a larger cabinet.

The bigger cabinet will also improve the bass and likely the midrange
as well as it gives him lots of space to fine-tweak and work with
fillings, baffles, ports, and the like.

Lastly, the increased mass/wood veneer will make the price more justifiable
in people's minds - especially if it isn't a square box.

I'm not going to comment further at the moment except to say that the
next speaker that I will be comparing it with is the three way 8
incher Allison CD8. Draw your own conclusions - I'll wait until I
actually do the comparison.

okay