John Matheson wrote:

Linkwitz is entititled to his opinion and to publishing it - having it and
publishing it just doesn't make those opinions any righter.

Have you ever considered writing to Linkwitz with your concerns?
His website lists his e-mail address and he does respond to
questions. Perhaps if you were to discuss his choice of drivers
with him, you might discern why he made the choices he did.
Together you might also come up with possible improvements
or even a completely new design.

I am far too humble to think I could design an accurate loudspeaker.

But you're not too humble to speak harshly of what I, and many other
people consider to be a very good sounding design. But since you've
made the point of dumping all over the Orions, you should tell us
what it is you listen to at home.

Tell us about the room you have your system in. Do you
use acoustic room treatments such as tube traps?

Is your own system one you consider to be "accurate"?

How much money do you have invested in your system?

Why did you choose the components you have?

Are you someone with budgetary restrictions?

How did they play into your choices?

You posted a reply to my admittedly churlish reply to your original post,
but are you interested in the basis of the four claims I made about the
Orions performance? I think the four claims are (relatively) easily
demonstrable and irrefutable (excepting for an over-riding bias on the
part of the reader - truth like beauty may be in the eye, or ear, of the
beholder), but since you did not ask I have not attempted to address them
here.

There is never a need to be "churlish" in a discussion. Certainly not
when you are first introducing yourself. First impressions are typically
lasting ones. Acting "churlish" never helps to bring credibility to your
claims.

One of the reasons I made my original post was to suggest that the Orions
sounded as good as the best systems I'd heard at CES. I admit that I
saw only a fraction of what was there, but it was still a pretty good
sample. The Orions are a real bargin compared to the very fine systems
I heard at CES. I have about $4000 invested in the package consisting
of the Orion drivers, speaker enclosures, crossover and power amplification.
Compared to $27,000, $100,000 or $165,000, the prices for the three
systems I referenced, $4000 looks pretty good.

Audio engineering, like so many other types of engineering, is often about
designing within constraints and/or making compromises. The most visible
constraint for most of us is budget. I'd like to suggest that whatever
sound system design you present, that costs be part of that description.

I wouldn't be reading this forum if I weren't interested in learning
more. So please enlighten us.

Russ Button