I alluded to this in the first post on the thread, and it's worthwhile "defining" it a bit more.

Everybody would have a gut understanding as to what I mean, but what actually is it, and how do I measure it, to assess whether I've achieved it? There are the people who live and die by the conventional audio measurement yardsticks, and then there are the others who feel that these animals leave a lot to be desired. Again, look at the activity on the "Sound Quality Vs. Measurements" thread ...

Well, I'm pretty obviously in the latter camp, the standard numbers that an AP setup will pop up will mean very little, and since my project includes speakers the nightmare of getting meaningful distortion figures for the full path of the sound exists. So, I'll use the next best thing, my ears.

To make life easy here, I'll use a pretty accessible test object: the acoustic piano. We have one of those beasts in the listening area, my wife plays,...

By tnargs:

[QUOTE]I was assuming we were going to take something like a Behringer 2031A (2 way, 8", active, affordable) and see what tweaks are on the table.[/QUOTE]Most perceptive ...

[QUOTE]Whenever I see a measured FR of a Behringer it looks nice and smooth and flat, off axis too, so it seems a decent start.[/QUOTE]Exactly so.

[QUOTE]Although Lynno's post is true enough, I thought we would be keeping the drivers and looking at any gains from astute use of felt or resin (on or around the cone/dome), replacement of dust cap, stiffening or dampening the pressed steel driver frame... what else?[/QUOTE]Possibly will improve the frame in some such fashion; and look at stronger coupling of the whole driver assembly to the carcase such that vibration is transferred in the most direct path to the surface the monitor is sitting on.

But these things will be only addressed after the electronics are sorted out, and I see how well the driver...

The project will proceed, exactly as stated in the earlier posts. Just a shame people couldn't help injecting unhelpful comments, and I was provoked into responding. Ahhh, well ...

So, now some peace and quiet! Hopefully at least a few will find something of benefit in what I relate here, and my methods may resonate with some.

Anyway, may all enjoy good listening, no matter what!

Cheers,
Frank

Postscript: Hah! Dumb me, I didn't spot this earlier: [url]https://www.diyaudio.com/forums/blogs/janneman/297-dont-such-scientist.html[/url]. Some excellent thoughts and comments ...