Xref: utzoo rec.audio:30213 comp.dsp:1478 Newsgroups: rec.audio,comp.dsp Path: utzoo!utgpu!cunews!wilf From: wilf@sce.carleton.ca (Wilf Leblanc) Subject: Re: Good speaker + DSP == perfect speaker? Message-ID: Sender: news@ccs.carleton.ca (news) Organization: Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada References: <1991Mar22.171203.8665@sco.COM> <1991Mar27.042821.14392@cinnet.com> Date: 27 Mar 91 16:10:04 GMT eric@cinnet.com (Eric Bardes) writes: >It is a nifty idea. Run enough DSP to counteract defects in the speaker >and room, BUT ... What about the response curve of the microphone? >[stuff deleted] One point that I haven't seen mentioned: Sure, the response might be great at the microphone, but horrible a couple of wavelengths away. Realistically, the DSP could counteract the (minor) defects in the speaker, but it may be difficult to counteract the room acoustics. Besides, do you really want to counteract the room acoustics ?? Don't we want to transform the room into a concert hall (or some such desirable place) ?? If we do all the DSP in the world to counteract the non-flat frequency response of the speaker and the room acoustics, it may end up sounding rather poor. -- Wilf LeBlanc, Carleton University, Systems & Comp. Eng. Ottawa, Canada, K1S 5B6 Internet: wilf@sce.carleton.ca UUCP: ...!uunet!mitel!cunews!sce!wilf Oh, cruel fate! Why do you mock me so! (H. Simpson)