Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ut-sally.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!gatech!ut-sally!crandell From: crandell@ut-sally.UUCP (Jim Crandell) Newsgroups: net.audio Subject: Re: The physics of good sound a Bose speakers Message-ID: <1542@ut-sally.UUCP> Date: Tue, 9-Apr-85 21:09:44 EST Article-I.D.: ut-sally.1542 Posted: Tue Apr 9 21:09:44 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 10-Apr-85 23:39:19 EST References: <2407@drutx.UUCP> <461@umd5.UUCP> Organization: U. Texas CS Dept., Austin, Texas Lines: 14 > A wavelength shorter than the speaker's effective 10 inch diameter is the > speaker's physical limitation you say? > OK, Let us calculate the wavelength of a 20kHz wave for starters -- > (300,000 km per second) divided by (frequency in kHz) = 15,000 meters > This is approximately 9.32 MILES. I'm sorry that I've never visited the planet where you live, and I'm not absolutely sure I really want to, but I really would like to see some of the musical instruments you use. Or do you measure audio frequencies in GHz there? -- Jim Crandell, C. S. Dept., The University of Texas at Austin {ihnp4,seismo,ctvax}!ut-sally!crandell