Audible resonance data enables value engineering of cheap loudspeakers

Evidence

The evidence of audible resonances shown in Figures 5.4 and 5.5 should be performance criteria for the highest-quality loudspeakers. But they are useful data in designing loudspeakers at any price level, because they enable “value engineering”, i.e. providing maximum sound quality at the lowest price. Figure 2.7 illustrates the result: good-sounding loudspeakers at low prices, crowded together in the upper left-hand part of the distribution. Price alone is no assurance of high sound quality. — Toole, Floyd E, Sound reproduction- the acoustics and…, 508

Categorization

• SEED: Angle on loudspeaker price vs quality: audibility thresholds let makers spend where it matters, so cheap speakers can sound good — worth a piece.