[sdiy] DIY help needed

[Scott Evans, Gen Mgr]

harry bissell wrote:
> 
> OTOH : I designed speakers for my Band... using actual
> DAT recordings as the source. For a month I tried to
> get a good flat sound... like my EV System 200
> Monitors. Then... a lucky accident. I accidently made
> a tweeter peak SHARPLY at 10KHz (about an 8db rise...)
> and got "the sound".  I guess EV did NOT attempt to
> make the speakers flat... they tried to make them
> sound
> GOOD in an actual listening test. Maybe you would buy
> their speaker because the cymbals sound just 'that'
> much better...
> 

This is actually a typical practice in the consumer level audio speaker.
Peaking the response in the 10-12khz range gives the speaker a
"presence" that an untrained listener usually mistakes for high
fidelity.

Sells alot of speakers, though.

Scott