Aloha,
That Stradivarius thread got me thinking, which made me wanna read Stereophile, which lead me to Sam Tellig (who is great,) which made me think about the speakers he was talking about, which made me think of his coin mod, which made me wonder if he had the gumption to have tried it with those Opera Caruso speakers, or if he did, did he do it with Euro coins or Lira, which kept me on page 30 until something caught my eye and completed the circle: The Opera Caruso (as almost every other high end speaker on earth) is available in different finish options...cherry or silver lacquer.
Well, how come we never hear reviewers or consumers talk about one finish option sounding better than another on the same speaker?
Think about it, the speaker cabinet is acting (according to us audiophiles and the audiophile press) in such a way that placing coins, little crucibles, or other paraphenalia on it can "improve" the sound, but we never hear those same people talking about how the piano finish sounds better/lesser than the zebra wood or cherry finish on a given model.
Heck, us audiophiles have such tuned ears that we can hear the contribution of myrtlewood blocks near our components (and that the direction of the wood grain is sonically significant), but we can't hear a difference if the entire veneer of our speakers is made of different materials?
This is a radically under-explored avenue of sound reproduction!
We should have manufacturers/consumers/reviewers talking about how maybe a cherry finish gave a more lush midrange, but the oak finish contributed to greater low end control, etc...
If this is so, we will need reviews of each type of finish when we read about loudspeakers. Either that, or some people have alot of prevaricating to do!
Anyway, anybody here have any experience to share with how different finishes have affected the performance of the same model speaker?
Aloha,
That Stradivarius thread got me thinking, which made me wanna read Stereophile, which lead me to Sam Tellig (who is great,) which made me think about the speakers he was talking about, which made me think of his coin mod, which made me wonder if he had the gumption to have tried it with those Opera Caruso speakers, or if he did, did he do it with Euro coins or Lira, which kept me on page 30 until something caught my eye and completed the circle: The Opera Caruso (as almost every other high end speaker on earth) is available in different finish options...cherry or silver lacquer.
Well, how come we never hear reviewers or consumers talk about one finish option sounding better than another on the same speaker?
Think about it, the speaker cabinet is acting (according to us audiophiles and the audiophile press) in such a way that placing coins, little crucibles, or other paraphenalia on it can "improve" the sound, but we never hear those same people talking about how the piano finish sounds better/lesser than the zebra wood or cherry finish on a given model.
Heck, us audiophiles have such tuned ears that we can hear the contribution of myrtlewood blocks near our components (and that the direction of the wood grain is sonically significant), but we can't hear a difference if the entire veneer of our speakers is made of different materials?
This is a radically under-explored avenue of sound reproduction!
We should have manufacturers/consumers/reviewers talking about how maybe a cherry finish gave a more lush midrange, but the oak finish contributed to greater low end control, etc...
If this is so, we will need reviews of each type of finish when we read about loudspeakers. Either that, or some people have alot of prevaricating to do!
Anyway, anybody here have any experience to share with how different finishes have affected the performance of the same model speaker?