From: shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com   
      
   Somewhere on teh intarwebs Trevor wrote:   
   > "~misfit~"  wrote in message   
   > news:l0j4v4$aoq$1@dont-email.me...   
   >> Somewhere on teh intarwebs Trevor wrote:   
   >>> "~misfit~"  wrote in message   
   >>> news:kveshm$139$1@dont-email.me...   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Yep, I've made a few boxes (and have the software to prove it -   
   >>>> these days) so know all about TS params. However, as I alluded to   
   >>>> in my other post - I've seen "10 inch" drivers (for instance) with   
   >>>> cones that vary by around two inches in diameter. As most   
   >>>> speaker-buyers will never need to know what size a replacement   
   >>>> driver will need to be it could potentially be very misleading.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I mean, if your average punter is looking to buy speakers and it's   
   >>>> a toss-up between two different brands, both 3-way with a "10 inch"   
   >>>> woofer (which vary by the afore-mentioned 2" or thereabouts) said   
   >>>> punter might not know that in fact one woofer has 30% more cone   
   >>>> area than the other. After all they're both 10" right?   
   >>>   
   >>> Frankly it's irrelevant. You can buy a box with a 10" driver for   
   >>> $100 or one with an 8" driver for $10,000. No-one in their right   
   >>> mind would think the $100 box is better because it has a bigger   
   >>> driver.   
   >>   
   >> So you'd be happy to buy cars defined by their wheel base (rather   
   >> than what that wheel base contains) then huh?   
   >   
   > How the hell did you get that? Pretty much the opposite of what I   
   > just said above!   
   > Just like speakers, car quality/performance/price has *NO* direct   
   > relationship with size. However a 6'6" person might well take into   
   > consideration leg room, and two identical wheelbase cars may still   
   > differ greatly in front or rear legroom.   
   > I guess you failed logical reasoning at school, and certainly never   
   > made the debate club :-)   
      
   I certainly never did - although I have no trouble with logic.   
      
   I have much better things to do with my life than spend precious time that   
   I'l never get back defending an off-the-cuff remark to someone who obviously   
   lives to argue.    
      
   Enjoy your life of conflict. My grasp of logic tells me I've wasted enough   
   time on this tangent.   
   --   
   /Shaun.   
      
   "Humans will have advanced a long, long, way when religious belief has a   
   cozy little classification in the DSM."   
   David Melville (in r.a.s.f1)   
   [Sent from my OrbitalT ocular implant interface.]   
      
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