User talk:Ron E
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[edit] Welcome to Wikipedia!
Alphax τεχ 14:42, 29 October 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Thiele/Small
Thank you for the great contributions on the Thiele/Small article! - Matias 15:21, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks for starting the descriptions area. Some time ago I was looking at another wiki somewhere and saw a list of descriptions, something which I thought might be useful to the less mathematically inclined than myself. I was glad to see someone start the section, as sometimes it is easier to edit than create.--Ron E 15:45, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] directivity deletions
You have deleted substantial material on driver directivity from the article loudspeaker. The edit summary mentions only NPOV. The deleted material discussed, without POV, a serious issue in loudspeaker design and performance. The inclusion of Bose was made as an illustration, not an endorsement. I do not agree that wholesale deletion is a reasonable response to the alleged NPOV. It is best to discuss, on the talk page, such large deletions before making them. ww 07:06, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
- I have just noted placement on the talk page of the deleted material. And that you have noted only name dropping. How would you propose to remedy the defect you see? ww 07:10, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
- The deficiency of the text I placed on the talk page is that it is unimportant detail, however interesting, and not a "serious issue" of any kind to anyone other than Bose or Walsh or Cabasse, or whatever other names were dropped. I think direct reflect and Coaxial, etc.. may deserve a mention as a design technique, but the history of it and Bose's papers etc should be in another article, IMO. Does understanding direct-reflect's origins help someone understand loudspeakers in general - or just one particular brand? This article needs to walk before it runs. There are so many major points we need to get right before we should worry about insignificant details. Honestly, in keeping with an encyclopedia article, the focus of this article should probably be further narrowed... BTW, the name-dropping comment was someone else's - but I removed the "!" so folks could see it. Thanks for the comment!--Ron E 03:16, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
- The conception of the ideal speaker being a point source bears directly on other designs which more or less closely approach a point source. for instance, there is good reason to believe that (in practice, impracticable) spherical enclosures are better than box enclosures. And this explains much otherwise inexplicable odd shapes in high fidelity enclosures. The attempt to achieve something akin to a point source is ongoing, though not widely used in practice. The manufacturers noted are some of those, each using a different approach. Even in an introductory article, this deserves mention. that you think it insignificant is at odds with a main and sustained design approach from some decades. And there is respectable academic support for the general approach. Hence my thought that you had excised too much, to the detriment of the article. ww 05:08, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
- The deficiency of the text I placed on the talk page is that it is unimportant detail, however interesting, and not a "serious issue" of any kind to anyone other than Bose or Walsh or Cabasse, or whatever other names were dropped. I think direct reflect and Coaxial, etc.. may deserve a mention as a design technique, but the history of it and Bose's papers etc should be in another article, IMO. Does understanding direct-reflect's origins help someone understand loudspeakers in general - or just one particular brand? This article needs to walk before it runs. There are so many major points we need to get right before we should worry about insignificant details. Honestly, in keeping with an encyclopedia article, the focus of this article should probably be further narrowed... BTW, the name-dropping comment was someone else's - but I removed the "!" so folks could see it. Thanks for the comment!--Ron E 03:16, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
