Editing Introduction to a Self Managed Life: a 13 hour & 28 minute presentation by FUTO software (section)

==== Minimal cabinet resonances &amp; diffraction off the bezel. ====

These speakers cost $1100 used when I got them, and under $900 were available with minor crossover issues. I like these for a very good reason; exceptional engineering with little/no attention put to marketing or looks. True function over form.

They have great frequency response AND phase response. Further, their shape avoids baffle diffraction &amp; cabinet resonances.

Do this - put your hands by your mouth and cup them. That weird boxy sound you get? That’s what it’s like when you have a speaker that’s a giant box. It’s why your television sounds like garbage.

When you look at these Vandersteens, you notice that even though it looks like a big speaker, the top part is actually just a pole. It’s nothing in there - it’s almost completely hollow besides the bass cabinet. Minimal baffle, minimal diffraction. When there’s diffraction that means you’re listening to the noise from the speaker driver PLUS the reflections off the cabinet that are milliseconds apart.

When you get used to hearing speakers that have minimal cabinet resonances and baffle diffraction, it’s really hard to go back to speakers that do. Everything else sounds like a speaker; this sounds real.

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