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Re: To measure or not to measure (and what good is it anyway?) [message #25281 is a reply to message #25185]

Tue, 03 February 2009 22:17

Psychoacoustic
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Can absolute newcomers to DIY, with no experience in electronics, uneducated in acoustics- either formally nor self-taught, get too far ahead of themselves by considering testing their DIY speakers (bearing in mind the limitations presented in the article) or is it the next logical step?
At this crossroads right now. Mr Parham's article assists thinking on the subject by returning to the basics of the scientific method; experimentor bias, cross-test reliablity, does the test test what it intends to test, replicability, etc.
Does measuring the room fall under similar auspices? Can a 'layman' use (e.g.) a RS SPL meter, external soundcard and PC to gain accurate enough information to be practically useable?
Opinions seem to differ here.

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		To measure or not to measure (and what good is it anyway?) By: Wayne Parham on Fri, 03 December 2004 00:30
		Re: To measure or not to measure (and what good is it anyway?) By: harmony on Sat, 04 December 2004 13:18
		Re: To measure or not to measure (and what good is it anyway?) By: Wayne Parham on Sat, 04 December 2004 13:33
		Re: To measure or not to measure (and what good is it anyway?) By: Psychoacoustic on Tue, 03 February 2009 22:17
		Re: To measure or not to measure (and what good is it anyway?) By: Wayne Parham on Wed, 04 February 2009 22:28
		Re: To measure or not to measure (and what good is it anyway?) By: jazzlover on Fri, 08 October 2010 05:38
		Re: To measure or not to measure (and what good is it anyway?) By: Wayne Parham on Fri, 08 October 2010 10:54
		Re: To measure or not to measure (and what good is it anyway?) By: Adveser on Tue, 30 November 2010 15:49
		Re: To measure or not to measure (and what good is it anyway?) By: woodfree on Fri, 10 December 2010 02:41
		Re: To measure or not to measure (and what good is it anyway?) By: DJ Dave on Sat, 11 June 2011 14:01
		Re: To measure or not to measure (and what good is it anyway?) By: gofar99 on Sat, 16 July 2011 21:04
		Re: To measure or not to measure (and what good is it anyway?) By: Wayne Parham on Sat, 16 July 2011 23:32
		Re: To measure or not to measure (and what good is it anyway?) By: gofar99 on Sun, 17 July 2011 17:34
		Re: To measure or not to measure (and what good is it anyway?) By: Wayne Parham on Sun, 17 July 2011 23:00
		Re: To measure or not to measure (and what good is it anyway?) By: gofar99 on Mon, 18 July 2011 10:47
		Re: To measure or not to measure (and what good is it anyway?) By: Wayne Parham on Mon, 18 July 2011 14:16

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