Andrew Jones on Speaker Design

In this Zoom meeting, Andrew Jones answered questions from SFAS members about a variety of topics. Andrew, Vice President of Engineering at ELAC, has addressed SFAS on numerous occasions. He previously has been a speaker engineer/designer for KEF, Infinity, TAD, and Pioneer.

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[odizcvw]

Thanks for sharing this. Great session with great questions. Wonderful to live in Toronto, Canada and still participate in these great SFAS events.

[supremeboy]

I just got whole set of Unify 2.0 (5 speakers) 2 days ago :D
After burning i started to really enjoy them. New refresh will cost a bit much but im sure they will be great

[labalo]

Andrew!! I love your thumbprints in my TADs!

[wa]

Thank you for this enlightening interview.

[tweakradje]

High light at 1:30:23 about speaker placement in your room. Btw now seperated from Elac what can we expect from you Andrew for the near future?

[joedeegan]

I am sold on concentric tweeter and midrange.

[mladia]

What did he say about toeing them in? Did he say never point them at your head?

[iliascharis]

What a nice seems to know what he is talking about....I never had high end system and speakers the first time I heard dipoles I shited my pants heard something similar

[Nightjar]

Omg guys. Laugh at his jokes. Andrew is a lovely funny guy, with a great sense of humor.

[zippymagee]

Paul McGowan says back wall as well. Has the same complaint it confuses people. I think I always say wall behind the speaker.

[cheerfulyc]

With regards on Andrew Jones's discussion on calibration and standard of an audio equipment (speaker), what then is the calibration standard for the rest of the recording equipment?!!! Playing music thru' a piece of audiophile equipment is also listening to music how it was first captured & created and there isn't an standard in the entire playout and recording end-to-end chains?!!! 🤷‍♀️

[joedeegan]

How do you think about Psycho-acoustics? Reproduced music is an illusion after all, so what tricks can the mind play with it? One thing I have noticed is when the recording engineer fools with the controls during a recording, it degrades the illusion. It seems once the mind accepts the illusion it does not like shifting illusions.

[zippymagee]

The trick to proving listening tests is to record them. To prevent people from dismissing certain products is to lie. Like in Andrew's case says it's two new Speaker designs. When it's actually cables.

[louiesipes]

Brilliant until Covid came in, Love Andrews designs.