finkaudio
pfm Member
The hobby "research" (BTW I work in vibration, have an instrumentation and measuement systems background in the aero industry - my current employer works in areas of acoustics, AIV, FEA and so on) is only presented here to demonstrate some things which are, and of course not going on. Its not research in the sense you talk about.
This all started with the subject of microphony and the position of some that their equipment stands were effective at isolating vibration from the equipment. A cursory glance at the product suggested that it would be fairly ineffective at isolating vibration. A few measurements with CSI2130 and B&K Pulse demonstrated that this was indeed the case. The measurements also demonstrated that things like solid metal cones are not particularly good at isolating vibration either - not that I needed convincing of that, but some do.
I take on board your comments about the size of the audio industry, however is the research to develop well engineered product really that esoteric? I think the are where it does become a lot more challenging is psychoacoustics.
I also tend to share TonyLs position on this - namely that the foo merchants that pervade some of the audio market do nothing to help a shrinking industry.
I'm aware that you know about measurements....so the comment was not really in your direction. It was more about the coin thing on the stand that did not fall off.
And no, it's not esoteric to develop well engineered products. I have spent a lot more money on equipment and software than most other Audio companies on this planet just because of that reason.