[size=medium]Well the last couple of pages have certainly been entertaining.[/size]
[size=medium]I don't know what has happened to manufacturing process, but looking at tupac's chart is a little disconcerting - but nothing to get too worried about...I think. Although, Mython makes some valid comments. I was actually going to buy a pair of SE5s some 18 months ago, but I was unsure if my ears would take them. I sent pictures of the impressions that I had taken but unfortunately that wasn't enough. Eventually, we stalled and I never went ahead.[/size]
[size=medium]From what is said about the process, whether Gregorz has made changes or not, then if people are asking questions of concern in general then maybe he should answer them. We are the customers at the end of the day and just as manufacturing processes change, so we should be told of the affective consequences - if any.[/size]
[size=medium]However, I think Mython has probably hit the nail on the head talking about phase alignment - the 5-way has got to be a royal pain to get right in this regard. But in commenting that the science is not yet understood, I have to disagree. The science is so well understood that the problem is actually more personified, if not of a patented nature. If we all could use a universal car, house, tv, hi-fi or whatever, then life would be so simple for manufacturers; albeit boring. The point is that we all have different tastes and requirements and as such, manufacturers have to second guess what the common ground is. As such, manufacturers can only guess as to the environments that their speakers are placed within (to quote the science) our personal tastes and the genres that we do and not listen to. We're all percentiles on a Gaussian curve at the end of the day in this respect.[/size]
[size=medium]Moving back to (C)IEMs, one of the biggest problems to overcome with the multi-way is that of phase alignment. We're seeing manufacturers trying to overcome this with active crossovers and DSP. The biggest barrier to cross will be to accomplish this consistently with passive crossovers. I don't think that the technology is too far away, it just needs to be fine tuned - and maybe some licensing(?) Similarly, just as people are adverse to sharing a typical frequency response plot of their (C)IEMs, it could well be that their phase alignment is so far out the window to validate such a plot. This may not be the case, but I do have to wonder.[/size]
[size=medium]My two cents from a prospective future buyer.[/size]
they do not stay in actually...will send them back and keep you updated
