Speaker cabinet construction..

I just had a discussion about "white papers" with my wife. In her case, it was white papers in the nursing profession.

In my experience (and I was a career technical writer for three decades), white papers are propaganda with scholarly affectations. They are not, nor are they intended to be, objective. They are there to sell a point of view. In the case of audio, computer, and most technology-based products, it's to sell the vendor's design theory (especially if it's been patented) as superior to the competition, with an air of academia.

That doesn't mean the presentation is dishonest or untrue, but it is highly selective in the facts and subjective in the point of view.

After I finish reading white papers...they are used in an envirnoment more sutable for their purposes.

Not sure this can truly be considered a white paper as it was originally penned on parchment.

Es347,

I missed your reply until today. You make a good point. Actually I have no axe to grind with VSA but, as you point out, perhaps I am overly distrustful of most technical claims made by audio manufacturers...especially given that most designers concentrate on aesthetics first and foremost.

Shadorne,

Being a retired EE and putzing around with this hobby for over 40 years, no one is more skeptical than I am....trust me...so believe me when I tell you that Albert Von Schweikert, the "mad scientist", would NEVER put form above function. All you need to do is look at some of his previous speaker designs....zero WAF. His current designs are aesthetically pleasing to be sure but I wouldn't bet huge sums of money that he had a lot to do with the VSA aesthetics evolution. All the VSA speakers make great music regardless of price point, and tend to outperform speakers costing magnitudes more. That's my story and I'm sticking with it... :-)