Electrostatic Loudspeaker Attributes, the Mythic and the Mythical
Every company making electrostatics has its own approach, so each design in this category is a mixed bag of attributes -- mostly positive, some negative, and rarely indifferent.
To begin with, and probably why you’re interested in electrostatics, all offer exceptional clarity, immediacy, smoothness, low distortion, and transparency, especially in the midrange and treble. Various criticisms, however, have accumulated over the decades, spread out among a number of makers, past and present.
Side-stepping the Side Wall Issue
Room treatment can be a controversial subject in most homes, at least from an aesthetic viewpoint. What might you do that's likely to be simpatico with your final arbiter of home decor?
Room Correction: Benefits and Pitfalls
David Janszen writes about the side effects and pitfalls of room correction