I think its important to note that I was not contacted directly about any of these alleged distortion issues, I was just sent through a 3rd party snippets of (highly improbable) information as it was apparently being discussed in Korean forums.I believe that to affect the system, one needs a stiffer spring to raise the resonant frequency.
So it needs a thicker/stiffer basket, or a some other mechanism to either lower the excursion, which generally also raises the resonant frequency.
(But it possibly could lower the amplitude at the front, which what we generally want to have happen.)
I believe that it is not totally out of the question that shipping vibrations would be way more than years sitting in a room.
There is also humidity and temperature, and wood sweeling and shrinking that could affect how the driver is couple to the front of the box.
So it could be random with “god knows what” (GKW) the shippers are doing”, and GKW is happening with the wood in the between assembly and where it ends up. Even in some harsh climates, it is common to run humidifiers in the winter to prevent the wood in older homes cracking.
So a bit of shipping and a bit of wood movement could add together if one was unlucky… But that is totally a guess at what might be possible.
There is probably more possibilities, but I can only think to an elementary level.
The owner eventually contacted me and we agreed he would fix the binding post air leak himself and I compensated him for that. At no point was I asked if the speakers should be returned under warranty for examination or repair. As far as I was, and still am aware, the owner is happy with the solution/outcome.
We then, some time later, get this Nuyes guy making all sorts of claims on Audio Science Review, including lies about the cabling.
So whilst its not beyond the realms of possibility something got damaged/changed in transit, we know this guy hasnt told the truth, hasnt been in contact with me to discuss it, and has subsequently proven that he doesnt have the necessary technical knowledge to be playing around in this discipline.
So as far as Im concerned he is also not telling the truth when he says he dint mess around with or disassemble the speaker.
We have had speakers shipped all over the world. One pair has been to Denmark, to Germany, back to Denmark, back to Melbourne (where it was considered one of the best sounds at the HiFi show), back to here in Albany and its currently being reviewed in Sydney at Australian HiFi. We have already had great feedback on that BTW. No problems showing up.
A stiffer spring will indeed raise the resonant frequency, however that could just put it in a different place.
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