Steven Kephart
02-01-2006, 01:23 AM
I love it when I see what I like to call "Redundant Advertising" used to sell products. This is when you hear claims like "No other product on the market could XXXXXXXX better than our wonder product (as in they worked the same)." In fact I'm still waiting for a bottled water company to claim that their water uses the purest "di-hydro monoxide" available. Of course they would leave out the fact that this isn't any different than their competitions product. :wink:
Well, while browsing a certain speaker manufacturers site, I found something similar and thought I would share just for the laugh. Here's what I read:
"FLEX Excursion Spider Design
Our new [subwoofer model number] suspension system is more compliant than similar competitor designs with less mass allowing the driver to move further with less power input meaning you can get more output with less wattage. Less power and more output."
Wow, that MUST make it the best. Of course, as usual, the whole truth of the matter is not made known to the unsuspecting public, and that is the consequences of that design choice used in the speaker. Generally using that design will effect the enclosure size (requiring a larger enclosure for a given alignment) and/or effect the low frequency extention. Physics guarantees you can't have something for nothing.
As an adition to this thread (since there is no off-topic section on this forum), please feel free to share any other "Redundant Advertising" you have seen in the consumer market. They are always fun to hear about.
Well, while browsing a certain speaker manufacturers site, I found something similar and thought I would share just for the laugh. Here's what I read:
"FLEX Excursion Spider Design
Our new [subwoofer model number] suspension system is more compliant than similar competitor designs with less mass allowing the driver to move further with less power input meaning you can get more output with less wattage. Less power and more output."
Wow, that MUST make it the best. Of course, as usual, the whole truth of the matter is not made known to the unsuspecting public, and that is the consequences of that design choice used in the speaker. Generally using that design will effect the enclosure size (requiring a larger enclosure for a given alignment) and/or effect the low frequency extention. Physics guarantees you can't have something for nothing.
As an adition to this thread (since there is no off-topic section on this forum), please feel free to share any other "Redundant Advertising" you have seen in the consumer market. They are always fun to hear about.