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<blockquote data-quote="newusername" data-source="post: 4744666" data-attributes="member: 562064">If people don&#039;t understand what Thiele/Small parameters are and what they mean, then that is their own fault.&nbsp; At the absolute very least, T/S parameters published by the manufacturer mean the end-user can measure their own drivers to verify the company maintains reasonable quality control.Of course, Thiele/Small parameters are much more useful than just that.&nbsp; If they weren&#039;t, then people like Nick wouldn&#039;t need to verify anything; they wouldn&#039;t need to set target parameters for their buildhouse to engineer and build to.&nbsp; Whether DD or RE or any company chooses to publish them or not is irrelevant.If anything, these companies should do a better job of explaining how T/S parameters may (or may not) be relevant to the customer rather than saying &quot;No, you&#039;re too dumb to know anything outside of what we tell you to do&quot;.&nbsp; I realize this is not Nick&#039;s intended message, but it is the implication of anyone who takes such an approach.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="newusername, post: 4744666, member: 562064"] If people don't understand what Thiele/Small parameters are and what they mean, then that is their own fault. At the absolute very least, T/S parameters published by the manufacturer mean the end-user can measure their own drivers to verify the company maintains reasonable quality control. Of course, Thiele/Small parameters are much more useful than just that. If they weren't, then people like Nick wouldn't need to verify anything; they wouldn't need to set target parameters for their buildhouse to engineer and build to. Whether DD or RE or any company chooses to publish them or not is irrelevant. If anything, these companies should do a better job of explaining how T/S parameters may (or may not) be relevant to the customer rather than saying "No, you're too dumb to know anything outside of what we tell you to do". I realize this is not Nick's intended message, but it is the implication of anyone who takes such an approach. [/QUOTE]

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