...Don Naples' speakers were designed by Siegfried Linkwitz, who like Amir, emphasizes having fun with audio. I never met the man, even though he was only a few years older than me - and like me - lived all of his adult life in Northern California. His website contains a wealth of information on his life, career, and involvement in the science of audio.
Unfortunately, it also contains a statement that Linkwitz is curently suffering from Stage 4 prostate cancer and in hospice care.
Here is a
LINK to a July 18, 2018 Analog Planet post by Michael Fremer about his interview spring, 2017 with Linkwitz. As much as we joke about the unconventional LX Mini PVC pipe speakers, I wish I could have had an opportunity to listen to them, because they were designed and refined using real science. LInkwitz' work was indeed science based, and his website [
LINK] is packed with interesting information. I find it fascinating and worth reading. I didn't get into the details, but Linkwitz seemed to be in the school of thought that MP3's couldn't possibly sound good, and like ASR, there is a juxtaposition of subjective and objective ideas and beliefs.