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PROFESSOR: I mean, we've only
got about 20 hours of class

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time, so I definitely can't do
a good, rigorous job explaining

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all of the science
behind how speakers work

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and how to design them.

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And so, unfortunately, it's got
to be a little bit like an MIT

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class, where, you know,
they teach very quickly,

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go over a lot of
things, and you can't--

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you definitely can't get
a deep understanding.

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So what I do is I
try and put hooks

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in everywhere for the
students to ask questions

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or go learn on their own.

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So for example, I'll
tell the students

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that I'm turning a
knob on the receiver,

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having them close their
eyes, play music--

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and instead of
turning a knob, I'll

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actually physically rotate
the speakers, and that changes

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the way that they sound.

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So that's basically a
way for the students

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to connect, in their heads, that
the things that you can adjust

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electronically, that affect
the way the system sounds,

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are very similar to physical
things like off axis response

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of the drivers.

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And so, you know,
I guess, that's

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just one of the
ways you can connect

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the theory into the
real world, and having

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this many chances for that,
I think, is a good thing.