Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
I think the point might be, Andrew, that Strad's violin was hand-built by him using bespoke materials, and 'voiced' by ear. And it sounds both superb and unique for it, potentially just like loudspeakers can, without the aid of computers

Marco.
Yes, but with a loudspeaker you are trying to combine the sound of two or more drivers that are vertically separated (unless It's a coax type speaker) at a certain listening distance and height. A violin only has to sound like a violin, It doesn't have to reproduce a signal as accurately as possible. I can't see how you can compare one to the other.