bdp24,
Nelson designed the "Ion Cloud" loudspeaker while at Threshold that put out a huge amount of ozone due to the ionized gas it used and took several kilowatts to get it to work. I've read it actually drove people from the room due to the ozone and caused power dips in the electrical grid due to the power draw but he said it was one of the best speakers he has heard!
He also designed a device called "The Shadow" which was an active bass trap. It had a microphone built into it that sampled the acoustics of the room and put out an inverse signal to a woofer that cancelled/mitigated the high pressure acoustic bass waves. Brilliant design that for the life of me didn't catch on.
I real interesting article about his early days can be found here for those interested - https://www.stereophile.com/interviews/1191pass/index.html
Nelson designed the "Ion Cloud" loudspeaker while at Threshold that put out a huge amount of ozone due to the ionized gas it used and took several kilowatts to get it to work. I've read it actually drove people from the room due to the ozone and caused power dips in the electrical grid due to the power draw but he said it was one of the best speakers he has heard!
He also designed a device called "The Shadow" which was an active bass trap. It had a microphone built into it that sampled the acoustics of the room and put out an inverse signal to a woofer that cancelled/mitigated the high pressure acoustic bass waves. Brilliant design that for the life of me didn't catch on.
I real interesting article about his early days can be found here for those interested - https://www.stereophile.com/interviews/1191pass/index.html