Time aligned speakers a niche'? Perhaps, but I'm not so sure. While not many manufacturers apply the principles, most of the few that do or did, achieved lasting high end critical acclaim, and significant high end market success. Sadly a couple of the most successful proponents passed away, leaving voids that have yet to find replacements with the necessary skills.
Tech That Flopped!
Every few months someone releases technology that seems to be revolutionary, but goes nowhere a couple of years later. Some tech gets acceptance and even imitation. Some goes wildly successful.
Ideas that are a huge success:
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Ideas that are a huge success:
- Acoustic suspension
- Bass Reflex
- Soft dome tweeters
- Perfectly time aligned speakers ilke Thiel/Vandersteen
- ESL
- Line Arrays
- Plasma tweeters
- Transmission line
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