Notable very small loudspeaker companies (other than Tekton!)
Let's give a shout-out to those very small speaker companies that make excellent products. I'm thinking of true one-man operations (owner-designer-maker) as well as very small ones (owner-designer + a very few employees).
My nominees: Ryan, Prana, Philharmonic, Fritz, Watkins, Vaughn, Chapman, even Daedalus, Salk, Selah.
Who else belongs in this list?
How do they manage to compete with the "big boys", in quality if not in quantity?
I took a look at the Kyron brand,as mentioned earlier,and their Kronos looks bad to the bone.If you are interested in a Open Baffle speaker, http://www.kyronaudio.com.au/kronos.html Enjoy, Kenny. |
My top two have already been mentioned, but a hearty "2nd" to Danny Richie at GR Research (for DIY’ers), along with Brian Ding at Rythmik Audio, co-designers of the best OB/Dipole subwoofer in the world, and Bruce Thigpen at Eminent Technology, whose TRW-17 Rotary Subwoofer is one of the true innovative and breakthrough loudspeaker designs of the past 50 years. His LFT-8b Magnetic-Planar Loudspeaker and ET-2.5 Air-Bearing Linear-Tracking Tone Arm pretty good, too ;-). A genius? Name me one other company owner who has designed and built a SOTA arm, subwoofer, and loudspeaker (ever heard the LFT-6?). Arnie Nudell? I don’t believe it was he who designed the Infinity Black Widow arm. Pretty good ;-) speaker designer, though. |
