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Audio Clubs - Charlotte, NC, Lake Norman Area, Mooresville, NC
I’m on Lake Wylie (southwest Charlotte).  
Audio Clubs - Charlotte, NC, Lake Norman Area, Mooresville, NC
I haven’t been able to find many audio enthusiasts in the Charlotte area. We moved here from the northeast about ten years ago. There are many audio enthusiasts there.  I have a dedicated audio room and enjoy sharing a few tunes with audio enthusi... 
Do larger planar speakers produce more accurate sound?
Disclosure: Speaker designer (planars too) and Manufacturer. The OP's question is: Do larger planar speakers produce more accurate sound? The challenge of answering the question is that "accurate sound" is not well defined. If he is asking about... 
American Made Audio Products
Full disclosure - Speaker designer-manufacturer I like to believe that most manufactures try to be honest with their Made in USA claims. There are government guidelines in some cases. In some cases US made parts at competitive prices don't exist ... 
Speakers: Anything really new under the sun?
Jaybird, We are located in Charlotte and welcome everyone to stop by for a listen. You don't have to be in the market for new speakers to stop by. We enjoy meeting people and making new acquaintances. Capital Audiofest outside of DC   capitalaudi... 
Speakers: Anything really new under the sun?
Full disclosure - Speaker designer / manufacturer There are advances in materials all the time. Manufacturing process improvements help companies build products that are more consistent. Competition helps keep the costs down. Speaker technology k... 
Audio Clubs - Charlotte, NC, Lake Norman Area, Mooresville, NC
If anyone is interested in getting together for a listening session and some audio chat let me know. I can comfortably accommodate 6 to 8 people. Just music, no politics. Mike  
Which Tweeter preferred- dome natural material, Beryllium/Metal or Planar Ribbon? Why?
Designer and manufacture of Arion Apollo (AMT) speakers. JD, We will be exhibiting at the Pacific Audio Fest show this year in late July. We also plan on being at the Capital Audio Fest show this year. We will likely show Apollo 9 speakers at th... 
Which Tweeter preferred- dome natural material, Beryllium/Metal or Planar Ribbon? Why?
Don't be sad. We plan on exhibiting at a west coast show soon. Mike  
Which Tweeter preferred- dome natural material, Beryllium/Metal or Planar Ribbon? Why?
Designer and manufacture of Arion Apollo speakers. Thanks Eric. I do get the impression that Audiogon can be unfriendly to manufacturers so I usually stay away even though we pay quite a bit to advertise on this site. We always welcome visitors ... 
Which Tweeter preferred- dome natural material, Beryllium/Metal or Planar Ribbon? Why?
Designer and manufacture of Arion Apollo speakers. Hey asvjerry, I applaud your enthusiasm for AMT drivers. The Apollos are dipoles. The $30K includes two towers, two woofer modules, woofer amplification and a Trinnov ST2 processor. We build our... 
Audio Clubs - Charlotte, NC, Lake Norman Area, Mooresville, NC
What?  
Audio Clubs - Charlotte, NC, Lake Norman Area, Mooresville, NC
Paul, who organizes Carolina Audio Society, got back to me with the latest news about CAS. CAS is still active and hopes to resume scheduled listening sessions as soon as March, as long as Covid keeps trending downward. He will be sending an email... 
Audio Clubs - Charlotte, NC, Lake Norman Area, Mooresville, NC
I just reached out to Paul who organizes Carolina Audio Society. I will post his response when received. In the interim, I am open to having a small group here for some tunes and talk. Mike  
A friend told me JBL DD67000 is actually very bad speaker, is it true?
"STRINGREEN wrote: Actually, the big JBL is a wonderful speaker.....VPI uses it for the definitive test for their highest end turntables. For the record, Harry Weissfeld, the VPI founder, loves our Bob Carver Amazing Line Source speakers so much...