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| Loudspeakers have we really made that much progress since the 1930s? One does have to take a financial risk when working with or bringing out new innovations could be a bit of corporate repression of design in favor of safe bets thus more profit? Could be that reproduction of sound for human use can only be effecti... | |
| Loudspeakers have we really made that much progress since the 1930s? Atmasphere Capacitors have existed in some form since the 1740s silver and gold are not advancements just evolution of early design. Your TAD drivers all based on early 1920s designs,the horn of the CAR is just a evolution of a 1940s design. OTL a... | |
| Loudspeakers have we really made that much progress since the 1930s? Rice and Kellogg, Harry Olson,John Hilliard, John Blackburn much of whats available today they invented in the 1920s-30s thus why I started the thread how much progress has really been made when the best of today is lucky to be as good as the ... | |
| Loudspeakers have we really made that much progress since the 1930s? inna house sized no shed sized yes if you want sub bass. Still if you look at how modern loudspeakers generate bass a large horn hitting 45hz without roll off at incredibly low distortion levels pretty much trumps the high excursion, massive powe... | |
| Loudspeakers have we really made that much progress since the 1930s? At home I run 3-4 systems while I do run modern loudspeakers many advanced for my own enjoyment I run horn systems. Most are combinations of old and new but when I can I try to experience the best of vintage stock. If I have stock I mod so I can ... | |
| Loudspeakers have we really made that much progress since the 1930s? I revive this thread since my findings and feelings on this issue haven't changed and I have noticed a increase in interest in horns more offering horn designs and more media attention. Much of whats offered are re-worked vintage designs some even... | |
| Obscure brands worth considering Yes still designing manufacturing restoring collecting loudspeakers of most all types. | |
| Obscure brands worth considering If you buy the right loudspeakers they can be repaired upgraded long past manufacturers existence. | |
| Obscure brands worth considering http://www.audiokinesis.com/ dont forget old Duke | |
| Silly prices for Nordost cables Long time nordost user still have a good amount of it in my systems but its pricing is crazy high today and honestly is not worth even a fraction of that cost. I mostly use supra products they are of equal to better quality than nordost and greatl... | |
| Why is good, deep bass so difficult? - Myths and their Busters Schrodinger didn't microwave a cat. He came up with a thought experiment Schrödinger's cat about the bizarre nature of quantum superposition's. To me one making such a wrong comment in a technical article shows incompetence of author. | |
| Are future improvements in Amp/PreAmps slowing to a crawl? Think most missed Nelsons real point- {largely solved on a practical level} amplifiers have existed for decades that can run a loudspeaker reliably affordably and efficiently. | |
| Why are tweeters so high off of the ground in many tower speakers... With your loudspeaker at that height the accuton tweeter is off axis pretty much bouncing its energy over a seated listeners head that is sub optimal design. Design appears to be modeled after the old Wilson watt puppy setup and that I have had ex... | |
| Feastrex Field Coil speaker repair FC produce a lot of heat right were one does not want it this can cause premature failure of VC and or FC | |
| Design a $60,000 Speaker - Start here 2 European drivers per aluminum cabinet. Charge 60k |