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The first step in proper audio reproduction is a well-designed room.
Here is a PDF
of a typical room setup depicted by our design team.
Once you have a solid room, there are other rules that
enable good sound reproduction.
Matching
components:
Unlike most other audio manufacturers, we do not "tweak" the
inaccuracy
of one piece of equipment with an adjustment of another component (e.g.
frequency response of speaker equalized with amplifier, etc ). Each
component must be state-of-the-art on its own. Only at the very end, do
we evaluate the system as a whole.
Identical
speakers:
Neither "center-channel" speaker design nor "surround
speakers" ( e.g.,
bipolar ) allow for precise control of all aspects of the surrounding
space if the speakers are not identical. Therefore, our design is based
on adherence to one of our strongest beliefs: only absolutely identical
speakers are appropriate for audiophile quality and professional
surround monitoring.
Passive speakers:
Our laboratory tests indicate that when an amplifier is built into a
speaker, second and third harmonic distortions can rise up to 15
percent! This was also confirmed in our blind listening tests. The
problem was recognized by some High End audio manufacturers using extra
dampening material for enclosures of standalone amplifiers to avoid
vibration caused by speaker proximity. Our solution is an industry-first
"Powered Stand" based on our mono block amplifiers.
Mono block
amplifiers:
How can you place the amplifier very close to the speaker, without
attaching it to the speakers' enclosure? Our solution is to use a mono
block amplifier built into the speaker stand. Line level cable length
is
not as destructive to sound quality as the length of the speaker cable.
Subwoofer amplifiers should be designed with a different approach than
main speaker amps.
Short speaker
cables:
Our extensive experiments with top rated speaker cables clearly indicate
that a quality, short length cable elicits better sonics than a superb
quality, longer cable.
Seamless
Subwoofer Integration:
Deep bass extension in all surround speaker setups can cause extensive
phase problems and makes speaker setup extremely difficult. How can you
have equal speakers with full frequency range but no bottom end around
you? The only answer is to have excellent main speakers with lowest
octave extension provided by front subwoofers.
There is also the practical aspect of limiting size and weight of the
main speakers. Some phonographic recording use the subwoofer channel as
a ceiling/center back channel. Then the sixth identical speaker should
be installed in the back above the head of the listener.
Stereo Subwoofers:
Single or multiple front subwoofers should supplement bass extension
for
the main speakers, thereby making them full range.
Separate subwoofers also make setting up a room much more flexible.
Subwoofers have slight but noticeable influence on imaging. Even sharp,
low-pass filters allow for some bleeding above 100Hz which is
directional. Therefore we recommend front firing woofers. For the same
reason we recommend rather two wide-spread front subwoofers instead of
one.
Ear Level
Speaker Stands 30" and 36":
The height of the tweeters should be set to the listener's ear while
the
subject is in a sitting position. Since 36" speaker stands are almost
impossible to find, we designed and custom manufactured our very own.
Surround
Monitoring Console:
The console should have the cleanest possible signal path and should
have some features that are not available on today's market.
Availability to be announced.
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