PS AUDIO: Arnie Nudell and Genesis Technologies

Paul McGowan writes:  Many years ago and Arnie Nudell and I were running Genesis Technologies, a high-end loudspeaker company based here in Colorado.  We had arrived at HP’s and setup a new pair of loudspeakers we wanted him to review. All Genesis high-end loudspeakers had built in subwoofers, a trait started by Arnie while at […]

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SEQUERRA: Their loudspeakers in the UK: fact or fiction?

Hello Neil. Thanking you in advance even if you cannot help. Were Sequerra loudspeakers ever officially imported into the UK? Were they any good. What was the range and what was the price please? Finally were these designed by the same guy who designed that fantastic FM tuner? JJ Hi JJ. The word ‘imported’ can […]

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HILL PLASMATRONIC LOUDSPEAKERS: Type 1 loudspeaker test review

J. Gordon Holt writes:  Dr. Alan Hill, president of Plasmatronics Inc., was previously employed by the US Government in laser research. His assignment: To increase the efficiency of lasers so that they could do something more impressive than produce holograms, mend leaky retinal blood vessels, and punch pinholes in steel blocks. Dr. Hill earned his […]

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INFINITY IRSV: It remains one of the greatest loudspeakers ever built

Paul McGowan writes: Since its launch in 1985, only a sparse handful of speakers have reached its level of dynamics, transparency, and sheer musicality. It’s not that others can’t. To do so takes a big speaker and a lot of money. Now that we are moved into our new building we’re finishing up three new […]

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BEVERIDGE: 2SW speakers

I read one of your posts about the Beveridge speakers. I am located in Chicago have recently purchased a pair of Beveridge 2sw speakers. Before running the Beveridges, I was using Apogee Scintilla speakers. As good as the Scintillas are they are no match for the Beveridge speakers. I feel like I have died and […]

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HILL PLASMATRONIC: Dedicated to the World’s Finest Speaker, the 1A

The Flame Still Burns Imagine a speaker with no moving parts.  No mass, no cones, no ribbons, no diaphragms, no enclosure, no Doppler shift, no resonances- just the ability to modulate the air directly. Now imagine a perfect audio point source (the ideal pulsating sphere) radiating uniformly with constant phase.  This has been the dream of physicists for […]

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BATTLE OF THE BOXES

PS AUDIO / Paul McGowan In my post about Dr. Suess and HiFi, I mentioned the work on loudspeaker enclosures by British engineer Leslie Bucknell while at the company my father worked for, Stromberg Carlson. Bucknell’s approach to loudspeaker design was to create a speaker enclosure that would eliminate distortions that occur because of cancellations […]

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SPEAKERS: It is, after all, an illusion

The center image of a two-channel system is known as the phantom channel for a good reason. It is an illusion. It doesn’t actually exist. Once you realize the center channel is completely dependent on setup, room, and speaker placement, it becomes a lot easier to purposefully do whatever it takes to enhance the palpability of your […]

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LOW VOLUME LISTENING: Best speakers for a vivid sound ?

May need to live with some speakers that are good at low volume for a while, due to an ear problem. My room is 15 x 12 and the speakers fire from the 12 foot wall. I use Harbeth C7’s. They have been a reasonable compromise for some years now, but they work a good […]

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MAGNEPLANAR: 0.7 and what was said at the time

They say ….. What do you do if you covet Magnepan’s soaring loudspeakers but don’t have the largest of listening rooms? “We hear you”, said Magnepan. Enter the new 0.7 (‘point seven’), a scaled down version of the brand’s acclaimed 1.7 model. To say that Magnepan’s Magneplanar 1.7 flat-panel loudspeaker is highly regarded in its […]

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From the archive / Dear diary – JBL L100 Century, mysterious Buddy Guy CD situation, PraT and the wierdos on the PFM forum and, er, that’s it.

Dear oh dear. Another re-run of the day before – almost. Must get to grips with the paperwork, inconsistent focus and all-too-easy distractions. Make a note not to look at eBay or the BBC website on Wednesday. Tough call. “My fellow addicts, I come to you this evening to tell you that I am an […]

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