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When the Adam ARTist 5 (similar to the A5x, but rear-ported and with added usb Connection) was discontinued they were sold for 500 Euro including table stands. Really liked the Gloss finish and its performance using dirac.
I'm guessing, in my case, it's not so much how they might sound but more like an issues with the my wallet.It oozes expensive about those, he he.View attachment 204856
I’m guessing that thing will have some vertical directivity issues.
Looks like it makes a mean cup of coffee though!View attachment 204856
I’m guessing that thing will have some vertical directivity issues.
It clearly seems interesting. Will probably require a lot of $.Go to https://www.arya-audio.com/airblade for in depth information of the technology that is coming as it is a massive leap above what is available now. This company makes the HF unit. Western Electric makes the Midwoofer 777 in a similar fashion and the system is expandable! This will be an astounding sounding system if the measurements equal performance putting Oskar Heil's technology far beyond most all other drivers with perhaps Sound Lab being better on the Bass end.
AirBlade 180 Specifications
Frequency response: <1kHz to >20kHz
Directivity: 180˚ (other versions upon request)
Impedance: 3.6 Ohms, purely resistive, linear phase
Diaphragm surface area: 19200mm²
Magnets: 34 Neodymium magnets per driver
Weight: ca. 1.6kg per driver
Dimensions: ca. 13.5 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm (W x D x H)
Western Electric 777
- Frequency Response - 150 Hz to 2 KHz
- Efficiency - Over 100 db/watt
- Impedance - 6 ohms nominal
- Horizontal Directivity - 100% Uniform at all frequencies +/- 90 degrees
Something you have experience of, Air Motion Transformer (AMT)? Or what do you think of that type of design?
Pros and Cons?
"The Air Motion Transformer (AMT) is a type of electroacoustic transducer. Invented by noted physicist and scientist Dr. Oskar Heil (1908–1994), it operates on a different transduction principle from other loudspeaker designs, such as moving coil, planar magnetic or electrostatically driven loudspeakers, and should not be confused with planar or true ribbon loudspeakers. In contrast to a planar ribbon loudspeaker, the diaphragm of the AMT is of pleated shape similar to a bellows. The AMT moves air laterally in a perpendicular motion using a metal-etched folded sheet made of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film. The circuit path embossed on the PET membrane, acts as the voice coil unit. The diaphragm (now, as a unit) is then housed between 4 stacks of steel pole-plate pieces positioned at 45° within a high-intensity, quadratic, opposing magnetic field. The air motion transformer with its sheet film equally exposed at 180° behaves as a dipole speaker, exciting front and rear sonic waves simultaneously."
Air Motion Transformer - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
Here's a DIY, as I heard, with an ATM construction. The speakers sounded really good anyway:
The construction thread about the speakers:
"SALS? A! stands for Solhaga's AMT Line Source? Absolutely! and is a 220 cm high line source consisting of stacked broadband AMTs."
Ideally I would get floorstanding speakers by GoldenEar Triton Reference or T66 or One.R, with the awesome AMT ribbon tweeters.Something you have experience of, Air Motion Transformer (AMT)? Or what do you think of that type of design?
Pros and Cons?
"The Air Motion Transformer (AMT) is a type of electroacoustic transducer. Invented by noted physicist and scientist Dr. Oskar Heil (1908–1994), it operates on a different transduction principle from other loudspeaker designs, such as moving coil, planar magnetic or electrostatically driven loudspeakers, and should not be confused with planar or true ribbon loudspeakers. In contrast to a planar ribbon loudspeaker, the diaphragm of the AMT is of pleated shape similar to a bellows. The AMT moves air laterally in a perpendicular motion using a metal-etched folded sheet made of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film. The circuit path embossed on the PET membrane, acts as the voice coil unit. The diaphragm (now, as a unit) is then housed between 4 stacks of steel pole-plate pieces positioned at 45° within a high-intensity, quadratic, opposing magnetic field. The air motion transformer with its sheet film equally exposed at 180° behaves as a dipole speaker, exciting front and rear sonic waves simultaneously."
Air Motion Transformer - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
Here's a DIY, as I heard, with an ATM construction. The speakers sounded really good anyway:
The construction thread about the speakers:
"SALS? A! stands for Solhaga's AMT Line Source? Absolutely! and is a 220 cm high line source consisting of stacked broadband AMTs."
I own that exact Strat in the video. Circa 2010 for me. <chuckles>Nice to come home.