Treble Clef Speakers?

[FrantzM]

Hi

Not likely to fare well on the Klippel: It will be one case, where the measurements gear find the speaker " too ugly to measure "



Peace.

 

[JustJones]

From DKK 626,000 per pair of TCA Model-M active speakers, excl. local VAT, Import Duty and Shipping.

That's approximately $92,000 US. Excuding shipping! Talk about cheap.

 

[fpitas]

What I do find worthy of thought is that they felt they should discuss the Klippel test at all.

 

[kemmler3D]

Making a speaker in the shape of a treble clef seems really silly to me, like making a stove in the shape of a flame or a frying pan or something. Especially ironic since the founder keeps saying "form follows function", ... I am not sure if that idea is meant to be taken so literally.

No accounting for taste, but to me it's like a €75K speaker for a kid's room.

Also I am not sure if they actually used Klippel gear to design the speaker, or just measured it once. In the interview he mentions visiting them. My guess is you can see all kinds of wacky diffraction on the Klippel scan, even if it has otherwise good characteristics.

Cutting through the mountains of subjective descriptions and backstory, I guess the "ripol" style dipole woofer is supposed to excite room modes less. I think I saw something on here about dipole bass having a different interaction with the room - anyone know more about this? Seems possibly legit.

 

[JustJones]

 

[fpitas]

Cutting through the mountains of subjective descriptions and backstory, I guess the "ripol" style dipole woofer is supposed to excite room modes less. I think I saw something on here about dipole bass having a different interaction with the room - anyone know more about this? Seems possibly legit.

One thing that sells is good bass.

 

[Elitzur–Vaidman]

How did this thing manage to qualify for a patent?

US11363369B2 - Audio loudspeaker system - Google Patents

An audio loudspeaker system for reproducing frequencies between 16 Hz and 700 Hz, comprising a loudspeaker housing defining an inner resonance chamber and at least two loudspeaker drivers arranged in the housing and having front faces arranged facing each other in an opposed manner. The housing...

patents.google.com

 

[kemmler3D]

How did this thing manage to qualify for a patent?

US11363369B2 - Audio loudspeaker system - Google Patents

An audio loudspeaker system for reproducing frequencies between 16 Hz and 700 Hz, comprising a loudspeaker housing defining an inner resonance chamber and at least two loudspeaker drivers arranged in the housing and having front faces arranged facing each other in an opposed manner. The housing...

patents.google.com

I guess nobody patented a speaker housing in which the woofers are facing each other and also enclosed in a hemisphere before.

If they tried to sue anybody for anything other than a very close copy of the design, I think it wouldn't fly, ultimately.

 

[Kal Rubinson]

I guess nobody patented a speaker housing in which the woofers are facing each other and also enclosed in a hemisphere before.

Celestion?

 

[kemmler3D]

Celestion?

Maybe, but this patent seems really narrow - I think it would need to basically be ripole sub, in hemispherical halves, on a stand where the stand is the same width as the slot.

I have personal experience with this. I got a patent on what amounts to the modern "do not disturb mode" on smartphones, but the patent specified that it was to be activated with a physical button on a docking station. Guess what, the lawyer told me I wouldn't be able to collect from Apple or Google with that patent unless they put out a docking station with that specific feature.

So I think this patent is really just highly specific to this particular design... IANAL though.

 

[DoublePlusGood]

I didn't see Klippel results,. Is it on that site somewhere?

Treble Clef Audio – The True Character of Bass

Deep Bass quality is fundamental to music perception: research shows that when evaluating loudspeakers, bass quality accounts for 30.5% of listener preference

www.trebleclefaudio.com

 

[Esprit]

There is nothing:

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[DoublePlusGood]

There is nothing:

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The link from the Product>Documentation worked for me: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/l3d1...CA-M.pdf?rlkey=3t5wcuzjupmi7qjv0ob43448m&dl=0

 

[Flaesh]

it looks nasty.

Not only nasty, but disgusting, ugly, vile and offensive to look at.
One can use these as behind the screen speakers.

 

[fpitas]

Not only nasty, but disgusting, ugly, vile and offensive to look at.
One can use these as behind the screen speakers.

Behind the dumpster. They aren't getting in the house.

 

[Ron Texas]

Way too strange looking for me.

 

[Esprit]

The link from the Product>Documentation worked for me: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/l3d1...CA-M.pdf?rlkey=3t5wcuzjupmi7qjv0ob43448m&dl=0

Not this:

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[DoublePlusGood]

Not this:

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Fixed, thanks!

 

[Sokel]

Gaia inspired done the ugly (need a stronger word but my english are poor) way.
Without the dipole too.

Way better if they put it in a straight stick!