Mostly, when we hear the word “coherent,” we think of things logical, consistent, and well ordered. In science, the meaning deals with wave motion; be it light, sound or water.…
Anechoic Chambers
We often hear about “anechoic chambers” being used in developing speakers. What is their value, since home environments are not “anechoic”? Do they have a place in…
Milestones
This posting marks the 52nd consecutive weekly memo put up on our Ohm website. For us it has been a year of good business and good conversations with consumers, the media and our colleagues…
Dispersion: What Is It and How Is It Important?
Dispersion, as it applies to audio, is the direction the sound radiates from a speaker. The dispersion almost always varies with frequency. With mono-poles (most woofers and subwoofers),…
Damping
To many consumers, damping speakers means “Clean with a moist cloth”; but that is dampening. To those of us who design and build speakers, it means something very different. It…
How Ohm Speakers Are Designed? Part 2.
Last week, in Part 1 of “How Products are Designed,” we discussed how and why Ohm develops a new speaker model. In Part 2, we take a look at how the objectives get realized. Do…
