The Drawbacks of Conventional Speakers We often listen to music in rooms with walls. The design of most speakers ignores that fact or even forces you, the listener, to fight the room in…
We Make Loudspeakers Correctly
There are some slogans, mottoes and mission statements that through sheer repetition become part of the common language.“Things Go Better With Coke.”“Quality is Job One,” and…
What's 35 Years Old and Sounds Better Than 99% of Speakers Sold Today?
Backstory Walsh 2 is 35 years old and still better than 99% of the speakers sold today. Lincoln Walsh realized that if you took an inverted cone made of supersonic material and drove it…
Location, Location, Location – Where to sit to enjoy the best sound?
…in a movie theater? THX and Dolby have invested a great deal of research in how to create a dramatic sonic effect to compliment the quality of today’s movies.Commercial theaters today…
Break-In & Burn-In Versus Broken & Burnt Out
Brand new speakers are well known for not performing their best until they have been “burnt-in” or “broken-in.” This is true for all mechanical systems such as turntables, phono…
Your Ohm or Mine? Identifying Legacy Ohms
This week I received a call from a woman who had inherited a pair of Ohms from her uncle. She fondly remembered listening to them as a child and wanted to be certain they were working…
