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John Dunlavy comes to mind. His company has become "DunTech".
Seas, SB, Scanspeak, Morel, maybe Dynaudio, Tymphany and Focal. I just covered 90% + of all the brands that are mentioned in this thread.Do you count almost 203 vendors as few?
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Paradigm and PSB supposedly do so in some unique room somewhere in Canada, forgot the details.What ultra high end manufacturers out there rely heavily on measurements and produce products that measure really well?
Vivid, YG Acoustics, Grimm, B&O, Focal and Magico are some that come to mind for me. Maybe Rockport?
So you add “only if they are mentioned on this thread” to argue your point? At 5 pages it’s not even a long thread by ASR standards.Seas, SB, Scanspeak, Morel, maybe Dynaudio, Tymphany and Focal. I just covered 90% + of all the brands that are mentioned in this thread.
The others are rarely used.
They were well designed. Dynaudio drivers. Fine dispersion pattern control.John Dunlavy comes to mind. His company has become "DunTech".
Paradigm has its own anechoic chamber but I believe that PSB still uses the Canadian National Research Council (NRC) facilities.Paradigm and PSB supposedly do so in some unique room somewhere in Canada, forgot the details.
Paradigm makes their drivers from parts made in China. Many of their driver designs are from other engineers that I have known. PSB is similar. Paradigm uses Zengben for their steel parts and a few other vendors for their soft parts last I checked.Paradigm and PSB supposedly do so in some unique room somewhere in Canada, forgot the details.
The interesting thing is that -in the list above- I know for sure that B&W does go for a signature coloration in the sound they want to deliver, as I am sure do many others (don't want to single out B&W).
As of late, KEF provides a lot of measurements in white papers for new offerings, which indicates they also have focus on measurements.
But I doubt that there's a single company for consumer audio -no matter how high end and measurements driven- that does not also go for exhaustive listening tests. Even Bruno P says they listen to their own stuff extensively.
I opened the door for you to quantify your idea of ultra high end. Door is still there.So you add “only if they are mentioned on this thread” to argue your point? At 5 pages it’s not even a long thread by ASR standards.
Don't know about PSB. There's the one at Paradigm, NRC has two. And I recently learned of a large private one in Arnprior Ontario not to far from me. Actually I am in the middle of both of them. NRC and Arnprior. I measure either groundplane for anechoic equivalent up to about 13khz or elevated outside for anechoic, or inside measurements in the winter. And I have done comparative measurements to demonstrate the differences.Paradigm has its own anechoic chamber but I believe that PSB still uses the Canadian National Research Council (NRC) facilities.
They don't sell to DIY any longer. They have been OEM only for more than 20 years. Actually nearer to 30 years. So that is one company that I should have said is OEM only.Does anyone have the Dynaudio drivers site URL?
I was asking for their OEM website.They don't sell to DIY any longer. They have been OEM only for more than 20 years. Actually nearer to 30 years. So that is one company that I should have said is OEM only.
But, they don't make drivers that are really all that impressive. They are good. But not SOTA.
Nothing the Loudspeaker Industry Source Book? Just checked. The answer on that one is nyet.I was asking for their OEM website.
I think that you would be surprised by the number of designs that done with little more than basic measurements. This is the small company that is basically a one man show. The large companies yes. They have the R&D guys to justify their position and salaries. They need to measure and make technical arguements for what they do.There is such a terrible secret: it is impossible to create a loudspeaker as a product without design and measurements.
Been there. Very impressive facility.It's about B&O for example (very small part of picture of course):
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Why add the additional engineering tasks of "active" to a speaker... especially knowing that it would alienate those who like magic in their cables?That would be active. ( Oh the horrors! You mean a designer might be able to choose the best amplifier? I can't use my magic cables???? )