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02/10/21 at 03:53:49
 

I don't want to hijack the "If cost wasn't an issue" thread so I thought I would start a short separate one.  That way if someone gets the urge to drop 6 to 7 zeros on a pair of speakers and amplifiers I have just the thing.  Sadly I can't build it without a 10% non-refundable retainer to cover the staff to cover for me while I make them.

Electrostatic panels that start on the floor and rise up 9 feet.

Each panel is made up a many horizontal trapezoids to keep it from having a resonance.  Additionally each panel is twisted about 1% or so to again make it impossible for standing waves to develop.

The corner of each panel is set with a string that is connected to a steel ball in the listening position.  A ball that is later removed after calibration.  That means that all four corners of each panel are exactly equidistant to your ear, which incidentally is what causes the panels to twist.  It's a Zen thing.

The array will be anchored to a 6 x 16 beam of solid hardwood on each side driven by GM100 tubes.  It will be a head vice speaker where 100% of the energy of each full panel will reach the ears.  A typical electrostatic speaker is 99% reflected energy from the room with the only part the panel you hear being the same dimensions as your head.  This would be 70 or 80 times that.  One watt would be so loud it would crack the earth.

You could hear a flea fart inside a car driving by on the highway outside the recording studio 50 yards from the building and tell the car had one tire out of balance.

So here are a few sketches of what that would look like.





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Reply #8 - 02/10/21 at 04:02:34
 
All of these images were uploaded with the "UPLOAD IMAGES HERE" link at the bottom of the forum page so that you can click on them for an enlarged view.

So certainly if you were blessed with old money and want perhaps the best speakers in the world for your well designed listening room, something that would perhaps be a factor of 10 better than price no object competitors,  this might well be it.

Steve

P.S. Think I'm not serious, try me. : ). I seen the vision, I've heard it in my mind.  I already know the result.



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Now that is the kind of thought that I like to see.
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Can you make that into a headphone?

Or maybe a headphonebooth?  
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Reply #11 - 02/10/21 at 21:11:54
 
I'd build a Red Rock Park & Ampitheater in my backyard. Sound and recording system to be custom built by Steve & Ed Pong. Book all my favorite bands & orchestras on a weekly basis for eternity. And invite all my friends over for the concerts.

Live beats recorded any day of the week.

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Reply #12 - 02/10/21 at 22:49:24
 
OK Steve - if someone did pony up for this, what is the first song, album you would listen toafter it was calibrated and ready to enjoy?
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