http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/18/bu...at-94.html?hpw
Great audio guy, fascinating history...and then I get to the end of the article and wind up spitting coffee
all over my monitor:
Soon after leaving Acoustic Research, Mr. Villchur started the Foundation for Hearing Aid Research in Woodstock, where he developed a prototype of the multichannel compression hearing aid that has become an industry standard.
Ditto coke while reading this:
"In the early days of hi-fi, manufacturers were not fully aware of the relationship between the drive unit and the acoustic role played by the cabinet itself, and they sometimes left the rear of the cabinet open. Mr. Villchur realized that if the cabinet were completely sealed, the air trapped inside would act something like a spring that would control the cone’s vibrations, greatly enhancing the drive unit’s low-frequency performance."
GM
Loud is Beautiful if it's Clean! As always though, the usual disclaimers apply to this post's contents.
OMG...yer right!
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