The most transparent speakers in the world

[Vincent Kars]

http://greensound.eu/index.php/en/product/serac

 

[microstrip]

I agree with you - the Crystal Arabesques's are now the second more transparent speakers in the world:

 

[MylesBAstor]

I agree with you - the Crystal Arabesques's are now the second more transparent speakers in the world:

Yes, I was looking for a picture of those speakers

The Summit-X is pretty transparent too

http://www.martinlogan.com/products/summitx

 

[FrantzM]

They look pretty .. I wonder how they sound ... The specifications on the website do not inspire much confidence in their sonic performance.. especially this one :
Decibel= 98 dB ??/ What is this supposed to mean? Maximum SPL? Sensitivity?

Looks like a speaker for the B&O crowd.

 

[Vincent Kars]

What would be best sound quality wise?
Cast glass
Crown glass
Cylinder glass
Drawn Sheet glass (Fourcault process)
Cast plate glass
Polished plate glass
Rolled plate (figured) glass
Float glass
Prism glass
Glass block
Annealed glass
Laminated glass
Toughened glass (tempered glass)
Heat-strengthened glass
Chemically strengthened glass

 

[mep]

Yes, I was looking for a picture of those speakers

The Summit-X is pretty transparent too

http://www.martinlogan.com/products/summitx

I wish I could say I like the looks of these speakers, but I can't. I still think the CLS is one of their best looking speakers.

 

[mep]

What would be best sound quality wise?
Cast glass
Crown glass
Cylinder glass
Drawn Sheet glass (Fourcault process)
Cast plate glass
Polished plate glass
Rolled plate (figured) glass
Float glass
Prism glass
Glass block
Annealed glass
Laminated glass
Toughened glass (tempered glass)
Heat-strengthened glass
Chemically strengthened glass

I have no idea. You have forgotten more about glass than I ever knew.

 

[FrantzM]

What would be best sound quality wise?
Cast glass
Crown glass
Cylinder glass
Drawn Sheet glass (Fourcault process)
Cast plate glass
Polished plate glass
Rolled plate (figured) glass
Float glass
Prism glass
Glass block
Annealed glass
Laminated glass
Toughened glass (tempered glass)
Heat-strengthened glass
Chemically strengthened glass

We audiophiles, will likely find the sound from these speakers : hard, bright, brittle, sterile, thin , etc ... It won't matter what type of glass used ...

 

[ack]

I wish I could say I like the looks of these speakers, but I can't. I still think the CLS is one of their best looking speakers.

Wait till you see the configuration I am ordering tomorrow

 

[microstrip]

We audiophiles, will likely find the sound from these speakers : hard, bright, brittle, sterile, thin , etc ... It won't matter what type of glass used ...

Frantz, I am not so sure.

I am listening as I type to the delicious Mozart Adagio in C, KV356/617A for glass harmonica played by Bruno Hoffmann. It sounds wonderful in my electrostatic speakers, but surely it will sound much better played with crystal speakers (the glass harmonica is a member of the crystallophone intruments) ...

The glass harmonica short pieces are the last tracks of a recording by Beaux Arts Trios of the Mozart Quintets and Trios - you can imagine my surprise the first time I played it when suddenly I heard the glass sound - happily it was a CD, otherwise I would have immediately thought that the stylus had broken!

 

[FrantzM]

Interesting ..never knew they made glass harmonicas ... Will get the CD ...

 

[naturephoto1]

Interesting ..never knew they made glass harmonicas ... Will get the CD ...

They make glass mouth pieces for clarinets and saxophones.

Rich

 

[Whatmore]

These are reasonably transparent too
http://www.liquidbase.com/index.php

 

[karma]

I wish I could say I like the looks of these speakers, but I can't. I still think the CLS is one of their best looking speakers.

HI All,
I totally agree.

Sparky

 

[MylesBAstor]

These are reasonably transparent too
http://www.liquidbase.com/index.php

Ah first time I've seen them and probably for good reason. Don't read Zoo

 

[garylkoh]

I like the Harman Kardon Soundsticks (I think that Amir is a dealer - so apologies for the plug).

Here's a review that compared the Soundsticks to the Genesis 1.1's (I'm the manufacturer - so apologies for the plug again.)
http://www.atpm.com/10.04/soundsticks.shtml

The reviewer slightly preferred the Genesis over the Soundstick (if I keep this up, I'm gonna get banned from the forum )

 

[Bruce B]

What would be best sound quality wise?
Cast glass
Crown glass
Cylinder glass
Drawn Sheet glass (Fourcault process)
Cast plate glass
Polished plate glass
Rolled plate (figured) glass
Float glass
Prism glass
Glass block
Annealed glass
Laminated glass
Toughened glass (tempered glass)
Heat-strengthened glass
Chemically strengthened glass

I would say Laminated glass with 2 different thicknesses on each side! Like most studio glass.

 

[DonH50]

There is an earlier thread about them, somewhere on WBF...

Where are plasma speakers when you need them?

There was an article in an engineering magazine a few years ago about generating a local soundfield with many small transducers and applying phase array concepts. That is, essentially no visible speakers, the sound "emerges" (coalesces) at the listening point.

Interesting stuff - Don

 

[Orb]

There is an earlier thread about them, somewhere on WBF...

Where are plasma speakers when you need them?

There was an article in an engineering magazine a few years ago about generating a local soundfield with many small transducers and applying phase array concepts. That is, essentially no visible speakers, the sound "emerges" (coalesces) at the listening point.

Interesting stuff - Don

Most definitely.
I swear I have also read this again recently, either in a magazine,article, or possibly here?
Going to bug me now until I remember

Cheers
Orb

 

[Whatmore]

Ah first time I've seen them and probably for good reason. Don't read Zoo

Interestingly, I believe the company that makes them is related to the now defunct Whise (of legendary subwoofer fame)