Comments on: Rocky Mountain Audio Fest: Marantz, Thiel & VTL http://www.avguide.com/news/2006/10/22/rocky-mountain-audio-fest-marantz-thiel-vtl/ Fresh daily content for AVguide.com Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:00:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Robert Harley http://www.avguide.com/news/2006/10/22/rocky-mountain-audio-fest-marantz-thiel-vtl/#comment-472 Robert Harley Tue, 24 Oct 2006 00:12:58 +0000 http://www.avguide.com/news/2006/10/22/rocky-mountain-audio-fest-marantz-thiel-vtl/#comment-472 Although the new Thiel wooferer looks like bling, it represents a leap in thought by Jim Thiel. He explained at a CEDIA press conference that although every designer strives for a combination of stiffness and low mass in driver diaphrams, everyone tends to look to new materials to achive those two often conflicting goals. Thiel thought "outside the box" in completely changing the cone profile (it's flatter in this new design) as well as introducing stiffining ribs in the cone. Thiel claims that this technique produces massive improvements (high stiffness, low mass). Traditional methods tended to yield only incremental improvements in these areas. Jim Thiel is one of the most imaginative and innovative thinkers working in loudspeaker design, and this new driver is an example. Robert Harley Although the new Thiel wooferer looks like bling, it represents a leap in thought by Jim Thiel. He explained at a CEDIA press conference that although every designer strives for a combination of stiffness and low mass in driver diaphrams, everyone tends to look to new materials to achive those two often conflicting goals. Thiel thought “outside the box” in completely changing the cone profile (it’s flatter in this new design) as well as introducing stiffining ribs in the cone. Thiel claims that this technique produces massive improvements (high stiffness, low mass). Traditional methods tended to yield only incremental improvements in these areas.

Jim Thiel is one of the most imaginative and innovative thinkers working in loudspeaker design, and this new driver is an example.

Robert Harley

]]> By: Tom Martin http://www.avguide.com/news/2006/10/22/rocky-mountain-audio-fest-marantz-thiel-vtl/#comment-468 Tom Martin Mon, 23 Oct 2006 15:10:16 +0000 http://www.avguide.com/news/2006/10/22/rocky-mountain-audio-fest-marantz-thiel-vtl/#comment-468 Do the woofer cones spin? Do the woofer cones spin?

]]>