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In Reply to: 1965-1985 posted by w401d on November 12, 2010 at 18:07:19:
The first Soundlab A1, Magnepan Tympani IV with the ribbon tweeter, the original Apogee ribbon, the Duntech Sovereign, Thiel's 5i not to be confused with the “Point 5” the 5 was the flagship before the 7, both the 1983 ElectroVoice Patrician II 30th anniversary (which looked remarkably similar to an Infinity RS4.5 with the grilles on) and Hartley with the 24” woofers the EV had the 30”, I would mention the Dukane Ionovac tweeter but it came out in the 50s whereas Magnet in Germany introduced their plasma tweeter in the 80s and the Acapella plasma is out the time frame introduced in the 90s, Metaxas Audio in Australia with their ESL, most of those at the end of that time frame, and I'm probably forgetting a few others, like the Goldmund Dialogue sometime between 82 and 85, and the Westlake Audio monitors from the 70s to 80s.
Plus, some already mentioned; back at the beginning of course there was the Quad esl 57 then their esl 63, and the JansZen esl models in the 60s and 70s, the KLH 9s and the Decca and Strathern ribbons, the Heil Air Motion Transformer tweeter, the Dahlquist DQ10, the Fulton J Modular (often ignored and almost forgotten but it influenced Wilson with his WAMM system as both used KEF B139 woofers and JansZen or RtR esl tweeter panels), B&W with their Matrix speakers the first 801 and 802 series were in that time frame, Acoustic Research with the invention of the dome tweeter and the first use of ferrofluid cooling, the Snell Acoustics speakers, and Shahinian's Obelisk and the Vandersteen 2 both introduced back in 1977, Infinity RS-1B the baby version of the IRS and their first flagship speaker the Infinity Servo Static in 1968 also their QLS which used the Braun 2” midrange domes in a 6 pair line array (they may have been OEM'd from Philips but it was copycatting the Braun design mid dome); Acoustat and Dayton Wright electrostatics from the 70s to early 80s and at the end of that time frame the Martin Logan CLS and STAX F-83 and F81.
Not to mention the mini monitors; BBC Rogers LS3/5a, the Braun L100 and ADS models back in the 70s, ProAc tablettes introduced in 79, Celestion SL-600 with the aluminum case, Sequerra metronome and his ribbon tweeter, and the Spica TC 50 from 1983. Some might include the RS Minimus 7 made for 28 years and the cheapest speaker on this list.
Numerous outstanding speaker systems were introduced during that time frame. I don't believe that the subsequent twenty years 1986 to 2006 had quite as much innovation.
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Follow Ups
- That time also gave birth to the “Statement” products, from the Beveridge to the Infinity IRS, Wilson WAMM, - cfb 12:36:27 11/14/10 (2)
- RE: That time also gave birth to the “Statement” products, from the Beveridge to the Infinity IRS, Wilson WAMM, - mondial 13:50:08 11/14/10 (1)
- The Snell does tend to be overlooked much like Shahinian and Irving “Bud” Fried's Transmission Line - cfb 19:38:16 11/14/10 (0)
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