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ribbons made of steel... sounds kinda weird? well how about em' enclosed in glass!

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These pop up every now and then on a popular website-

description: Speakerlab Auricle glass and stainless steel ribbon towers. Absolutely beautiful to look at, with sublime sound to match. These 52" tall speakers visually disappear in most rooms, but why not place them in front of your window and allow them to become the centrepiece of your living room?

Only a dozen of these beauties were painstakingly handcrafted in the early 90's by David Graebener who later used very similar ribbons on the Carver Amazing speakers. These speakers run about 150 hz up, so a fast subwoofer is required for the low end.

Runs well with a SET tube 8wpc amp to sane listening levels. Clear, holographic imaging typical of well designed ribbons.

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RE: ribbons made of steel... sounds kinda weird? well how about em' enclosed in glass! - crazybumps 08:06:25 09/05/15 (0)
Speakerlab Auricles ribbons were made with thin aluminum foil laminated with Kapton. They were built by David Graebener, the co founder of Speakerlab, before he went to B&G. These are very similar to the ribbons used in the Carver Amazings and the B&G 520i. Auricles were built for 2 years as a special order item. They were built with the glass enclosure as pictured and in a wood enclosure with gloss piano black finish.
RE: ribbons made of steel... sounds kinda weird? well how about em' enclosed in glass! - A.Wayne 19:48:41 05/30/15 (0)
Too much onstruction in front of the diaphragm for me .....
RE: ribbons made of steel... sounds kinda weird? well how about em' enclosed in glass! - methylmarty 11:17:38 05/25/15 (0)
Call me a fanboy or whatever but I tend to trust a David Graebener design even unheard. Although I did just post in another thread about my lack of support for the MMGW from another company that I tend to trust rather blindly... Ok, I guess I'm a fanboy then. I just like ribbons.
Not sure it is fair to say the ribbons are made of steel... - David S. 08:24:44 05/22/15 (1)
Sure, the ribbon enclosures look to be stainless steel, but that last picture seems to show typical aluminum on (mylar?) construction of the ribbon itself.

Unless the bits to either side of the tweeter are truly steel ribbons?
- RE: Not sure it is fair to say the ribbons are made of steel... - Satie 08:30:44 05/22/15 (0)
  Yes the ribbon would be Al not Fe based. It is the structure and its support we fear would tend to ring unless heavily damped.
RE: ribbons made of steel... sounds kinda weird? well how about em' enclosed in glass! - Satie 08:06:28 05/20/15 (1)
The word ringing comes to mind...
- RE: ribbons made of steel... sounds kinda weird? well how about em' enclosed in glass! - JLindborg 10:01:01 05/20/15 (0)
  Yeah! hehe
  The one who succeeded was the one who didn't know it was impossible.

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