RE: Same place as the "upsampling" CD players

Posted by Charles Hansen (M) on January 30, 2008 at 09:48:39

In Reply to: Where are all the Isobariks gone.... posted by Bill the K on January 30, 2008 at 08:41:10:

Both the "isobaric" technique and the "upsampling" technique were marvels of marketing, and not engineering. When the curtain is pulled back, you can see that the "wizard" is just an ordinary guy.

The only significant advantage to an "isobaric" design is that the cabinet volume can be decreased by 30 - 40%. All of the other claims made for them are pretty much not true.

The disadvantages include doubling the cost of the woofers and significantly increasing the complexity (and therefore cost) of the cabinet. It simply isn't the "magic bullet" that it was presented as. If it were really that great of a technique, everybody would be using it by now.

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Topic - Where are all the Isobariks gone.... - Bill the K 08:41:10 01/30/08 (16)

RE: Where are all the Isobariks gone.... - Tanto 14:17:16 01/30/08 (1)

RE: Where are all the Isobariks gone.... - caspian@peak.org 09:17:03 03/20/08 (0)

Neither... - kuma 15:35:18 01/30/08 (0)

Bad design. Only advantage was downsizing enclosure - Richard BassNut Greene 13:46:55 01/30/08 (2)

RE: Bad design. Only advantage was downsizing enclosure - Duke 22:24:52 01/30/08 (1)

Most likely diffs associated to how the ISO was created. - Edp 13:05:54 01/31/08 (0)

RE: Where are all the Isobariks gone.... - PAR 11:09:35 01/30/08 (3)

Its always great to hear from a UK Audiophile... - Bill the K 20:00:16 01/30/08 (0)

Coloured you say? - kuma 18:42:14 01/30/08 (0)

RE: Where are all the Isobariks gone.... - plantsman 11:44:06 01/30/08 (0)

RE: Where are all the Isobariks gone.... - plantsman 10:07:52 01/30/08 (3)

where was Audiophile Systems? - docw 12:16:23 01/30/08 (2)

RE: where was Audiophile Systems? - fergie2065 15:11:48 03/19/08 (0)

RE: where was Audiophile Systems? - plantsman 12:31:15 01/30/08 (1)

oh, yeah - docw 13:30:34 01/30/08 (0)

RE: Same place as the "upsampling" CD players - Charles Hansen 09:48:39 01/30/08 (0)

Gone but not forgotten... - kuma 09:08:33 01/30/08 (1)

ah memories... - Shane from AUS 01:31:11 02/05/08 (0)

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RE: Same place as the "upsampling" CD players - Charles Hansen 09:48:39 01/30/08 (0)

RE: Same place as the "upsampling" CD players

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