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The Last Breakthrough in Speaker Technology

What was the last major breakthrough in speaker technology? You may interpret "major" in any way you like. If you think the dimpled ports on your B&W speakers revolutionized the way you listen to music, or your time and phase-aligned drivers brought it all together, it's all fair game!
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james63
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While maybe not a major breakthrough Thiels 3.7 midrange is very innovative and well designed. It is my personal reference point for purity of midrange and vocal reproduction.

As an R&D/Process Engineer (Mechanical by degree) I see a lot of ideas and designs, and lots of them flop. Jim Thiel not only had great concepts but fallow through to make them really work in the real world. Now that is true genius.
3.7 midrange paper
audioconnection
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Vandersteen Audio has more than a few
http://www.vandersteen.com/model7wp.pdf
Cheers Johnnyr
rrog
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Martin Logan's curved electrostatic panel.
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mofimadness
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Actually, Roger Sanders invented the curved electrostatic panel.

http://www.sanderssoundsystems.com/index.php/about-us-mainmenu-68

Martin Logan did bring it market successfully.
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