Designer Hall of Fame

Tim de Paravicini

How can one omit the legendary Siegfried Linkwitz of crossover fame. Besides that, he designed probably the best loudspeaker ever, the Linkwitz Orion++. This amazng dipole speaker is a full-range with active analog crossovers that can be adjusted and multichanneled amplifier, such as the ATI AT6012, which is rated at 60 watts/channel with all 12 channels driven simultaneously. This allows each amp channel to separately drive each tweeter, midrange, and woofer. As any knowledgable audiophile knows, active crossovers with separately powered speaker drivers get the most and best out of speaker designs--particularly in dipole designs.

One of the great and informative audio sites is linkwitzlab.com Besides containing a plethora of auido knowledge, it also has the speakers he offers, from the plans, to partially built models, to completely finished models. This allows those that are very handy to save considerable money for one of the top 2 or 3 speakers in the world. This is probably why one never sees an Orion on sale in the used marketplace. People just never want to part with them.

Looking back over this thread, one is struck by how much this hobby is really dominated by the talent and labor of talented individuals, to some extent more important than companies. Why it is such a good idea to meet so many of them at places like RMAF.

John G. Iverson, without question. The only high-end designer to be kidnapped (and subsequently disappeared for good) by the FBI!! So the story goes.