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Danny Richie "fixes" the Linkwitz Arion loudspeaker

For some time now I have been directing those interested in loudspeaker design to Danny Richie’s GR Research Tech Talk Tuesday videos on YouTube. Here is his latest: an examination of the Linkwitz Arion loudspeaker. You may be asking yourself: if Siegfried Linkwitz is the genius he is touted to be, how is it Danny found the Orion to be lacking, and was able to find solutions for it’s failings? I’ll leave that to you to answer. In the meantime, after watching and listening to this video, you may want to watch all the Tech Talk Tuesday videos. They may just make you a more informed loudspeaker consumer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCA-eSPUkJA.









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douglas_schroeder
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What's ironic is all the hand wringing about design, then using the equivalent of lamp cord for the driver's, or worse, for speaker cables too.  Talk about a losing proposition.  
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bdp24 OP
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Doug, who is using lamp cord or worse? I don't know about Linkwitz, but Danny Richie has a line of 6 nines copper wire (Electra Cable) he includes in his kits as hook-up wire (for crossovers and drivers), and sells separately as speaker cable. He also has a great speaker cable/binding post termination system---the Electra Cable Tube Connector, an intimate connection, low mass design. Details on the GR Research website.
deep_333
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Danny is a genius and a God-send to this industry. He exposes the lack of engineering aptitude displayed in many speakers out there and offers a solution to the gullible masses who fall victim to marketing hype.
douglas_schroeder
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bdp24, no, not intended to be a comment in regard to Danny R. at all! I rather enjoy his creativity and prowess at speaker design. 

I was commenting on the proclivity of some (which you will notice, if you observe) to go for the theorized "perfect" design, build it themself, then completely ignore the cabling. It's not the end of the world.   :)
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I thought not Doug, just wanted to be clear!
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