Audiophiles I need some guidance .

[Stellaris]

Wow, casually reading this thread, I just came up with the ultimate speaker concept.

To the patent office!

[icepac]

Best to research whether it's possible to market and produce your idea before going to the patent office.

Checking whether your idea is stepping on someone else's patent is a good idea but actually going for a patent might end up being an unnecessary expense.

[Stellaris]

LOL!  Yes, thanks icepac.  I actually have done R+D work and know the process well.  My perhaps-too-subtle humour is an inverse take on the long and winding road between concept and patent, and the longer still road between patent and product.

I can't tell you how long the road between product and me buying a refurbed Sukhoi-27 is, because I haven't gone down it yet, but hope continues to spring eternal.

Anyone want to VC a really innovative speaker design?

[morfiend]

Just out of curiosity, you're not confusing Electro Voice brand with electrostatic speakers?

EV speakers:

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Electrostatic speakers:

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  I understand why you might have asked that but it cracked me up when I read it!

     Yes I had a set of EV home units,their interface series the D models,you posted a pic of their road units,more for commercial use.

   As I said I had a set of Magnaplaners for exactly 2 weeks then took them back and replaced them with the EVs.

    Id like to hear those ESL but I dont think Id want something that took up so much floor space.

  I suppose if you had the proper room it wouldnt be an issue.  Nice looking nonetheless!


   

[icepac]

I built a guitar sustainer in 1981 and, by the time I did all the legwork for a patent, I was exhausted and was told by everybody in the industry (including fernandes and tom sholz) that it wasn't marketable.

Many years later, I am using a Fernandes product based on my idea rather than using my own because they had the corporate might to push something I lacked the horsepower or contacts to do.

[MrRiplEy[H]]

   

  I understand why you might have asked that but it cracked me up when I read it!

     Yes I had a set of EV home units,their interface series the D models,you posted a pic of their road units,more for commercial use.

   As I said I had a set of Magnaplaners for exactly 2 weeks then took them back and replaced them with the EVs.

    Id like to hear those ESL but I dont think Id want something that took up so much floor space.

  I suppose if you had the proper room it wouldnt be an issue.  Nice looking nonetheless!


   

Yes the ESLs require a LOT of space. You need to place them far away from the back wall too (as with any speaker, but more so). But the end result makes up for it. I still remember how magical it felt when I heard a proper ESL for the first time. I was instantly sold for life.

Now during these years that I haven't had ESLs I already forgot how they sound. Then I visited my uncle and he played some music through a set of ESLs I had built for him 15 years ago and the burn started again.. must... have... 

[Stellaris]

@icepac. Yep.