New Loudspeaker Eliminates Distortive Influence

Posted by CowboyNeal on Saturday May 10, 2003 @04:57AM from the boom-shake-the-room dept.

fejrskov writes "The Danish audio/video company 'Bang & Olufsen' announced a new loudspeaker which promises to eliminate the bad influence from walls, floors and ceilings on the sound. This is achieved by using two technologies: ALT (Acoustic Lens Technology) uses sound dispersing lenses to make sound travel equally in all directions. ABC (Adaptive Bass Control) involves sliding a tiny microphone out at the base of the speaker, playing a series of test sounds, and adapting the bass according to the measured acoustic response. Each active loudspeaker contains amplifiers for a total of 2500W (!) output using B&O's patented ICEPower concept. The price? Approximately 55.000 Danish kroner (8.000 Euro) each."

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Ahhh, more speaker "art" by Admiral+Llama · 2003-05-10 05:36 · Score: 5, Insightful

Ever notice how the large majority of speaker companies have speakers that look like a box?

Ever wonder why after decades of research they're still a box?

Ever notice that B&O likes to make non-conventional looking stuff and then charges an arm and a leg?

They're selling you functional art at really high prices folks.

If you want speakers that actually sound good, then try an electrostatic or planar speaker. Magnepans aren't a kajillion dollars and are a damned good place to start looking for planars.