Thin as foil, and just as flexible; Speakers

[Hipnotic4]

Warwick Audio Technologies' the 'Flat, Flexible Loudspeaker'



sorry..heres a better image

 

[Adam]

It was interesting viewing that image, as it was huge compared to the resolution of my monitor, so I got to scroll around it for a while.

 

[tbergman]

Umm, with a picture this big, Ctrl -, is your friend.

 

[Highbar]

Hahaha.... It took me a minute to find the reply box the image is so BIG. Seems interesting though.

 

[tbergman]

Anyone know exactly how this works, or I guess how it works in theory? Could be really cool. I wonder what production costs would be like and how far from any sort of production this is from.

 

[bpape]

It's likely either:

Ribbon (eg Apogee, Infinity, etc.)
Electromagnetic (eg Magnepan)
Electrostatic (eg Martin Logan)

The benefit of a light diaphragm like that is speed and transient response. The disadvantage is that you need huge surface areas to reproduce lower frequencies. If done right, they can make some wonderful noise.

Bryan

 

[MatthewB.]

Wow, great picture, I never realized that I've been wrapping my lunch sandwich in high quality speakers all this time. Remnds me of that Youtube video of the guy who hooked up his ipod to a piece of tin foil one copper cable and a shiney penny (guess the dull one won't work) and it actually worked.

 

[Hipnotic4]

if you click the image, it will take you towards the link..

and now theirs another post... about it..