Just came across the Oda wood planar speaker project which aside from being a speaker is a platform offering exclusive artist streams. See here:
Oda - Live Performances in Your Home
and here:
The Quietus | Features | Oda To Joy: The Stereo System Bringing Terry Riley To Your Living Room
I wonder how these speakers are supposed to work. The website is low in details. Anybody an idea?
Oda - Live Performances in Your Home
and here:
The Quietus | Features | Oda To Joy: The Stereo System Bringing Terry Riley To Your Living Room
I wonder how these speakers are supposed to work. The website is low in details. Anybody an idea?
Looking thru their information, it's just a DML system. I expect they've bought a Tectonic or Parts Express brand exciter and attached it to a thin plywood panel.
On one hand, seems like a "brilliant" piece of marketing, along the lines of Gelavia, the coffee maker; "and then every month, you'll receive a new fresh batch of our exclusive..."
On the other, a DML panel that's been "tuned" (if you can believe the rhetoric and pictures) there may be something worth looking into. If you've ever owned a Gibson guitar, sometimes the instrument has the property of "coming alive" when tuned to concert pitch.
I've owned two such Gibsons in the past. One was an acoustic, the other an SG. In the case of the SG, just how Gibson managed to infuse a reasonably shaped solid mahogany board - cut full of holes and channels - with this property is beyond me. Nevertheless, it's prompted me to wonder why speakers arent made as resonant structures with musical benefits - versus fighting hard to defeat the property with infinite bracing.
I believe I read here that XRK971 said multiple people have noticed a change (for the worse) in how a box sounds, after implementing a foam core model in wood. Clearly the resonance and Q of the structure changes between the two materials - can this be used beneficially?
So I'm open to there just may be someone else who could do this well, with enough research and development and produce a DML speaker that's more than barely listenable. I for sure wont fall into their pre-order temptation, however nicely their website presentation appears to be crafted.
On the other, a DML panel that's been "tuned" (if you can believe the rhetoric and pictures) there may be something worth looking into. If you've ever owned a Gibson guitar, sometimes the instrument has the property of "coming alive" when tuned to concert pitch.
I've owned two such Gibsons in the past. One was an acoustic, the other an SG. In the case of the SG, just how Gibson managed to infuse a reasonably shaped solid mahogany board - cut full of holes and channels - with this property is beyond me. Nevertheless, it's prompted me to wonder why speakers arent made as resonant structures with musical benefits - versus fighting hard to defeat the property with infinite bracing.
I believe I read here that XRK971 said multiple people have noticed a change (for the worse) in how a box sounds, after implementing a foam core model in wood. Clearly the resonance and Q of the structure changes between the two materials - can this be used beneficially?
So I'm open to there just may be someone else who could do this well, with enough research and development and produce a DML speaker that's more than barely listenable. I for sure wont fall into their pre-order temptation, however nicely their website presentation appears to be crafted.
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Take a look at this seems this guy has spent a lot of time and effort and has produced some amazing results.
Fantastic DIY Speakers for less than $30! - YouTube
Fantastic DIY Speakers for less than $30! - YouTube
