As the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest draws closer, I'm working on a new speaker that might make its debut there. This particular design draws on some work I did about two decades ago, and recently revisited. Back then I didn't have the tools and resources that I do today. In some details it will be a unique design, and in some ways it will resemble designs that others have done. Sort of like my controlled-pattern offset bipole configuration is in some ways unique, but then in a sense it's just a variation on the bipolar theme.
When I first worked on the concept two decades ago, I submitted a descriptive article to Speaker Builder magazine. Fortunately they rejected it; I made some mistakes in that early version that have been corrected.
At this point I'm waiting on cabinets from my woodworker, which are still a few weeks away. It will be a fairly large floorstander, deeper than the Jazz Modules. Where it will depart from conventional designs, and from my previous commercial models, is in how it interacts with the listening room. The new speaker takes one of the better room-interaction characteristics of my previous models and improves on it somewhat. In practice, which of my models would work "best" probably will depend on the specific room and anticipated setup, but this new guy will add more flexibility to my lineup.
Duke
