Contents 01 The Pioneers 11
The HighFidelity Era: 1945-1970
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Introduction and Historical Overview Loudspeaker Milestones from the Acoustic Era to the Modern High End Bell Labs and General Electric Alan Blumlein
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Introduction and Historical Overview Celestion Tannoy Quad Altec and JBL Klipsch Acoustic Research KEF KLH and Advent Arthur Janszen and the KLH Nine Bowers & Wilkins (B&W) Spendor –1970
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The Modern High-End Era Begins: 1970-1980
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Introduction and Historical Overview Magnepan Acoustat IMF
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Dahlquist Thiel Dynaudio Vandersteen Meridian Harbeth SoundLab
The Industry Matures: 1980-1995:
193 Introduction and Historical Overview 195 Wilson Audio Specialties 205 Sonus faber 215 Kharma 218 Apogee Acoustics 219 DALI 229 Rockport Technologies 239 Avantgarde Acoustic 1980–1995 246 Oddities and Wonders
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The New Generation: 1995-2013
291 Features
249 Introduction and Historical Overview 251 Magico 259 Revel 267 Technical Audio Devices (TAD) 271 Raidho Acoustics 279 YG Acoustics 1995–2013 290 Oddities and Wonders
292 The Heil AMT 293 The BBC Monitor 295 Horn-Loaded High-Sensitivity Loudspeakers 297 Canada’s National Research Council (NRC) 299 Ceramic Drivers 301 Single-Driver Loudspeakers 303 Glossary of Loudspeaker Terms 307 Index 311 Contributors
153 Focal 163 MBL 175 MartinLogan –1980
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