Glenshoreham
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This afternoon, I paid a visit to Involve Audio, where @chucky3042 kindly gave me a tour of the site, and introduced me to a dedicated team of engineers, designers, and physicists.
I should note that, as I was onsite during normal 9-5 hours, Cool Business Things™ were happening. The office is the R&D nerve centre of both the Involve (audio) and Zenaji (domestic battery) businesses, and several innovations for both are in various stages of design, development and production. I'm familiar with some of the headaches that can arise during commercialisation/manufacture, and appreciate Chucky taking the time to - among other things - give a crash course in electrostatic speakers and SST to a novice.
I was treated to a demonstration of the Surround Master via the Akoustos™ amplifier and Y4 monitors in 4.1 (the LFE being handled by a compact dual-driver subwoofer derived from Whise design), then a demo of the awesome studio monitors Chucky was working on last week.
Three tracks played that I was already familiar with in surround were Pink Floyd's Money, Talking Heads' The Lady Don't Mind (Extended Version), and Boz Scaggs' ..... Thanks To You? Hahah, hope I remember hearing the right track! All sounded amazing: I really wasn't expecting David's beeps to wander 'round the room!
There was also a cracking excerpt of a gunfight - which did a fantastic job of placing gunmen on all sides of the listener - and a proper eye-opener for me, hearing Cold Chisel's Saturday Night through four channels, and experiencing the crowd noises from all around.
I also got to peer inside a pre-production SM2! Thanks Chucky, for inviting me to the headquarters where the eagerly-awaited SM2 was designed, developed, and refined. Definitely saving up to purchase one! Might hafta forego attending food festivals for awhile, to ...
This is the first thread I've commenced on QQ, so I hope I've nominated the appropriate place for it. If not, may I please ask for it to be moved accordingly? Cheers!
I should note that, as I was onsite during normal 9-5 hours, Cool Business Things™ were happening. The office is the R&D nerve centre of both the Involve (audio) and Zenaji (domestic battery) businesses, and several innovations for both are in various stages of design, development and production. I'm familiar with some of the headaches that can arise during commercialisation/manufacture, and appreciate Chucky taking the time to - among other things - give a crash course in electrostatic speakers and SST to a novice.
I was treated to a demonstration of the Surround Master via the Akoustos™ amplifier and Y4 monitors in 4.1 (the LFE being handled by a compact dual-driver subwoofer derived from Whise design), then a demo of the awesome studio monitors Chucky was working on last week.
Three tracks played that I was already familiar with in surround were Pink Floyd's Money, Talking Heads' The Lady Don't Mind (Extended Version), and Boz Scaggs' ..... Thanks To You? Hahah, hope I remember hearing the right track! All sounded amazing: I really wasn't expecting David's beeps to wander 'round the room!
There was also a cracking excerpt of a gunfight - which did a fantastic job of placing gunmen on all sides of the listener - and a proper eye-opener for me, hearing Cold Chisel's Saturday Night through four channels, and experiencing the crowd noises from all around.
I also got to peer inside a pre-production SM2! Thanks Chucky, for inviting me to the headquarters where the eagerly-awaited SM2 was designed, developed, and refined. Definitely saving up to purchase one! Might hafta forego attending food festivals for awhile, to ...
This is the first thread I've commenced on QQ, so I hope I've nominated the appropriate place for it. If not, may I please ask for it to be moved accordingly? Cheers!