[Elecraft] Nearfield monitors

[Randy Hall]

Audio marketing, you got to just love it!
Randy
K7AGE

On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 12:19 PM, Bill NY9H <ny9h at arrl.net> wrote:

>
> >These are pretty cute:
> >http://www.avantelectronics.com/AVANTONE_mixcubes.htm
>
>
> i really like the description at the website:
> as to why their speaker is better:
> "We designed a proprietary 5.25" die cast aluminum frame driver/cone
> assembly to exceed the performance of the originals. The mounting
> bezel is then polished for an elegant appearance. The paper cone,
> chosen for its musical character, is custom designed & crafted using
> the finest New Zealand pulp with mica fibers added for lighter weight
> & rigidity. The cloth surround is made in Japan to exacting uniform
> thickness tolerances. The Top Plate and T-Yoke of driver are made of
> Sumitomo 1008 low carbon steel enabling the highest modeled flux
> density in the gap. The magnets are Y- 40 GRADE (MIL-SPEC) yielding a 43oz
> "
>
> EACH & Every sentence makes me snicker...
>   what ever happened to an old 5" utah,,,,radio speaker,.,,,
>
> we have come a long way ....    :)        in no particular direction.....
>
> bill /3
>
>