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Team on 06 February 2008
Invision to create surge in Waterfall
Invision UK are distributing the acclaimed and exquisite hi-end audio products from Waterfall Audio.
Based in Carces, France, Waterfall's stunning glass loudspeakers feature a number of innovative technologies that are created with a fine balance between hand craftsmanship and the use of high precision machines that meet strict standards Peter Alloway, Invision UK sales manager, said "We are seeing and hearing more and more through the media and from opinion polls that what people want in their homes are products more sympathetic to the decor and style of their buildings"
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 10 May 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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"Although the audio qualities of big chambers are very apparent it is possible to achieve and better that sound quality in a more discrete and visually pleasing design".
"Why have a big black box when you can have perfectly crafted and engineered clear glass enclosure".
"Products like these will offer installers even more potential for new business".
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As beautiful as they are on the outside, internally, Waterfall has perfected a number of technologies that give the speakers their audiophile quality sonics.
Glass is far denser than traditional loudspeaker materials, giving an important edge in the battle against undesirable resonances, but a critical enabling technology was also necessary: Waterfall's development of its proprietary ADT, or Acoustic Damping Tube.
This is an internal, acoustically resistive sub-enclosure - a sort of half-dome - that absorbs and diffuses the backwave acoustic output of the mid- and low-frequency transducers in all Waterfall designs.
The ADT performs three important functions: it imposes "hydraulic damping" at low frequencies, limiting excessive cone motion and so reducing distortion and enhancing power-handling; it creates an internal chamber that absorbs unwanted backwave radiation and performs critical damping at middle frequencies; and it substantially decouples the low-frequency drivers from the glass enclosure, preventing undesirable resonances from being set up.
All drivers are designed and manufactured by Waterfall's French partner Atohm".
""We began in 1996 with the objective to create loudspeakers that would fit beautifully into any home, while delivering uncompromising sound," says company founder and managing director Cedric Aubriot".
""Exploring the idea of glass enclosures, we became increasingly intrigued." Aubriot continues, "It quickly became evident that technology developments on two fronts would be necessary".
"First to develop new techniques for machining and joining glass panels with exquisite precision and flawless quality".
"Second, to develop the electro-acoustic means to produce high-end sonics using such unusual enclosures".
"Waterfall Audio is the result".
Working with renowned French glass-fabrication company Miroiterie Merle, Aubriot and the Waterfall team developed techniques that yielded one-micron accuracy in cutting, shaping, and smoothing the 6mm glass panels chosen for its loudspeaker enclosures.
Today, Waterfall glass is manufactured using custom, numeric-control (CNC) diamond-tool and water-jet cutting systems.
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