It’s the Oakland Bay Bridge. That picture was taken from Yerba Buena Island and thus is not the actual view that Alon has from his office/listening room.
I knew it wasn't a view he has from the factory, having visited there and heard the M9 in the original listening room, but still, how cool would that view be out of any listening room! Thanks for the clarification on the bridge—too many towers and not high enough I figured for the Golden Gate.
Very interesting to see the build out. Thank you for posting. From what I could tell at high-speed, it looked like the implementation focussed on good design, as opposed to exotic materials (licensing super carbon technology ).
Interesting to see both "soft" and rigid fiberglass in various air spaces.
I have hidden a lot of that stuff on the floor behind a bar in the room, inside a stand for the cable tv devices, and inside the walls. Those are all velocity-based solutions, it seems to me. I wonder what they did for pressure? Maybe the room size itself helps a lot. I dream of tall ceilings at night...
This week Robert Harley visited Alon Wolf to hear the flagship Magico M9 loudspeakers in the brand new reference listening room. Robert was very impressed. More detailed thoughts on the sound and technology coming soon!
This week Robert Harley visited Alon Wolf to hear the flagship Magico M9 loudspeakers in the brand new reference listening room. Robert was very impressed. More detailed thoughts on the sound and technology coming soon!
Looking at the images from the video it looks like the room has been built with venting along the bottom edge and the top edge of the room. In effect helmholtz resonators. One assumes that these boxes will be built to a size and specification that is tuned to trap and absorb bass frequencies that are occurring naturally along the axial dimensions of their room.
The room dimensions are 20X32, but the actual hard boundaries are 24X36.
It a bigger room than it looks. Very complex design and construction. There will be videos explaining the room construction in the future. There’s a lot more than meets the eyes.
Thanks Lee. I noted the dimensions from this previous post.
For my taste personally, aesthetically the room is a success. I haven't heard it so couldn't comment in that regard.
Construction wise, I believe that they have built this room within a manufacturing facility, so presumably a false suspended ceiling. And presumably timber stud walls for the original walls prior to the additional acoustic space created within that. This immediately makes the problems and therefore complexity to control those that much greater. But you can see the construction and acoustic principles they have implemented by studying the film. All room designs are somewhat complex, but its certainly an elegant example.
Thanks Lee. I noted the dimensions from this previous post.
For my taste personally, aesthetically the room is a success. I haven't heard it so couldn't comment in that regard.
Construction wise, I believe that they have built this room within a manufacturing facility, so presumably a false suspended ceiling. And presumably timber stud walls for the original walls prior to the additional acoustic space created within that. This immediately makes the problems and therefore complexity to control those that much greater. But you can see the construction and acoustic principles they have implemented by studying the film. All room designs are somewhat complex, but its certainly an elegant example.
