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Coverage of HI-FI '99 from Chicago, USA -- May 12-16, 1999
What did we hear? Exemplary space and definition coming from the small, non-descript speakers. The bass also seemed to belie the woofer's size. However, having heard an unfamiliar system in an unfamiliar room, we can't make definitive observations as to the circuit's overall effect. What he heard was promising though. Kimber will license the circuit to other companies instead of manufacturing DiAural speakers himself. He said he would have perhaps a dozen licensees before the end of the month, and that some of these companies would have products ready for demonstration at CES 2000. |
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At a private
session in an unmarked room on the eighth floor, SoundStage! attended a
demonstration of Ray Kimber's new DiAural process. A circuit that is claimed to undo the
Doppler distortion that is present in all signals recorded with microphones as well as
improve power handling, the simple patent-pending DiAural circuit can be used in any
dynamic speaker with two or more drivers -- electrostats are out -- and can replace the
crossover network entirely. The speakers used for the demo were, according to Kimber,
"good but that's it." He admitted that the circuit's effects were more
pronounced with better speakers and ancillary equipment.