May 2007 Meeting
Date: Sunday, May 27, 2007
Time: 6:00 PM
Place: Boston University, Life Science & Engineering Bldg, 24 Cummington
St, 1st Floor Conference Room (room 203), Boston, MA 02215, (617) 271-6588
Featured Guest: Steve Hluchan, Chief Financial Officer
and Executive VP in charge of Business Development for Fried Products
Topic: "Transmission Line Speakers--Starting from Scratch"
This presentation is a ramble through the evolution
of the Transmission Line speaker with first-order series networks, following
the logic that resulted in the ultimate speaker design choices, starting
with the nature of sound produced by musical instruments and the Physics
inherent in sound reproduction. It is a perspective loosely based on the
experiences of Irving "Bud" Fried in developing a musician's speaker:
one that is faithful to the reproduction of acoustic instruments in performance
venues, with a leaning toward the reproduction of classical music (particularly
symphonic and chamber music), Jazz, Band and live ensembles. The objective
is to provide an understanding of what constitutes a "Speaker of Truth"
that carried forward into Fried Products, the most advanced and the current
realization of Bud's inspiration. As those who knew Bud can attest, he was
objective, nothing less than candid, in confronting marketing hype, unscientific
design - sometimes intentionally fraudulent practices - and outright duplicity
with respect to the consumer interests (A little like Paul Klipsch in this
regard).
Directions: At
Boston University, Cummington St is an east-west street just south of
Commonwealth Ave. It is one-way going west. Parking on both Commonwealth
Av and Cummington St. is free and available.
From Storrow Drive going east, take the
first BU exit. At the stop sign turn right on Commonwealth Ave (A
left is not permitted). Bear left and at the 3rd light take a u-turn,
go half a mile and turn right on Blandford St. (at a traffic light)
and turn right on Cummington St.
From Commonwealth Ave going west, after
Kenmore Square, after the tracks come up out of the tunnel, turn left
onto Blandford (at a traffic light). Then turn right onto Cummington
St.
MBTA Green line - exit at Kenmore Square
or the next stop, Blandford St. & Commonwealth Av. Walk a short
distance and make a left turn onto Blandford St. and right onto Cummington
St.
|
|