<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220166050043604258</id><updated>2011-12-22T05:15:04.607-08:00</updated><category term='Sampan DTL'/><title type='text'>Role Audio Loudspeaker Blog</title><subtitle type='html'>What's new at Role Audio, manufacturer of the best Small Loudspeakers</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://roleaudio.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8220166050043604258/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://roleaudio.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>er</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00377679399647152293</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>20</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220166050043604258.post-2991623097541992437</id><published>2011-12-22T05:12:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-22T05:12:41.760-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Role Audio Has Introduced a Compact, Portable, All-in-One, Stereo Music System</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border: none; padding: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Role Audio &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-large;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;PRESS &lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-large;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;RELEASE&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;t&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;he best small loudspeakers      &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-style: none; 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text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-r6Unga7cHHs/TvMrTRINh_I/AAAAAAAAAC0/KfXgoZ7l_ac/s1600/sampan-music+box+copy2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="82" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-r6Unga7cHHs/TvMrTRINh_I/AAAAAAAAAC0/KfXgoZ7l_ac/s400/sampan-music+box+copy2.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h1 class="western" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0.1in; margin-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0.1in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Dimensions:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt; 42 X 4.5 X 5.25 (W X H X D) inches (107 by 13 by 12 cm)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="LEFT" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"&gt; &lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Now you can get true full-range audiophile music with the Sampan Music Box without the complexity of multiple pieces, a subwoofer, and a tangle of wires. With a built in 50 watt per channel audiophile amplifier and frequency response of 35 Hz to 20,000 Hz, the Sampan Music Box is the ultimate compact two-channel stereo music system. The Sampan Music Box is a stereo music system that is small, simple, powerful, and amazing. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="LEFT" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border: none; padding: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA. – December 19, 2011&lt;/b&gt;-- &lt;br /&gt;Role Audio, the US leader in manufacturing small audiophile loudspeakers, announces the release of &lt;b&gt;The Sampan Music Box&lt;/b&gt;, a compact 50 watt per channel stereo music system, for home audio, desktop audio, and portable audio. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border: none; padding: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border: none; padding: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;The Sampan Music Box is a compact all-in-one audiophile solution for consumers looking to access high-quality audio from their computers, smartphones, internet streaming devices, CD players, and other sources. Users can connect these sources to the Sampan Sound Box's 3.5 mm or RCA stereo inputs. The Sampan Music Box uses a built-in high-performance 50W per channel stereo power amplifier and folded transmission line design to deliver crystal-clear full-range audiophile sound without the need for a subwoofer and other components. The interface is simplicity itself: one wire in to connect the Sampan Music Box to a music source and one wire out to connect it to a power source.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border: none; padding: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;We developed the Sampan Music Box&lt;/b&gt; because our research and experience identified four major issues with compact music systems: (1) Most compact music systems have inadequate bass response, (2) they use separate tweeter and woofer designs that are not time and phase coherent and therefore not optimal for near-field listening, (3) in the all-in-one systems, the transducers for the left and right channels are usually spaced too closely for accurate and natural stereophonic sound reproduction, and (4) getting good performance from compact music systems usually requires multiple components, including a subwoofer, and a tangle of interconnecting cables and wires -- too much complexity for consumers desiring a simple way to enjoy music.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border: none; padding: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Our experience developing our Sampan Sound Bar taught us we could build a small single piece,  full-range system, with imaging, sound-staging, and bass response comparable to some of the best small subwoofer satellite systems. We took the design of our best performing mini tower loudspeaker, the Sampan, known for its imaging, its huge soundstage, and its bass performance, and a modified 50 watt per channel T-Amplifier, known for its exceptional audiophile performance, and combined them in a single ultra compact music system.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border: none; padding: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;The Sampan Music Box uses two full-range transducers, that are spaced 37 inches apart, in folded transmission lines to deliver sound that is time and phase coherent and bass response that can meet the THX requirement for subwoofers. The enclosure measures a compact  42 X 4.5 X 5.25 (W X H X D) inches (107 by 13 by 12 cm) and it is certified green and formaldehyde-free. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"&gt; &lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Using a single full range driver for each channel means the sound from each channel is integrated no matter where you sit, with all the frequencies of each channel arriving at your ear at the same time. The transmission line design allow effortless low bass reproduction. The Sampan Music Box is a point source, minimum phase, transient perfect, crossover-less design that represents the holy grail of loudspeaker designs. The imaging, soundstage, tonal quality and bass response are stunning. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="width: 665px;"&gt;&lt;colgroup&gt;&lt;col width="433"&gt;&lt;/col&gt;  &lt;col width="215"&gt;&lt;/col&gt;  &lt;/colgroup&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr valign="TOP"&gt;   &lt;td width="433"&gt;    &lt;div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"&gt;    &lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;The    Sampan Music Box can be used in a wide range of situations&lt;/b&gt;    &lt;b&gt;including:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"&gt;    &lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;As    an on-wall music system&lt;br /&gt;As a desktop music system for computers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"&gt;    &lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;As    a portable music system&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border: none; padding: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;As    a rear channel speaker system for high-end home theater&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;As    an on-the-go music system for picnics and other occasions&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-X1rAQcYzvNU/TvMr6iwFy3I/AAAAAAAAADA/4DaiQFIQJGA/s1600/Untitled.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="242" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-X1rAQcYzvNU/TvMr6iwFy3I/AAAAAAAAADA/4DaiQFIQJGA/s320/Untitled.jpeg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in; text-decoration: none;"&gt;    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="CENTER"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;using Logitech&lt;/span&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;TM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Squeezebox touch as a music source&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sNjHJPHBAmQ/TvMsCJIvaNI/AAAAAAAAADM/cDMdnaxpmUI/s1600/sampan-music-box-phone.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="198" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sNjHJPHBAmQ/TvMsCJIvaNI/AAAAAAAAADM/cDMdnaxpmUI/s320/sampan-music-box-phone.jpeg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;"&gt;u&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;"&gt;sing a smartphone as a music source&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FWZDP3N9n3E/TvMsG3QOCCI/AAAAAAAAADY/9wJ0sQ6lOFs/s1600/sampan-music-box-back.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="238" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FWZDP3N9n3E/TvMsG3QOCCI/AAAAAAAAADY/9wJ0sQ6lOFs/s320/sampan-music-box-back.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; rear view showing RCA and power connections&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"&gt;    &lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Loudspeaker    Specifications&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Frequency    Response: 35 Hz to 20,000 Hz &lt;br /&gt;Transducers: (2) 3.5 inch cast    frame full range&lt;br /&gt;Enclosure design: Dual folded transmission    lines.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Weight:    12 pounds (5.4 Kilograms)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"&gt;    &lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Special    feature:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Minimum    phase, time coherent, point source design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"&gt;    &lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Eco-friendly,    non-toxic, formaldehyde-free&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Amplifier    Section&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Modified    digital power amplifier featuring Tripath TK2050 chip-set &lt;br /&gt;with    50 watts per channel&amp;nbsp;into an 8 ohm load.&lt;br /&gt;Total harmonic    distortion: &amp;lt; 0.01% @ 30 watts, &amp;lt; 5.0% @ 50 watts    output&lt;br /&gt;Signal to noise ratio: 103 dB, A weighted&lt;br /&gt;Input    impedance 2 k ohms +/- 5%&lt;br /&gt;Channel separation: 95 dB&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Included    Accessories:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;World    compatible 24V @ 5A switch mode power supply&lt;br /&gt;3.5 mm to 1/4    headphone adapter &lt;br /&gt;3.5 mm to RCA "Y" cable&lt;br /&gt;6 inch    coiled 3.5 mm audio input cable&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td width="215"&gt;    &lt;div align="CENTER"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="CENTER"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;The Sampan Music Box is available now for $1,295 from &lt;a href="http://www.roleaudio.com/sampan-music-box.html"&gt;Role Audio's website&lt;/a&gt;  and from &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias=aps&amp;amp;field-keywords=sampan+music+box&amp;amp;x=0&amp;amp;y=0"&gt;Amazon.com&lt;/a&gt;  and Role Audio retailers. For more information contact national sales manager D. Bernard Alston at 919-886-7057.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border: none; padding: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;High resolution images&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt; can be found &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.roleaudio.com/music-box-images/"&gt;here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;                        &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.prlog.org/11753570-role-audio-has-introduced-compact-portable-all-in-one-stereo-loudspeaker-system.html"&gt;Published press release.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border: none; padding: 0in;"&gt; &lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Copyright 2011, Role Audio, P.O. Box 13396, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA 27709-3396&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8220166050043604258-2991623097541992437?l=roleaudio.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://roleaudio.blogspot.com/feeds/2991623097541992437/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://roleaudio.blogspot.com/2011/12/role-audio-has-introduced-compact.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8220166050043604258/posts/default/2991623097541992437'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8220166050043604258/posts/default/2991623097541992437'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://roleaudio.blogspot.com/2011/12/role-audio-has-introduced-compact.html' title='Role Audio Has Introduced a Compact, Portable, All-in-One, Stereo Music System'/><author><name>er</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00377679399647152293</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-r6Unga7cHHs/TvMrTRINh_I/AAAAAAAAAC0/KfXgoZ7l_ac/s72-c/sampan-music+box+copy2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220166050043604258.post-3752087071286492950</id><published>2011-12-08T07:14:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-08T07:14:29.938-08:00</updated><title type='text'>How much amplifier power can our Skiff and Kayak speakers handle?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"&gt;A customer recently asked this question and noted that we do not publish power handiling statistics on our website. &amp;nbsp;I am publishing my response since it is a question that comes up quite often:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;We do not publish this information because it is basically irrelevant&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;and misleadding and often interpreted to mean speakers cannot be played&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;with powerful amplifiers. While it may be relevant for PA systems, in&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;my opinion, it is not relevant to high-end audio. I know of customers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;who are using anywhere from 5 to 500 watts to drive these speakers and&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;we have not had a single Skiff or Kayak returned for repairs in the&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;last two years. In fact I don't think we have ever had an instance of&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;outright failure of the woofer in the Kayak. Our dealer in Windsor,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Ontario, Canada, relates how he inadvertently started playing the&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Sampan speaker (the driver is rated at 30 watts) with a 350 watt&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;amplifier turned up to maximum and had time to walk across the room&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;and turn down the system without any damage to the speakers. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Though it might sound like heresy, you will get some of the best performance&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;from small speakers driving them with a powerful amp with high&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;dampening factor because a powerful amp will reduce distortion in the small speaker&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;and allow them to play to at their maximum level before distortion sets in. I&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;personally use an 500 watts into 4 ohms to drive both&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;the Skiffs and Kayaks in our listening room. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Even with this powerful amplifier, the speakers are seeing a small fraction of its output&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;power most of the time and that changes dynamically with the type of&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;music being played and the dynamic contrasts in the music. The driver&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;in the Skiff is rated at 25 watts power and the one in the Kayak at 60&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;watts power but that is further moderated by filtering circuits in the&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;speakers. The caveat with any system is to start playing at moderate&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;volume and reduce volume when distortion sets in. So in short, it is&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;not an issue we worry about, and publishing and stats about it would&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;be misleading...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;I might add that delears and customers tend to always want to pair the cute little speaker with the cute little amplifier. That's OK if space limitations is the major concern. However, a small speaker, like all speakers, will benefit from the best amplifier power you can put in front of it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;ER&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8220166050043604258-3752087071286492950?l=roleaudio.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://roleaudio.blogspot.com/feeds/3752087071286492950/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://roleaudio.blogspot.com/2011/12/how-much-amplifier-power-can-our-skiff.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8220166050043604258/posts/default/3752087071286492950'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8220166050043604258/posts/default/3752087071286492950'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://roleaudio.blogspot.com/2011/12/how-much-amplifier-power-can-our-skiff.html' title='How much amplifier power can our Skiff and Kayak speakers handle?'/><author><name>er</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00377679399647152293</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220166050043604258.post-5794081694282104547</id><published>2011-11-12T21:24:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-12T21:24:43.104-08:00</updated><title type='text'>More On Listening to the Sampan Music Box.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;I have listened to the Sampan Music Box driven by the Logitec Squeezebox Touch on and off for a few days. Listening to the Sampan Music Box driven by my smart phone was very engaging and exciting. However, listening to the Sampan Music Box driven by the Logitec Squeeze Box Touch is definitely a more audiophile experience: The elements of the soundstage are more clearly defined, instruments and voices are more cleanly delineated, there is more weight to instruments and voices, and the system sounds larger. There are also less electronic artifacts in the Music Box/Logitec Touch presentation. However, whenever I switch back to the smart phone the sound is livelier and the listening experience is a little more exciting.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; It is just amazing how the quality of audio available on smart phones keeps improving. I suspect some manufacturer will put a high quality DAC in a smart phone soon.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8220166050043604258-5794081694282104547?l=roleaudio.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://roleaudio.blogspot.com/feeds/5794081694282104547/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://roleaudio.blogspot.com/2011/11/more-on-listening-to-sampan-music-box.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8220166050043604258/posts/default/5794081694282104547'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8220166050043604258/posts/default/5794081694282104547'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://roleaudio.blogspot.com/2011/11/more-on-listening-to-sampan-music-box.html' title='More On Listening to the Sampan Music Box.'/><author><name>er</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00377679399647152293</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220166050043604258.post-591689918390794525</id><published>2011-11-08T21:18:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-12T20:51:20.028-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Some preliminary measurements of the Sampan Music Box</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TP6iPf-pn5Y/Tr9G0altZ5I/AAAAAAAAACo/aIUfQxnIchI/s1600/samp-music-box-far-field.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="259" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TP6iPf-pn5Y/Tr9G0altZ5I/AAAAAAAAACo/aIUfQxnIchI/s320/samp-music-box-far-field.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Figure 1: Sampan Music Box quasi anechoic far field response&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LwyrQLTegNk/TroMtpjwHII/AAAAAAAAACY/MeeuDfcSzok/s1600/samp-music-box-port-sml.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="230" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LwyrQLTegNk/TroMtpjwHII/AAAAAAAAACY/MeeuDfcSzok/s320/samp-music-box-port-sml.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;Figure 2: Sampan Music Box near field vent frequency response&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;Preliminary measurements of the Sampan Music Box shows its amazing frequency response, especially low bass extension. Quasi anechoic measurement of the Sampan Music Box in Figure 1, taken on axis at one meter from the speaker, show an extremely linear response. The graph suggests a frequency response of +/- 3 dB from 320 Hz to 20,000 Hz (each vertical increment is 2.5 dB).&amp;nbsp;The neutral mid-range frequency response shown in Figure 1 is the hallmark of an excellent imaging speaker.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;The vent frequency response in Figure 2 shows low bass frequency response is below 35 Hz. This indicates that he low bass frequency response of the Sampan Music Bar meets the THX requirement for subwoofer response. A composite response will be published in the future.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.roleaudio.com/"&gt;www.roleaudio.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8220166050043604258-591689918390794525?l=roleaudio.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://roleaudio.blogspot.com/feeds/591689918390794525/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://roleaudio.blogspot.com/2011/11/some-preliminary-measurements-of-sampan.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8220166050043604258/posts/default/591689918390794525'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8220166050043604258/posts/default/591689918390794525'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://roleaudio.blogspot.com/2011/11/some-preliminary-measurements-of-sampan.html' title='Some preliminary measurements of the Sampan Music Box'/><author><name>er</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00377679399647152293</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TP6iPf-pn5Y/Tr9G0altZ5I/AAAAAAAAACo/aIUfQxnIchI/s72-c/samp-music-box-far-field.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220166050043604258.post-2641058312094233982</id><published>2011-11-02T09:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-11-12T20:50:08.448-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Sampan Stereo 100 Music Box</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2xeUlLe_Yh4/TrHDph7rE_I/AAAAAAAAACA/6vISc6xqW_I/s1600/sampan-music+box-sml.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="66" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2xeUlLe_Yh4/TrHDph7rE_I/AAAAAAAAACA/6vISc6xqW_I/s320/sampan-music+box-sml.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mtYYOIo0bOY/TrHDt9P2yoI/AAAAAAAAACI/bBXHwYJRtRk/s1600/sampan-music-box+-sml.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="173" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mtYYOIo0bOY/TrHDt9P2yoI/AAAAAAAAACI/bBXHwYJRtRk/s320/sampan-music-box+-sml.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Y4sQOeN1s6U/TrHDxgoH7_I/AAAAAAAAACQ/qJWfExV-1Jc/s1600/sampan-muisc-box-logitec+-sml.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="220" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Y4sQOeN1s6U/TrHDxgoH7_I/AAAAAAAAACQ/qJWfExV-1Jc/s320/sampan-muisc-box-logitec+-sml.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I had one of the most engaging listening experiences ever last night. I took home the first, freshly minted, Sampan Stereo 100 Music Box, plopped it down on a small table in front of a couch, plugged in the power and connected my smart phone to the Music Box.&amp;nbsp;I had planned to listen to the to the Music Box on a desk but I could not move.I sat less than two feet away and maybe a foot higher than the Music Box. But could not hear the Music Box. Instead I was presented with &amp;nbsp;a huge soundstage. The finished product sounded was way better than what I had heard during development and testing. As I leaned into the extreme nearfield, the soundstage widened, deepened and became more enveloping. There was something alluring about the simplicity of the setup. One cable into the back: power. One cable connecting my phone. An on/off volume knob on the front. No DAC. A perfect audiophile listening experience? No! A thoroughly enjoyable listening experience? Yes! &amp;nbsp;As ran through various artists on my phone, the simplicity of moving from one cut to another, the quality of the music, and the depth and width of the sound stage was intoxicating. I had to keep the volume down because my family was asleep. But even listening at low volume was thoroughly enjoyable. I listened for hours. I finally turned in after 1 AM.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This morning after my family left, I plopped the Music Box on a book case and turned it up. Still sounding good. Still going through my collection. I decided to have breakfast so I left it on&amp;nbsp;Bob Marley's "Songs of Freedom" anthology.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; I was listening to the third disk when I noticed a dramatic change. Like a car going up hill changing gears. The system reached a break-in threshold. Bass: deepened. Vibrating the walls. I cranked up the volume even higher and now the system was really&amp;nbsp;boogieing. Some Studio One. Heaven.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What is the Sampan Music Box? A 42 inch by 4.5 inch by 5 inch active stereo speaker using single full range 3.5 inch drivers in folded transmission lines, driven by a 50 watt per channel T-amp. What is also impressive is how it fills my rather large room that is open on two sides with truly magical sound. Today, I will listen to the Sampan Music Box driven by the Logitech Squeezebox touch. More about that later.&lt;br /&gt;ER.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.roleaudio.com/"&gt;SEE: www.roleaudio.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8220166050043604258-2641058312094233982?l=roleaudio.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://roleaudio.blogspot.com/feeds/2641058312094233982/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://roleaudio.blogspot.com/2011/11/sampan-stereo-100-music-box.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8220166050043604258/posts/default/2641058312094233982'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8220166050043604258/posts/default/2641058312094233982'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://roleaudio.blogspot.com/2011/11/sampan-stereo-100-music-box.html' title='Sampan Stereo 100 Music Box'/><author><name>er</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00377679399647152293</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2xeUlLe_Yh4/TrHDph7rE_I/AAAAAAAAACA/6vISc6xqW_I/s72-c/sampan-music+box-sml.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220166050043604258.post-9162659550142440889</id><published>2011-10-02T07:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-11-08T21:26:36.607-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Can sound quality be measured? What do you think?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13645_3-20113895-47/can-sound-quality-be-measured/?tag=cnetRiver"&gt;http://news.cnet.com/8301-13645_3-20113895-47/can-sound-quality-be-measured/?tag=cnetRiver&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.roleaudio.com/"&gt;www.roleaudio.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8220166050043604258-9162659550142440889?l=roleaudio.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://roleaudio.blogspot.com/feeds/9162659550142440889/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://roleaudio.blogspot.com/2011/10/can-sound-quality-be-measured-what-do.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8220166050043604258/posts/default/9162659550142440889'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8220166050043604258/posts/default/9162659550142440889'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://roleaudio.blogspot.com/2011/10/can-sound-quality-be-measured-what-do.html' title='Can sound quality be measured? What do you think?'/><author><name>er</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00377679399647152293</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220166050043604258.post-6017641670240503627</id><published>2011-06-10T17:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-11-08T21:27:08.337-08:00</updated><title type='text'>U.S. warns formaldehyde found in plywood and pressboard that are used to make loudspeakers may cause cancer.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;A US Government report delayed for years because of fierce lobbying by manufacturers, strengthened the warning that formaldehyde, found in plywood pressboard that are used to make loudspeakers is a human carcinogen. (NY Times, June 10, 2011.)&lt;br /&gt;This is why we are making our loudspeakers with formaldehyde free boards and non-toxic paints. We care about your health and the environment.&lt;br /&gt;ER.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.roleaudio.com/"&gt;www.roleaudio.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8220166050043604258-6017641670240503627?l=roleaudio.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://roleaudio.blogspot.com/feeds/6017641670240503627/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://roleaudio.blogspot.com/2011/06/us-warns-formaldehyde-found-in-plywood.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8220166050043604258/posts/default/6017641670240503627'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8220166050043604258/posts/default/6017641670240503627'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://roleaudio.blogspot.com/2011/06/us-warns-formaldehyde-found-in-plywood.html' title='U.S. warns formaldehyde found in plywood and pressboard that are used to make loudspeakers may cause cancer.'/><author><name>er</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00377679399647152293</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220166050043604258.post-3746295845596655347</id><published>2011-06-04T06:04:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-11-08T21:28:52.011-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Role Audio Skiff is ideal for audio mixing.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Monitoring will now be via a pair of&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt; Role Audio Skiff &lt;/span&gt;speakers.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Why? Well Michael Jacksons 'Thriller' was mixed entirely on a pair of Auratones, which for those not familiar, are a small near field single driver speaker used as a reference in studios in the 70's, 80s and 90's. They provide a brilliant image of your mix focused primarily &amp;nbsp;on the midrange, and the Role Audio Skiffs have superb midrange and are my Auratones for this mix.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.desktopaudio.com.au/index.php/the-quest-for-a-better-mix"&gt;http://www.desktopaudio.com.au/index.php/the-quest-for-a-better-mix&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #777777; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2 class="contentheading clearfix" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: white; display: block; font-family: BebasNeue, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; 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text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8iKwdeS1BUc/Tci6Vhp1IiI/AAAAAAAAAB8/Zc3ITrMAFGI/s1600/skiff.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="209" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8iKwdeS1BUc/Tci6Vhp1IiI/AAAAAAAAAB8/Zc3ITrMAFGI/s320/skiff.gif" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;SKIFFS best small desktop speaker?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;Dimensions: 4 X 6 X 5 inches (W X H X D).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As Steven Stone points out:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"&gt;"... the Role Skiffs may well be your ideal desktop speaker..."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"&gt;(enyoythemusic.com)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;Just in:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: red; font-family: Arial;"&gt;"Their midrange is scary good, seriously good in fact and unlike many full range drivers do not seem to be rolled off in the top end as one would expect. Dynamics are excellent too 'Daddy Longlegs' by Joe Robinson off the 6 String Theory album, the solo guitar has superb punch and detail and at no stage sounds lacking in punch or bottom end extension...Even when the deep bass passages start, the full weight is there, amazing....a fairly stunning speaker that offers so much with so few negatives.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.desktopaudio.com.au/index.php/reviews/item/89-role-audio-skiff-%20-bigjoe-iii-desktop-system"&gt;Desktop Audio News and Previews (Australia, May 10, 2011)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.roleaudio.com/"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;www.roleaudio.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8220166050043604258-5557433758537737056?l=roleaudio.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://roleaudio.blogspot.com/feeds/5557433758537737056/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://roleaudio.blogspot.com/2011/05/skiffs-best-desktop-speaker.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8220166050043604258/posts/default/5557433758537737056'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8220166050043604258/posts/default/5557433758537737056'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://roleaudio.blogspot.com/2011/05/skiffs-best-desktop-speaker.html' title='SKIFFS best desktop speaker?'/><author><name>er</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00377679399647152293</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8iKwdeS1BUc/Tci6Vhp1IiI/AAAAAAAAAB8/Zc3ITrMAFGI/s72-c/skiff.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220166050043604258.post-2566161990241717647</id><published>2011-05-05T06:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-11-08T21:30:11.547-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Report from 2011 Axpona show, Atlanta Georgia</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-itmHn7lg92s/TcKs3YrAAuI/AAAAAAAAAB4/eXm3JvCtv5c/s1600/sampan-trunc.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-itmHn7lg92s/TcKs3YrAAuI/AAAAAAAAAB4/eXm3JvCtv5c/s1600/sampan-trunc.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The Sampan was regarded as best in the show.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Best in show -&lt;br /&gt;I was totally blown away by Role Audio. Their Sampan speaker is one of if not the most exciting speakers I have ever auditioned...&lt;br /&gt;.neo-geo.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"... these speakers “disappeared” like no others I heard at the show."&lt;br /&gt;Stephen Mejias, Stereophile&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.roleaudio.com/"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;www.roleaudio.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8220166050043604258-2566161990241717647?l=roleaudio.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://roleaudio.blogspot.com/feeds/2566161990241717647/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://roleaudio.blogspot.com/2011/05/report-from-2011-axpona-show-atlanta.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8220166050043604258/posts/default/2566161990241717647'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8220166050043604258/posts/default/2566161990241717647'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://roleaudio.blogspot.com/2011/05/report-from-2011-axpona-show-atlanta.html' title='Report from 2011 Axpona show, Atlanta Georgia'/><author><name>er</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00377679399647152293</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-itmHn7lg92s/TcKs3YrAAuI/AAAAAAAAAB4/eXm3JvCtv5c/s72-c/sampan-trunc.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220166050043604258.post-3450804896961915612</id><published>2010-06-22T21:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-11-08T21:30:45.896-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Best Desktop Speaker</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;The best desktop speaker should be:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Formaldehyde-free.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt; What?  Yes. Now that we know that  nearly all the lumber used to make  loudspeakers contain formaldehyde, a carcinogen banned from  loudspeakers sold in California after December 31, 2010, do you want  to be in a small room with a pair of loudspeakers off-gassing  formaldehyde fumes or inches away from loudspeakers on your desk  offgassing formaldehyde?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Small.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;  For practical reasons, including ease of placement and scarcity of  space, especially on a desk, near-field loudspeakers should be  small. Moreover,  if they are not formaldehyde-free to begin with,  small loudspeakers will limit your exposure to formaldehyde. In  addition, all being equal, small loudspeakers image better because  usually the drivers have to be placed closer together to fit on the   baffle which brings them close to the ideal of being a point source.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Acoustic suspension design.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;  Although they are not as popular as they were in their heyday of the  late 1950s through the 1970s, acoustic suspension (sealed box)  loudspeakers that are the same size as ported loudspeakers will  usually produce better and more accurate low bass response. Not more  bass output, but better bass extension. They will also have better  transient response which will contribute to better imaging and  better resolution of low level detail. Moreover, if the loudspeakers  are not formaldehyde-free, they will offgass less formaldehyde than  ported loudspeakers which expose you to off-gassing from the outside  surfaces as well as the internal surfaces of the loudspeakers and to  any toxic glues or substances used inside the loudspeakers through  the ports. Why are ported loudspeakers more popular? They are more  efficient and produce more voluminous bass. But they don't work as  well on a desktop or bookshelf because usually the ports are on the  rear and that muddies-up the bass when they are placed near to rear  walls. If you are a purest and value accurate reproduction, all  other factors being equal, acoustic suspension loudspeakers have  less distortion than ported loudspeakers. Small folded transmission line loudspeakers such as our Sampan FTL are an alternative to acoustic suspension design. The FTL has similar transient &amp;nbsp;response characteristics and even better bass extension than acoustic suspension designs of similar size. But I don't know of any other TL loudspeakers that are anywhere as small as our Sampan FTL.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;A point source or close to one.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;  A point source loudspeaker is either a single driver loudspeaker or  one where the tweeter and woofer are placed very close together so  that their response simulate the response of single driver  loudspeakers. Why is this important? If the loudspeakers don't use a  single driver or a close-coupled two driver arrangement, then as you  move up and down or side to side the distance between two or more  drivers and your ears will change causing sound from the drivers in  each loudspeaker to arrive at your ears at slightly different times  which in turn cause slurring and the loss of low level information.  A single driver or a two-way “point source” loudspeaker will  provide more coherent, integrated and accurate sound because all the  sound emanates from the same spot. In a multiway loudspeaker the  sound becomes integrated further away from the loudspeaker because  of the different distances between the drivers on the baffle and the  listener. That does not bode well for listening in a desktop  environment where you are a foot or two from the loudspeakers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Crossover-less  or first order (6 dB per octave) design.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;   W&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;ith  regard to crossover design,less is more. The more complex the  crossover, the more current it soak's up, the more coloration it  adds to music, and the more phase distortion it produces. Most of  the really magical loudspeakers use only a few or no crossover  components. In the ideal loudspeaker, a single drive full-range  loudspeaker, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;  t&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;he sound is  continuous and integrated. A first order crossover allows  considerable overlap of the output of the drivers which simulates  the continuous output of a full-range single driver loudspeaker.  There are no phase or discontinuity problems. In a multi-way  loudspeaker the crossover or dividing network partitions the  frequency spectrum to the different drivers. That is great for power  handling  but not so great for accuracy. Some discerning listeners  can hear the separation or discontinuity that results from use of  complex crossovers in loudspeakers, especially when they are seated  near to the loudspeakers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;ol start="5"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;So what about sensitivity?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Well, it is  less of an issue than you think. How many watts do you need to drive  your loudspeakers to reasonable volume when you are sitting very  close to the loudspeakers, especially in a small room? Not too many! But more important is the issue of accuracy and sound quality. As Dr. Floyd E. Toole, formally of Canad's National Research Council has observed, "Sadly, there is an approximately inverse relationship between sensitivity and sound quality... more often than not, the most sensitive speakers are slightly less refined in their sound quality and for a given box size, they will have poorer bass." The sensitivity issue is often a concern for those who want to build a music system around a particular low wattage amplifier. However, since the loudspeaker is the greatest determinant of the sound of music systems, &amp;nbsp;my advise is to start with the loudspeakers and and build the music system around them.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Small Loudspeakers sound, well, small.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Not necessarily. It all depends on how the loudspeakers are voiced. Voicing is an art. Done well, it makes small loudspeakers sound like large loudspeakers. In a one to one comparison between a well voiced small loudspeaker and a larger loudspeaker the difference in size will be obvious. But as you listen to a well voiced small loudspeaker you will forget about its size. To illustrate this point: In a recent review of our Sampan, the reviewer set up the pair of Sampans next to the a pair of Triange Cellos, which are roughly 18 times the size of the Sampans. Everyone thought the sound they were listening to was comming from the Cellos.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;ER&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.roleaudio.com/"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;www.roleaudio.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8220166050043604258-3450804896961915612?l=roleaudio.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://roleaudio.blogspot.com/feeds/3450804896961915612/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://roleaudio.blogspot.com/2010/06/ideal-near-field-or-desktop-loudspeaker.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8220166050043604258/posts/default/3450804896961915612'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8220166050043604258/posts/default/3450804896961915612'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://roleaudio.blogspot.com/2010/06/ideal-near-field-or-desktop-loudspeaker.html' title='The Best Desktop Speaker'/><author><name>er</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00377679399647152293</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220166050043604258.post-8095125631185037021</id><published>2010-06-08T11:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-08T11:04:37.436-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Formaldehyde in loudspeakers poses significant health risks.</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"&gt;Formaldehyde in loudspeakers poses significant health risks.&amp;nbsp;Role Audio is first loudspeaker company to offer a full line of formaldehyde-free loudspeakers. Plywood, Medium Density Fiberboard (MDF), paints and glues, that are widely used to manufacture loudspeaker cabinets, are made with formaldehyde. Formaldehyde is an allergen and carcinogen. Formaldehyde is particularly a problem because it is a volatile organic compound (VOC), which is a compound that vaporizes under normal conditions (also called "off-gas") into the indoor environment. Formaldehyde residues are major components of smog and thus have a broad impact on health.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"&gt;The threat to health and the environment is so serious that the US state of California has passed regulation restricting formaldehyde emissions from any materials or products (including loudspeakers) sold in California after Dec 31, 2010. Other states and nations are expected to enact similar regulations.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"&gt;In small loudspeakers formaldehyde off-gassing is not that much of an issue. All things being equal, the smaller the loudspeaker the less the off-gassing. And off-gassing decays over time. That "new" smell you notice when you buy new speakers, furniture, cars, and carpeting, for example, is a result of off-gassing. And it is most often hazardous. The paint on the outside surfaces of loudspeakers seals the formaldehyde in to some extent. The problem is that the paints, even lacquer paints intended for indoor use also off-gas. Off-gassing from a vented speaker is a bigger issue because you are exposed to off-gassing from the outside of the loudspeakers as well as off-gassing from the raw, unpainted inner panels that seeps out through the ports. When you play a vented loudspeaker, the driver essentially acts as a fan blowing the accumulated off-gasses through the loudspeaker port into indoor air.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"&gt;Although formaldehyde-free boards and paints are becoming more available, they are very expensive, more difficult to work with, and the variety is quite limited. There are only two solutions to prevent formaldehyde off-gassing. (1) Seal the lumber with special non-toxic sealers. Or, (2) Use lumber that does not contain formaldehyde. We are making our loudspeakers more health-friendly and more environmentally-friendly by painting the outside surfaces with environmentally-friendly (certified green) paints and we are using environmentally-friendly (certified green) sealers to coat the unfinished inside panels of our vented transmission line loudspeakers to help to prevent off-gassing. We are also offering loudspeakers made with formaldehyde-free boards and painted with certified "green" or environmentally friendly paints as options.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"&gt;We are proud to be the first loudspeaker company to manufacture formaldehyde-free loudspeakers to protect your health and the environment. We hope our pioneering efforts will encourage other loudspeaker manufacturers to follow our example.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8220166050043604258-8095125631185037021?l=roleaudio.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://roleaudio.blogspot.com/feeds/8095125631185037021/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://roleaudio.blogspot.com/2010/06/formaldehyde-in-loudspeakers-poses.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8220166050043604258/posts/default/8095125631185037021'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8220166050043604258/posts/default/8095125631185037021'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://roleaudio.blogspot.com/2010/06/formaldehyde-in-loudspeakers-poses.html' title='Formaldehyde in loudspeakers poses significant health risks.'/><author><name>er</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00377679399647152293</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220166050043604258.post-2536643575380465840</id><published>2010-04-07T10:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-11-08T21:31:24.697-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"&gt;BREATHE EASY WITH OUR ECO-FRIENDLY AND CERTIFIED “GREEN” LOUDSPEAKERS&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;OUR ECO-FRIENDLY LOUDSPEAKERS&amp;nbsp;ARE:&lt;br /&gt;Sealed and painted with certified "green" water based paints to prevent toxic formaldehyde vapors entering indoor air and the environment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Assembled with non-toxic glues and lead-free solder.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Small size that has a smaller carbon foot print than larger loudspeakers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Packaged with biodegradable honeycomb paper product and/or foam that does not cause ozone depletion.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Shipped &amp;nbsp;in cartons made from recycled and/or non-toxic materials.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;OUR CERTIFIED “GREEN” LOUDSPEAKERS&amp;nbsp;HAVE ALL THE ABOVE PLUS THEY ARE:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Manufactured from formaldehyde free plywoods that are made with PureBond® ‘formaldehyde-free technology.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And manufactured &amp;nbsp;from Medium Density Fiberboard that use no urea or formaldehyde in the manufacturing process.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"&gt;ER.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.roleaudio.com/"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;www.roleaudio.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8220166050043604258-2536643575380465840?l=roleaudio.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://roleaudio.blogspot.com/feeds/2536643575380465840/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://roleaudio.blogspot.com/2010/04/breathe-easy-with-our-eco-friendly-and.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8220166050043604258/posts/default/2536643575380465840'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8220166050043604258/posts/default/2536643575380465840'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://roleaudio.blogspot.com/2010/04/breathe-easy-with-our-eco-friendly-and.html' title=''/><author><name>er</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00377679399647152293</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220166050043604258.post-5146931639850773582</id><published>2010-03-23T08:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-11-08T21:32:07.242-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Nearfield Loudspeaker Placement</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nsmaudio.com/brochures/stereosetup.html"&gt;Nearfield Loudspeaker Placement&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;GUIDELINES FOR SETTING UP SPEAKERS&lt;br /&gt;(is the rule of thirds dead?)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nsmaudio.com/brochures/stereosetup.html"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_t6C3yIFe95E/S6jXgawEjgI/AAAAAAAAAA8/S2364DX6CYs/s320/s2-1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;The following comments apply to truly phase coherent speakers, the majority of which tend to have simple (or no) crossovers. This type of speakers, if well designed, will generally display better timbral accuracy, harmonic integrity, and a natural seamlessness.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;It is hard to put into words just how much even the simplest crossover, or variance in driver material adds to a sense of UNREALITY. Conversely, this method may not apply to speakers with complex crossovers (i.e. some Thiels, and many others) because, as you will see later, if you sit too close to these speakers, you WILL HEAR THE CROSSOVER. Here we go:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nsmaudio.com/brochures/stereosetup.html"&gt;click here to read the rest of this article&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.roleaudio.com/"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;www.roleaudio.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8220166050043604258-5146931639850773582?l=roleaudio.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://roleaudio.blogspot.com/feeds/5146931639850773582/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://roleaudio.blogspot.com/2010/03/nearfield-loudspeaker-placement.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8220166050043604258/posts/default/5146931639850773582'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8220166050043604258/posts/default/5146931639850773582'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://roleaudio.blogspot.com/2010/03/nearfield-loudspeaker-placement.html' title='Nearfield Loudspeaker Placement'/><author><name>er</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00377679399647152293</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_t6C3yIFe95E/S6jXgawEjgI/AAAAAAAAAA8/S2364DX6CYs/s72-c/s2-1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220166050043604258.post-3953677473075951562</id><published>2010-03-14T11:06:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-11-08T21:33:20.744-08:00</updated><title type='text'>This blog has moved</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;This blog is now located at http://roleaudio.blogspot.com/.&lt;br /&gt;You will be automatically redirected in 30 seconds, or you may click &lt;a href="http://roleaudio.blogspot.com/"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For feed subscribers, please update your feed subscriptions to&lt;br /&gt;http://roleaudio.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.roleaudio.com/"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;www.roleaudio.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8220166050043604258-3953677473075951562?l=roleaudio.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://roleaudio.blogspot.com/feeds/3953677473075951562/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://roleaudio.blogspot.com/2010/03/this-blog-has-moved.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8220166050043604258/posts/default/3953677473075951562'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8220166050043604258/posts/default/3953677473075951562'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://roleaudio.blogspot.com/2010/03/this-blog-has-moved.html' title='This blog has moved'/><author><name>er</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00377679399647152293</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220166050043604258.post-1952432724011365632</id><published>2009-05-05T08:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-11-08T21:33:47.284-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Follow us on Facebook.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;AS OF 3/14/2010 we resumed publication of our blog.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;b&gt; 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text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_t6C3yIFe95E/S50y3qVdWTI/AAAAAAAAAAc/fPvWBJj2ZVY/s1600-h/ent-pair.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_t6C3yIFe95E/S50y3qVdWTI/AAAAAAAAAAc/fPvWBJj2ZVY/s320/ent-pair.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Here are some comments from Mike Peshkin's review of the Enterprise in stereomojo.com.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"&gt;They do the sound pressure into your chest thing so many speakers are incapable of doing. My Infinity speakers do it, but the authority the Roles possess is mind-numbing! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left" style="margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"&gt;The soundstage was deep and wide with just the Nightingale amp, as it was with just the Monarchy monoblocks. It is so immense with this configuration that my jaw drops every time I listen to a recording. It doesn't matter whether it's a CD or an LP, the depth is such that I have no rear wall, the width revealing I have no side walls!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"&gt;I knew the Role speakers were something special when John Rich and I opened the boxes and saw how they were packed; an awful lot of thought went into protecting those speakers from the vagaries of shipping. But even more thought went into the owner's manual.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"&gt;I really can't imagine asking for much more than these speakers are able to give. I'm enthralled with every recording I've put on since it was bi-amped. The Enterprise would be welcomed by me to replace my Infinity speakers if I could afford to do so. I am shocked at how beautiful, how real the music is; every recording, every one!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"&gt;It is marvelous. I want this speaker!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"&gt;The Roles do strings!...Strayaway Child is a hand grenade of treble info and the Role Enterprise speakers handle the attack with aplomb.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"&gt;Along with the fabulous imaging these speakers are capable of producing, listening to music (not sound) is where these speakers sparkle.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"&gt;...real bass, down below 40 Hz, is definitely there.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"&gt;The Roles allowed me to hear Bill Evans' piano crying along with Miles' angst almost too deeply, affecting me as I'd never been before. I've listened to that record a few million times (well, close, but you get it, right?).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"&gt;The Roles do a great job of bringing you close to reality.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;We welcome your comments.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.roleaudio.com/"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;www.roleaudio.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8220166050043604258-5351772431974882177?l=roleaudio.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://roleaudio.blogspot.com/feeds/5351772431974882177/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://roleaudio.blogspot.com/2009/02/rave-review-of-enterprise.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8220166050043604258/posts/default/5351772431974882177'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8220166050043604258/posts/default/5351772431974882177'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://roleaudio.blogspot.com/2009/02/rave-review-of-enterprise.html' title='Rave Review of the Enterprise'/><author><name>er</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00377679399647152293</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_t6C3yIFe95E/S50y3qVdWTI/AAAAAAAAAAc/fPvWBJj2ZVY/s72-c/ent-pair.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220166050043604258.post-7849573314852813849</id><published>2009-02-16T09:45:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-08T21:34:55.584-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sampan DTL'/><title type='text'>THE SAMPAN DTL: Third in the Sampan trilogy</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"&gt;We are t&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;aking&lt;/span&gt; orders on the new Sampan &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;DTL&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"&gt;(dual transmission line)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"&gt;The&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"&gt; Sampan &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;DTL&lt;/span&gt; builds on the amazing performance of the Sampan. The Sampan &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;DTL&lt;/span&gt; offers rivetin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"&gt;g&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"&gt;, articulat&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"&gt;e, bass performance you would not think possible in a speaker this &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"&gt;siz&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_t6C3yIFe95E/S50zlC0upTI/AAAAAAAAAAs/U9Uihp8NK4Y/s1600-h/sampan-dtl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_t6C3yIFe95E/S50zlC0upTI/AAAAAAAAAAs/U9Uihp8NK4Y/s320/sampan-dtl.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"&gt;R&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"&gt;iveting &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"&gt;d&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"&gt;ynamic &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"&gt;bass &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"&gt;perfor&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"&gt;manc&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"&gt;e from a speaker 4 inches wide, 6.25 inches deep and 42 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"&gt;inches hig&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; 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color: black; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 85%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 85%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 85%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"&gt;h&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 85%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 85%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 85%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"&gt;How do we do it?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"&gt;The incredible performance of the Sampan DTL's is achieved with Role Audio's proprietary dual transmission line design -- the same technology used &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"&gt;in the Enterprise.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 85%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"&gt;Frequency Response: 35 Hz to 20, 000 Hz&lt;span class="Apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sensitivity: 92 dB&lt;span class="Apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;FInishes: Satin black&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 85%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;Shipping Weight: 40 pounds per pair&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 85%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; 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