This is a video of a exploded diagram I drew on SketchUp before starting to build the speakers for the platform exhibition. It also has some software synthesizer sounds created on my laptop.
Tony Andrews Interview
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“All the other devices use a metallic compression driver so the thing that is making the sound is actually made out of metal and we make that frequency band with cone loudspeakers. In other words, paper is a much more organic, more friendly material and the speed of sound in the material is closer to what it is in air so the transition from the diaphragm to the air is allot smoother. I mean everybody knows what a dustbin sounds like. A metallic one or a oil drum; it’s not a great sound. Whereas organic things…well there are steel guitars but most classical instruments tend to be made out of wood. It’s some thing we like, and paper is just one step removed from wood really.”
Tony Andrews
