Stratton Acoustics New ‘E12’ Speaker Sports Patented Mechanically Isolated Tweeter
Stratton Acoustics Ltd has been awarded a patent for its Mechanically Isolated Tweeter Assembly set to feature in its upcoming E12 model.
Stratton Acoustics is the UK-based manufacturer that has been wowing audiences with its room-dominating Elypsis 1512 loudspeaker (below). Now we have news that its next release, codenamed "E12", could also feature the company's newly patented innovation.
Invented by Stratton's founder, David Fowler, the 1512's tweeter assembly addresses high-frequency reproduction issues that have traditionally plagued high-power active and passive multi-driver loudspeakers.
David Fowler told StereoNET:
At Stratton Acoustics, we don't do 'hit and hope'. We firmly believe in an engineering-led approach to loudspeaker design. The considered balance of physics, material selection, manufacturing process, heritage longevity and, of course, aesthetics are the foundation stones of the musical engagement that we want our products to deliver for decades to come.
Indeed, one manifestation of this is Stratton Acoustics' now patented Mechanically Isolated Tweeter Assembly that is said to ensure no external energy from the already massively rigid enclosure can be passed through to the tweeter dome.
Previously, engineers have tried to further decouple tweeters using elastomer rings, but their effectiveness is limited by their absolute length, states the company. Fowler's solution has been to extend the effective length of that ring by adding radial extensions.
We are told that this simple change offers multiple sonic advantages. David Fowler states, "By varying both the length and position of the extensions, it's now possible to resist interference from a far wider range of vibration modes."
That enhanced versatility means that Stratton's vibration isolation approach, first deployed in the 4-way Elypsis 1512, can now be used for tweeters in smaller loudspeaker designs with fewer drive units.
The first evidence of this will be seen as a new, as yet unnamed two-way loudspeaker (codename E12 - pictured above) that Stratton Acoustics is currently readying for a March 2024 launch.
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Jay Garrett
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