Posted by Brian Walsh on May 24, 2004 at 13:39:33:
In Reply to: Re: Dear Lew posted by Lew on May 24, 2004 at 10:29:38:
Magnat in Germany makes flame tweeters, and there are various resources out there on the subject. Acapella uses such a tweeter in their horn loaded speakers. Various efforts have appeared through the years including the Hill Plasmatronic and the Dukane Ionovac, and a little known company out of France tried making a speaker using a cold air plasma full range driver. Nelson Pass had some full range plasma speakers years ago, although they produced large amounts of unhealthy ozone in the room.
Plasma speakers most often embody the three characteristics of the 'perfect' audiophile product: unreliable, expensive, and unavailable. :-) But oh, when they work...!