Davone Audio Rithm : Demoshow hos Norsk Audio Teknikk (Oslo)

Davone Rithm Loudspeakers lanseres i Oslo. Moiz Audio arrangerer demoshow i samarbeid med Norsk Audio Teknikk .

Begivenhetene finner sted 22.April 2010 fra kl 17:00 -2100 og Lørdag 24.April 2010 10:00-15:00. Davone Rithm høyttaleren er revolusjonerende, nyskapende og designmessig mesterverk skapt av Paul Schenkel. I tillegg demonstreres produkter fra Koreanske Calyx Amp,Bladelius, Trafomatic Audio og Transparent audio. Vi ønsker alle velkommen til Norsk Audio Teknikk
For ytterligere informasjon kontakt;

Norsk Audio Teknikk AS
Telefon 22200095
Epost: morten@norskaudioteknikk.no

Hvem er Davone Audio? klikk http://www.davoneaudio.com/




Background of Paul Schenkel, owner and founder of Davone

Educational background
My education is a Bachelor degree of Aeronautics and a Masters degree in Physics. After
graduating from university at the faculty for surface physics, I moved together with my wife to
Australia. Here I continued working for halve a year in the area of surface physics. When this
project was finished I started looking for a job in acoustics, my real passion and the reason for
studying physics. During this period I started designing loudspeakers. After being one year in
Australia we decided to go back to the Netherlands.

Professional background
Back in the Netherlands I started working at Philips Hearing Instruments in a research
position. The task was to develop a model of the vibrational and acoustic behaviour of a
hearing aid in order to predict the maximum gain before feedback. Here I had access to the
most sophisticated tools like laser scanning vibrometry, acoustic holography, vacuum chamber,
anechoic chamber etc. I built the model in Abaqus, a Finite Element Modeling (FEM) software
capable of simulating the non-linear behaviour of rubber and the interaction with acoustics.

This period has given me a lot of insight in what really happens in the world of acoustics. After
being in the research position of three years I decided to become project leader. In the mean
time Philips Hearing Instruments was bought by a Danish Hearing aid company and they
closed Philips Hearing Instruments down. I was offered to continue my job in Denmark and
here I became what we call a program manager. In this role I was responsible for large
projects with many disciplines from hardware to software, from production to marketing.

Design background
Having no design background at all, I just sketch what I like. I have been raised with an
interest for designer furniture and my grandfather was an architect – that is the closest I can
come to an explanation of my interest for design and architecture. In general I am a quieter
person who is best in keeping the overview but I can go into details when I have to. Someone
told me once that the speaker matches my character and I agree. The rithm is a quiet shape
that is not meant to stand out and is designed from a distance with only few details.

Davone –together where it all comes
I have been building speakers all my life, just like many people in the audio industry. With my
interest in classic design I have never understood (and I still don’t) that there are no
loudspeaker manufacturers that try something new with the cabinet shape and yet keep it
stylish, non technical, like the famous furniture design classics. Often in furniture design
magazines I can see that in the background of a very stylish house there are speakers that
clearly do not match the rest of the house. What a waste! The average designer knows very
little about loudspeakers. So there is a market gap that should be filled.

That said, starting a business is a whole other matter. But a few years ago I could see that the
different pieces of the puzzle started to fall in place. I had a solid background in acoustics,
some refreshing design ideas, business experience from a large company and we lived in
Denmark which has a number of quality manufacturers in the furniture and loudspeaker area.
After showing a first prototype on the Danish hifi show we started the company based on the
high number of positive reactions.

Davone rithm
I am often asked where the idea for the rithm comes from. Basically, it is not possible for me
to say that the curve started with design or acoustics - both worlds are balanced all the time
when I make the first sketches of a design. I have after all an acoustics background, not a
designer back ground. The curve has been refined with tests, mostly regarding the angle at
which the speaker radiates into the room and how deep the speaker can be mounted before
the edges would be audible. The inner acoustics was pretty much OK from the start.

And where does the arc idea come from? Good question. I can only say that I am a big fan of
Oscar Niemeyer, Arne Jacobsen, Jørn Utzon and the likes. They had a very keen sense of style,
ratios and materials and I am trying to introduce this in the loudspeaker world. So I let myself
be inspired by their buildings and furniture and somehow the bow shape suddenly appeared in
the sketchbook. But this is a very indirect process so I can not say that I have been inspired by
one particular building or piece of furniture. It is the accumulation of looking and appreciating
beautiful things around me over the years. Just like photographers see the world through a
lens, I see all objects as potential speakers

The name “rithm”
I chose "rhythm" because rhythm is the resemblance between sound and architecture. Both
have repeating elements. Both bows in the rithm are exactly the same, they are repeating, like
rhythm.

About the spelling; Goethe (german poet) ones said: "in der Beschraenkung zeigt sich der
Meister". This means that the best in class can be recognized by their simple solutions to
problems. Someone who does not understand a problem well, will likely end up with a complex
solution. And simplicity/minimalism is what the Davone designs are about. And therefore I
chose to write rithm in a simple way, instead of the overly complex correct spelling.

Absolutt verdt å lytte til.
Var å hørte de i går hos JFS i Drammen, og må si jeg ble meget positivt overrasket.
Lekre høytalere med et presist og oppløst lydbilde, og en mye dypere bass enn hva jeg trodde var mulig i disse.

Tusen takk for at du kom innom igår!

Særegent og flott design. Spennende HT , men gi den dama litt mat da mann... ;D ;D

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Særegent og flott design. Spennende HT , men gi den dama litt mat da mann... ;D ;D

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den er i orden sjef..nok mat hos Kebabstua som er naboen til NAT ;D

Håper du stikker innom demodagene

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he out of the ordinary category the Davone Rithm from Denmark makes a clean break from the customary box enclosure and adopts a more naturalistic form. The inverted “V” shape is built from many thin layers of wood (genuine oak or walnut), each layer bonded with glue, a well-known feature that dissipates energy and helps damp vibrations. Its unique non-linear shape also assists in reducing internal reflections. A single coaxial transducers with an 8-inch midbass and 1-inch tweeter combined to provide an inviting warm sound. Not very tall, it offered terrific sound in what may be a new category; Lifestyle-high-end. Price: $5500.

http://www.avguide.com/blog/ces-report-loudspeakers-loose-ends

The Davone Rithm have a unique ability of enchanting the listener. They do not strain anything, but rather softly and with some hesitation. Those are splendid “communicators”, showing what the artist meant. But they will not show exactly that, what is “on the disc”. They do not have lowest bass. They are not especially dynamic. But when we combine them with a tasty amplifier, like Musica int1000s (solid state), Heed Obelisk Si (solid state), or Leben CS300XS (tube), and we will be surprised, how many discs we will listen to, and those will include ones, that we thought, they never sounded well. Pairing them with the Leben can be interesting, because the amplifier has a built in switch increasing the amount of the bass (+3/+5 dB). Did I tell you, that the Japanese prefer truth to fidelity – musical truth? If not, then it would be enough to listen to this combination, to know, that they never do anything just for doing it – this switch, never used by me before, turned out to be the bull’s-eye! It was just waiting for the Davone. The loudspeakers do not require it, it is not a must, but when such an opportunity exists, why not use it? Finally it is all about music. And with the Rithm we have plenty of it around.

http://highfidelity.pl/@main-77&lang=en

Davone's first speaker appeals to a music-focused audience rather than the ultra resolution crowd. Add that it's a real looker of the artisanal furniture rather than hi-tech outer space sort and what we have is an audio product for general rather than specialized consumption. With that being its (presumed) design brief in the first place, one has to call the Rithm project Mission Accomplished. It should go places others cannot. That's a very good thing for us all...

http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/davone/rithm.html

http://blog.stereophile.com/axpona2010/mcintosh-peachtree-davone/

"The newer upstarts were the Peachtree Nova ($1200, Stereophile's Budget Component of 2009), which supplied amplification for the short, bow-shaped Davone Rhythm loudspeaker ($4000/pair). This baby is a single point-source coaxial design that produces far more sound that you might expect...I expect that, in a room in which their bass was under control, the Gemme Katanas would prove superior. But in this setting, the Davones were little giant killers"





http://blog.stereophile.com/rmaf2009/small_and_great/

"Equally exciting was the sound produced by diminutive Davone Rithm speakers ($5595/pair). These attractive babies' low end sounds as if it extends beyond their published frequency range of 40Hz. And the highs extend to 22kHz. Designer Chris Sommovigo (left), who years ago achieved fame for his excellent Illuminati digital cable, had as his goal to bring great sound to "normal people's lives, people who care about how their speakers look."

"I was keen to treat the RITHMs as “lifestyle” speakers rather than just loudspeakers, but that changed the first time I listened. Sommovigo said he's a big fan of the Norwegian-made driver, and that the coaxial design allows Schenkel to simplify the cross-over and not worry about driver off-set. I liked how the tweeter and woofer work in concert to create a large stereo image. The RITHMs have superb mid-range and bass that seems to dip lower than the speaker's 50Hz limit. They are fleet – not super fast – but offer plenty of clarity, decay and sustain. These speakers can yield big sound, but need some power to perform"

http://www.avrev.com/home-theater-l...g-loudspeakers/davone-rithm-loudspeakers.html