Davone Audio Rithm hos Renaissance Audio (Bergen)

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Davone Rithm Loudspeakers forhandles av Renaissance Audio i Bergen.
Davone Rithm høyttaleren er revolusjonerende, nyskapende og designmessig mesterverk skapt av Paul Schenkel.

For ytterligere informasjon kontakt;

Renaissance Audio
Stølegaten 15
Bergen, Norway, 5003
Telefon:
+47 45227819

web: http://www.renaissanceaudio.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.
 

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MA Recordings is one of my favorite audiophile record companies, and I was completely knocked out by the sound it was making over a pair of Devone Rithm speakers. By high-end standards they are little things, just 28 inches high, but they project a huge, room-filling sound. MA's recording of Guo YaZhi's "Sorrow of the River" was remarkably vivid. YaZhi plays a Suona (a traditional Chinese oboe) and other Chinese instruments, and his virtuoso playing was incredible. If you like world music, I strongly recommend checking out YaZhi's music on MA Recordings.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13645_3-20019915-47.html#ixzz12sSW8bMl

 

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Renaissance Audio (Bergen) Hvor ligger det?

Vart litt forvirret..av adressen støleveien 15.. Ligger butikken der eller innom telebutikken i sentrum?

Åpningstider????


Må ha meg en tur nemlig ;) :) :) :)
Frank
 

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Støleveien 15 ligger definitivt ikke nede i sentrum på bakrommet til Telebutikken.

Åpningstidene ligger på hjemmesidene til Renaissance Audio. Mener han åpner klokka 11 på hverdager.

Jeg var innom butikken i dag og i går.

Roy
 

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Renaissance Audio (Bergen) Hvor ligger det?

lovemusikk skrev:
Vart litt forvirret..av adressen støleveien 15.. Ligger butikken der eller innom telebutikken i sentrum?

Åpningstider????


Må ha meg en tur nemlig ;) :) :) :)
Frank
Renaissance Audio
Stølegaten 15
Bergen, Norway, 5003
Telefon:
+47 45227819
 

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Se det, ja!
Det ser ut som en lekker butikk, med mye snadder.
Stølegaten ja, der har jog bodd like ved i mange år, det er jo en fin liten spasertur fra sentrum.
Handlet en del fra Roald i den aller første butikken, huskes med glede.
Gleder meg allerede til neste Bergens-tur.
 

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Jøgga skrev:
Se det, ja!
Det ser ut som en lekker butikk, med mye snadder.
Stølegaten ja, der har jog bodd like ved i mange år, det er jo en fin liten spasertur fra sentrum.
Handlet en del fra Roald i den aller første butikken, huskes med glede.
Gleder meg allerede til neste Bergens-tur.
Gleder meg til eg får tid og. Skal bli kjekt. Du som har budd der, kordan er det å komme opp med bil der,tenker på parkering? Vet du åpningstider, kvardag og Lørdag?
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