February would have seen Ted Jordan’s 92nd birthday. When he passed away in 2016, the world lost a tireless innovator in the field of loudspeaker design. Indeed, he was still developing and discussing new ideas for us to carry forward right up until he left us. 2021 also marks the …
This fascinating project began in Jan 2018 when Andrea Rubino, a customer in Italy, bought a pair of Eikonas for use in a loudspeaker he was developing. Usually, we’re happy to be involved in customer projects and expect a few questions along the way. In this case, however, it all …
The Eikona TLA is the highest performing loudspeaker design we have published for the Jordan Eikona full-range drive unit. It is capable of magnificent performance across a wide range of musical genres and its transmission line alignment gives clean bass down to 30 Hz. A number have now been built …
UPDATE Further extensive experiments with the BBC thin-wall cabinet technique have led to the development of our new loudspeaker, the Jordan Marlow. Full details are available on our Loudspeakers page. Meanwhile, here is the blog which started it all. The BBC LS3/5a monitoring loudspeaker is a true hi-fi classic. …
No, it’s not the title of the latest Richard Curtis rom-com. Passive, active and single refer to the three primary ways of designing hi-fi and studio loudspeakers. Most loudspeakers feature multiple drive units, each of which has a restricted bandwidth. For instance, in a typical two-way design the bass/mid unit …
