We wouldn’t normally recommend that you turn to headphones rather than the Jordan Eikona speakers, but here’s something which might tempt you. BBC Radio 3 has posted a short video of a binaural recording with a difference. Specially adapted wireless headphones allow the recording artist to ‘hear’ electromagnetic fields from …
Ted Jordan designed the VTL loudspeaker enclosure in the early 1990s. It used the Jordan JX92S full-range drive unit and saw commercial success as the Konus Essence. It has enjoyed a long life among manufacturers and DIY constructors, and continues to do so with the arrival of the Jordan Eikona …
The MLTL38 transmission line loudspeaker is very popular with users of the Jordan Eikona 2 fullrange driver. The name MLTL (mass-loaded transmission line) arises from work by Martin J King, comparing computer-generated loudspeaker models against built and tested transmission line speakers. Martin produced a set of MathCad spreadsheets which enabled users …
The Open Baffle (or dipole) loudspeaker has a long history, with famous UK examples from Wharfedale and QUAD. At its most basic, an OB speaker consists of a drive unit on a flat board, the rear of the driver being open to the air. Whilst this may eliminate the colouration …
One of the more unusual projects we’ve been involved with this year has been an two-way Aurora 400 system. The initial enquiry came from a long-standing Jordan customer who was using one of Ted’s Linear Array designs. Each array consisted of four JXR6HD units crossed over to a JX150 Jordan bass system. …
