The new Jordan Eikona SL loudspeaker enclosure is a compact, alternative to our VTL enclosure design. Ted Jordan’s VTL transmission line remains deservedly popular but we have had a number of requests for a cabinet which is smaller and easier to build. The SL provides this without compromising too much …
The Jordan Eikona full-range drive unit is capable of being used in many ways as well as providing the basis for a range of excellent loudspeakers. Some of these were covered last year in our series, Audio Building Blocks. The culmination of the series was a project for a 4-Eikona Linear …
The Bigger Is Better loudspeaker project began on DIYaudio.com some years ago. The design is based on the quarter-wave tuned pipe, developed in 1934 by loudspeaker pioneer Paul Voigt. Voigt’s design is a tapered tube, tuned to a quarter-wavelength of the lowest frequency to be reproduced. It is a simple, straight …
This is a contributed blog from Jonathan Espley of Matteis Loudspeakers. He has been a long-term user of Ted Jordan’s full-range drive units and is a passionate advocate of ultra-rigid, concrete baffles. These concrete baffles appear in his own range of loudspeakers but are also available to home constructors. Jonathan describes the background …
One of Ted Jordan’s most popular systems was the Linear Array. This vertical arrangement of four Jordan 50mm units gave many of the benefits of a taller, floor-to-ceiling line source but at much lower cost. The 50mm Module Array required an additional bass system but a Jordan Eikona Array is a stand-alone system. Four Eikonas are …
