Organic Sound - SoundLAB Electrostatic Loudspeakers

These elusive loudspeakers will completely change your perception of the possibilities of music reproduction in the home. These elusive transducers that are hard to pin down even for us because each time we have our own beautifully run-in pair a discerning customer will ask us to relinquish ownership to him.

First a bit of history.

Traditionally electrostatics do not fair well in humid environs. This is because high moisture levels trend to load down the efficiency of the electrostatic charge on the diaphragm (the moving part) of the loudspeaker. When this occurs the high-tension power supply is forced to overwork and a moist environment also causes the ESL charge to “leak” so to speak. There is also the question of “arcing” where the ESL charge from the stator “jumps’ across the diaphragm causing it to burn. In the SoundLAB’s case the stators are made from ultra stable laboratory grade high-tension wires – even the insulation is different.

Traditionally – something the SoundLABs are emphatically not. How many loudspeakers are there with a patent on the panel diaphragm? In the past twenty years we have taken apart more ESL panels and electronic interface than we care to but we have learnt much in the process. In the intervening years we have also worked very closely with Dr. West to ascertain the causes and devise solutions from the torture chamber of the high saltine/humidity environment that is Singapore. Dr. West in his typically perfectionist fashion determined to find solutions for even the smallest quibble. For instance the first pair of SoundLAB in the world to have a revolutionary (and much more costly) stator wire was made for us and are still performing flawlessly, beautifully. That was 10 years ago.

Arriving within 2 weeks are the awe inspiring Audiophile-3 PX & Ultimate-1 PX Special Edition. The latter has everything that Dr. West believes is the cutting edge including the PX panel and the “hot rod” electronic interface – a chockfull of high-end parts in passive electronica. One pair is actually enroute to a customer’s home but because his sound room is being rebuilt we are running them in. He has been patiently waiting his turn for his pair of Ultimate-1 PX!

Come in for a rare chance to audition these beautiful transducers and see if they aren’t the most musical speakers your ears have ever heard.