Proclaim Audioworks, a recently launched Connecticut-based audiophile
loudspeaker manufacturer, has introduced its first product, the DMT-100
loudspeaker system. The DMT-100 represents a departure from
conventional high-end loudspeaker design, providing a comprehensive and
fundamental set of performance adjustments ever offered in a retail
speaker system.
Each DMT-100 speaker consists of a trio
of individual spherical enclosures arranged on a unique milled aluminum
base that allows each driver's position to be independently adjusted
for optimum performance. The included external crossover network allows
further customization thanks to adjustable midrange/tweeter level
controls that can be used to balance the stereo image and adjust
tonality. This adjustment circuitry can also be removed from the
circuit and replaced with precision audiophile resistors for the
greatest possible signal purity.
"The DMT-100 is a fundamental change in the way loudspeakers are
designed and installed," comments Proclaim Audioworks founding partner
and DMT-100 designer Dan Herrington. "It provides a simple and elegant
solution to the major real-world performance issue that plagues every
traditional speaker ever designed, which is a fundamental inability to
adapt to changing listening environments. In fact, at root the only
real technique available to tailor conventional speakers to the
listening room is speaker placement itself. All other methods for
tuning performance are essentially either altering the room to suit the
speakers, or adding superfluous electronic processing that degrades
signal purity, and ultimately the fidelity of the music being played."
The first major departure from traditional high-end design is in the
DMT-100's unique Driver Manipulation Technology, which allows for
individual adjustment of each driver's position and orientation. The
system's attractive milled aluminum speaker stands feature fully
articulating individual arms for the tweeter and midrange drivers to
allow for up to 12" of vertical and horizontal positioning flexibility.
Additionally, all three of the driver enclosures can be individually
aimed up to 45-degrees off-axis, thanks to acoustically decoupled
rubber mounting rings. Because of these capabilities, the relative
position of each of the system's six drivers can be individually
tailored to optimize acoustic balance, phase, and frequency response
for perfect time alignment and optimal performance in any room, and at
any listening position.
The
second unique feature of the DMT-100 system lies in its adjustable
external crossover circuitry, which provides the ability to
individually adjust output for each midrange and tweeter to optimize
balance and linearity for any environment and driver arrangement. Once
the driver levels have been optimized, the installer or owner
physically removes the L-Pad adjustment circuit and measures its
resistance. Using a specially designed jumper, the L-Pad circuit is
then replaced with audiophile-grade resistors of the proper value,
which are hard-tapped into the circuit to create a crossover network of
the cleanest possible signal path and purity.
Each of
the DMT-100 system drivers is housed in an individual spherical
enclosure constructed of a dual-layer fiberglass shell with a compacted
sand core, creating a non-resonating and extremely attractive
enclosure. Their spherical shape provides the enclosures with superior
frequency response linearity and symmetry as well as greater rigidity
for reduced resonance when compared to conventional 'box' enclosures.
Additionally, because there are no parallel surfaces, the problem of
bass distortion due to standing wave formation is eliminated.
The Proclaim Audioworks' DMT-100 loudspeakers are currently available
with a gloss black enclosure finish and fully machined aluminum stands
at a suggested retail price of $26,995 per pair. The system can also be
custom-finished to suit nearly any design criteria or sensibilities at
a modest premium.
Source: Press Release
