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Chad Kassem's Analogue Productions has in-house facilities to record, plate and press vinyl. "They blew me away." Chad Kassem When everybody else was going to CDs, Chad Kassem, CEO of Acoustic Sounds, went in the opposite direction. Today, his company, Analogue Productions, re-issues classic vinyl along with its own blues recordings. The company records, plates and presses LPs in-house. Kassem states,"We do everything except mastering and printing jackets." "At the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest," remembers Kassem,"I brought some of my own records and asked Ray Kimber to let me listen to them on a pair of speakers. Afterwards, Ray said,'You have to hear the Sonys.' I told him I had wasted enough of his time. He said,'You really have to hear the Sonys.' After he insisted a third time, I sat down for a listen. They blew me away. Wow. I was impressed." Drivers that deliver precision performance Fabricating precision drivers for the SS-AR Series required particular expertise. So the Sony team reached out to a transducer specialist in Scandinavia. Working in close collaboration, they produced a four-unit/three-way system that exceeded our own high expectations. The twin aluminum woofers are remarkably strong, with a robust magnetic circuit. A copper ring optimizes the symmetry of the magnetic field, reducing distortion. Aluminum diaphragms, a rigid enclosure and a common port on the rear panel help generate bass response with power, authority and clarity.The SS-AR1 employs a pair of 200 mm woofers while the AR2 uses two 165 mm units. The 130 mm midrange driver incorporates an exclusive sliced paper cone.The material is deliberately cut and re-adhered to suppress resonance and realize flat response. A copper ring in the magnetic circuit reduces distortion further. The 25 mm soft dome tweeter includes a special back chamber, which smoothes out the air pressure behind the diaphragm and around the magnetic circuit. Six neodymium magnets arranged concentrically also produce high flux density in minimal space. Plus, a distinctive diaphragm adhesion and edge integration method help extend frequency response to 60 kHz. All of this results in a more realistic soundfield, helping music achieve an almost life-like presence.

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“They blew me away.”
Chad Kassem
When everybody else was going to CDs, Chad Kassem, CEO of Acoustic Sounds,
went in the opposite direction.
Today, his company, Analogue Productions, re-issues
classic vinyl along with its own blues recordings.
The company records, plates
and presses LPs in-house.
Kassem states,“We do everything except mastering and
printing jackets.”
“At the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest,” remembers Kassem,“I brought some of my own
records and asked Ray Kimber to let me listen to them on a pair of speakers.
Afterwards, Ray said,‘You have to hear the Sonys.’
I told him I had wasted enough
of his time.
He said,‘You really have to hear the Sonys.’
After he insisted a third time,
I sat down for a listen.
They blew me away.
Wow.
I was impressed.”
Chad Kassem’s Analogue
Productions has in-house
facilities to record, plate
and press vinyl.
Drivers that deliver
precision performance
Fabricating precision drivers for the SS-AR Series required particular expertise. So the
Sony team reached out to a transducer specialist in Scandinavia. Working in close
collaboration, they produced a four-unit/three-way system that exceeded our own
high expectations.
The twin aluminum woofers are remarkably strong, with a robust magnetic circuit.
A copper ring optimizes the symmetry of the magnetic field, reducing distortion.
Aluminum diaphragms, a rigid enclosure and a common port on the rear panel
help generate bass response with power, authority and clarity.The SS-AR1 employs
a pair of 200 mm woofers while the AR2 uses two 165 mm units.
The 130 mm midrange driver incorporates an exclusive sliced paper cone.The
material is deliberately cut and re-adhered to suppress resonance and realize flat
response. A copper ring in the magnetic circuit reduces distortion further.
The 25 mm soft dome tweeter includes a special back chamber, which smoothes
out the air pressure behind the diaphragm and around the magnetic circuit. Six
neodymium magnets arranged concentrically also produce high flux density
in minimal space. Plus, a distinctive diaphragm adhesion and edge integration
method help extend frequency response to 60 kHz.
All of this results in a more realistic soundfield, helping music achieve an almost
life-like presence.