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*Discontinued*
For
many years, Kondo has been
designing and manufacturing
speakers.
In the past, he made to
customer order, huge horn speakers
often
built with amplifiers to match and
to be "tuned" to the
room. The difficulty
with this for most people is that the cost
is
just too great and the manufacturing time too
long, not to mention
the speakers being physically too big!
Based on his many years of experience, Kondo has designed the "Ruthy
series". There are five speakers in the series, all of which
are domestically acceptable in size and appearance.
1.Ruthy
1
16 cm full range SP
28 cm W x 54 cm H x 24 cm D
40 Hz to 20 khz
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2.
Ruthy 2
16
cm full range SP + tweeter
28 cm W x 54 cm H x 24 cm D
40 Hz to 25 khz
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3.
Ruthy-3
two 16 cm SP + tweeter
34 cm W x 370 cm H x 270 cm D
(approximate dimensions dependent on cabinet specifications)
40 Hz to 30 khz
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4.
Ruthy 4
20
cm full range + 5 cm tweeter
45 cm W x 55 cm H x 35 cm D
(approximate dimensions dependent on cabinet specifications)
40 Hz to 20 khz
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5.
Ruthy-5 II
20 cm full range SP 2pc + 7cm tweeter
45cm W x 82.5 cm H x 40 cm D
Twin drive system
Super Linear sound with the define sound of "calm and
"agricultural" in finish and texture.
The 20SP drive unit has gained a high reputation overseas,
the improvement has thorough given to this driver.
The
hihglights of these improvements include enhancement of vibration
characteristics of the whole diaphragm and vibration characteristics
within the diaphram material.
Cone speakers have sometimes been characterised as "boneless
sounding", but such disadvantaes were elliminated by
these improvemnts, and more over, this cone type achieves
an obedient sound that cannot be gained from horn type units.
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These speakers have all the drive units, crossovers, and other electrical
parts, manufactured in Japan, by Audio Note and the cabinets of
the 3, 4 and 5 Ruthy speakers are made by a master carpenter in
the USA. Ruhty 1 and 2 have the cabinets made in Japan.
For
the Ruthy 3, 4 and 5, the cabinets have been designed to have the
widest sound stage possible and do not require the listener to sit
between the speakers with the sound "beamed", this "beaming"
(common in most speaker designs) is anathema to the Kondo philosophy!
The wings or "lens" on the 3, 4 and 5 cabinets are an
important design development enhancing the Kondo sound philosophy.
The
speakers can be made in any finish, and can be built to suit a client's
taste and listening room. They are unique and designed to last a
life time.
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