UK Sheffield Region a Manufacturing Asset.

An Economic Asset for Sheffield and the City Region.

This research report was commissioned by Sheffield City Council. It provides a window on the exciting manufacturing economy of the Sheffield Region and highlights the challenges that this dynamic sector faces in a global economy. Wilson Benesch was selected as one of a number of companies in order to represent how industry has changed. The report provides intriguing statistical data that underlines just how important Modern manufacturers like Wilson Benesch are to the regional and national economy. Part of the report includes a film that can be downloaded from here.

The report was undertaken by Diana Buckley.

China - New Web Site launch via exclusive distribution - Richcoln Company limited

Richcoln - exclusive distributor for Wilson Benesch in the Republic of China.

Munich 2008 - The Future is Carbon

Munich High End Show links Wilson Benesch with its global distribution.

Thanks go to the High End Society Germany for making it possible to meet again with our global partners. This year Wilson Benesch provided its visitor with a "real world" audio system comprised of a £5,000 set of Audionet electronics the Trinity / Torus widebandwidth loudspeaker system principally connected by Clearer Audio Cables. Of course the key to success was the analogue system featuring the remarkable Nanotube One Tonearm.

Luke Milnes and Alex Chabalewski (the creator of the "Alex Configuration") tuned the system with two Torus. This combination provided a flat response from 65 to 20 Hertz in a very difficult room. Using two Torus made the considerable problem of addressing room modes a relatively easy task. The rest of the signal up to 100KHz provided the listener with wide bandwidth sound.

With visitors from almost twenty countries the show provided the chance for planning and discussion in a beautiful location. The Image above shows Design Director Craig Milnes explaining the design features of the Nanotube One Tonearm to Yannis Poutous of Audio Excellence, exclusive distributor for Wilson Benesch in Greece.

Luke Milnes, Craig Milnes, Christina Milnes and Alex Chabalewski

REDFERNS IMAGE OF THE MONTH - CHARLIE HADEN

Charles Edward Haden was born August 6, 1937. He is one of the most respected jazz bassists and jazz composers today. As a jazz double bassist he is probably best known for his long association with saxophonist Ornette Coleman.

Haden was born in Shenandoah, Iowa. He was raised in a musical family, which often performed together. He sang with the family until until the age of fifteen when he contracted a mild form of polio that led to damage of the throat muscles and vocal cords, subsequently, Haden was unable to control his pitch while singing. Hadens interest in jazz and the double bass preceded the disease that led to his loss of vocal control.

He began playing professionally after moving to Los Angeles, including stints with pianist Hampton Hawes and saxophonist Art Pepper. He began playing with Ornette Coleman in the late 1950s, culminating with The Shape of Jazz to Come.

Beauty

"the future lies in a scientific education based on doubt and questioning, rather than on belief." Sir Harry Kroto
kroto.pdf

The Ultimate Guide is out now!

Hong Kong - AUDIOTECHNIQUE April Issue

Thanks to our Hong Kong distributor T.H. Yu of Elephant Audio for the latest 8 page review on the Trinity / Torus Solution.

Moorgate Acoustics Evening Presentation

Many thanks to Paul and Team Moorgate for making this years Open Evening such a huge success. The evening provided a superb venue for discerning audio and cinema consumers to meet with the Wilson Benesch owners and Moorghate staff. A variety of systems were demonstrated. We look forward to making next years event an even greater success.

Hamburg - Colour in a Beautiful European City.

Special thanks to Stephan Reifenrath - owner of the superb Reifenrath Studio at the centre of Hamburg.

REDFERNS IMAGE OF THE MONTH - UNKNOWN ARTIST

21st Century Blues - Unknown Artist
The Blues evolved from unaccompanied vocal music and oral traditions of African-American slaves and rural blacks into a wide variety of styles and subgenres, with regional variations across the United States and, later, Europe and Africa. The musical forms and styles that are now considered the "blues" as well as modern "country music" arose in the same regions during the nineteenth century in the southern United States. Recorded blues and country can be found from as far back as the 1920s, when the popular record industry developed and created marketing categories called "race music" and "hillbilly music" to sell music by blacks for blacks and by whites for whites, respectively.

The phrase "the blues" is a reference to the blue devils, meaning 'down' spirits, depression and sadness. In lyrics the phrase is often used to describe a depressed mood. The image above was taken by David during his recent visit to New Orleans and the New Orleans Jazz Festival.

Denmark / Sweden - HIGH fidelity - Arc Review

Thanks to our Denmark / Sweden distributor Radioactiv - Kaj Danielson, for the latest review on the Arc. Nummer 3.2008
download the p.d.f. here denmark%20review.pdf

Spain What Hi Fi Review courtesy of Evalitec

Trinity Review in Spain March Issue.
"Lo que mas sorprende de su rendimiento es su capacidad para ahondar en los graves"

Wilson Benesch Global Events that will be attended by the Directors / Designers during 2008.
Additional information on dates and locations will be provided nearer the time.


Germany Munich M.O.C. High End Show
Thursday 24th April - Sunday 27th April 2008
ATRIUM 4, 1ST FLOOR ROOM E110
Exhibition contents: This years Munich Show will see the Nanotube One Tonearm being used for the first time outside the U.K. This design takes advantage of engineering that functions at the quantum level in pursuit of ultimate performance. The understated design will provide the Trinity Loudspeakrs with the best possible signal. Download the press release here Nanotubeonetonearm.pdf


U.K. London ExCel What Hi Fi Sound and Vision Show
Friday Oct 31 - Sunday Nov 2
Room number one has been selected for the Wilson Benesch presentation at this years What Hi Fi Sound and Vision Show. ExCel is just 20 minutes from the centre of London and will provide an excellent opportunity for a broad range of technologies to be presented on one floor. Please see the floor map for further information. Stuff%20Floorplan%2020-02-2008.pdf

REDFERN IMAGE OF THE MONTH - BILLY COBHAM

Generally acclaimed as fusion's greatest drummer, Billy Cobham's explosive technique powered some of the genre's most important early recordings -- including groundbreaking efforts by Miles Davis and the Mahavishnu Orchestra -- before he became an accomplished bandleader in his own right.

William C. Cobham was born May 16, 1944, in Panama, where as a very young child he became fascinated with percussion. The Cobham family moved to New York City, and at age of eight he made his performance debut with his father. He honed his percussion skills in a drum-and-bugle corps outfit called the St. Catherine's Queensmen, and attended New York's prestigious High School of Music and Art, graduating in 1962.

In 69 he became part of Miles Davis' new fusion ensemble, and played a small part in the seminal Bitches Brew sessions; he also appeared more prominently on several other Davis albums of the time, including more aggressive classics like Live-Evil and A Tribute to Jack Johnson.

Cobham and John McLaughlin left the Davis' group and formed the Mahavishnu Orchestra, which debuted in 1971 with the seminal The Inner Mounting Flame. With Mahavishnu, In May 1973 while still with the Mahavishnu Orchestra, Cobham recorded his first solo album Spectrum. Cobham went on to work with a broad range of artists leaving a wake that would inspire jazz and rock percussionists across the world.

Bristol Show 2008

The directors would like to thank everyone who has written to the company expressing their positive comments on our presentation at this years Sound and Vision Show. It was clear from the views expressed during the show that things were working. The room was constantly buzzing with enthusiastic and serious visitors enjoying a varied program of music and cinema.
Demonstration area 1 - 2 Channel System comprised of:
Nanotube One Tonearm, Ply cartridge Full Circle turntable. Audionet electronics, Clearer Audio cables, Trinity loudspeakers and Two Torus in an Alex configuration. This is where each Torus is fed by both channels and the frequency divided between the two. In this case from 45 to 30 Hertz for Torus One and 30 down for Torus Two.

Demonstration area 2 - 5.1 Cinema System comprised of:
Projection design Projector, UVEM Media Centre, Arcam Processor, Chord cables, Audionet Power amplifiers, Square Two Loudspeakers with Centre Square and Two Torus.

Special thanks go to Tony Revelle and Jerry Lewin and all the Audio X and Audio T organisation staff for making possible such a special event. Thank you to Adrian Cox of Moorgate Acoustics Sheffield for his obsessive attention to detail and high altitude expectations. Darren Smith of Clearer Audio cables for his huge contribution and wealth of knowledge on cable design. To our distributors who travelled to meet with us from Spain (Filipe Jimenez of Evalitec Solutions S.L., India - Jay Nihalani of Sound and Vision and Italy - Giovanni Spinneli. Plus all the dealers who took time out of their busy schedules to see what everyone was talking about at the Bristol Marriott.

Work has already started on the ideas that will make 2009 (the company's 20th anniversary celebration year) the best yet!

What Hi Fi - Trinity Review is out today

"Wilson Benesch is setting a lofty standard for standmounters"

"Perhaps most surprising is just how loud they can go without losing composure. Many standmounters just fall apart when asked to replay some bass-heavy dance music such as Insomnia by Faithless: not the Trinitys. In our medium sized test room, it was we who backed down before they did."

Quoted from What Hi FI March 2008

Odyssey Electronic Brochure now available for download

The Electronic Brochure provides first level information on the Odyssey Series. It includes technical background information on cabinet construction and driver technologies as well as technical specifications.

Download from here or the home page EB.pdf

Netherlands - Music Emotion report on Wilson Benesch

Thanks go to Werner Ero for his article in Music Emotion that is now available as a PDF at the bottom of this article. We would like to thank Jan and Kees Jan of Audio Excellence our distributor in the Netherlands for making this event possible. We would also like to thank all the dealers who attended the Premier Studio Arts's Audio in Naaldwijk for making it such a fantastic day with superb food and wine. Training focussed on Wilson Benesch technology and demonstrations of Trinity and Torus went on late into the evening all of which was documented by Werner who also interviewed the directors for this article.

Click here to download the pdf.
WB2007.pdf

also attached is the pdf of the Arc review that was done by Werner.

WBARC.pdf

THIS MONTHS REDFERN IMAGE- NINA SIMONE

The High Priestess of Soul
Simone was born Eunice Kathleen Waymon in Tryon, North Carolina. During her first recital at the age of ten her parents, who had taken seats in the front row, were forced to move to the back of the hall to make way for white people. Simone refused to play until her parents were moved back. This incident contributed to her later involvement in the civil rights movement.

On her debut album for Philips, Nina Simone In Concert (live recording, 1964), Simone confronted racial inequality that was prevalent in the United States with the song "Mississippi Goddam". It was prompted by the murder of Medgar Evers and the death of four children in the church bombing in Alabama. The southern states boycotted the single when it was released. With "Old Jim Crow" on the same album she reacts to the Jim Crow Laws.

Simone left for Barbados in 1970. Her relationship with her husband and manager, Stroud who was also in charge of Simone's income declined. Simone's divorce can be seen as the end of her music business in the USA, and the beginning of her (partially self-imposed) exile and estrangement from the world for almost two decades.

Her on-stage style could be somewhat unpredictable and aloof but during 80's Simone performed regularly at Ronnie Scott's jazz club in London, where the album Live At Ronnie Scott's was recorded in 1984. Simone enjoyed engaging her audiences by recounting sometimes humorous anecdotes related to her career and music and soliciting requests.

On Human Kindness Day in 74 more than 10,000 people paid tribute to Simone for her music and commitment to humanity. Simone received two honorary degrees in music and humanities.She preferred to be called "Dr. Nina Simone" after these honors were bestowed upon her. On April 21st 2003 Simone was awarded an honorary diploma by the Curtis Institute, the school that had turned her down at the start of her career. She died two days later.

Nanotube One Tonearm. Another World's First

Wilson Benesch has pioneered the use of carbon fibre structures in audio design. The fibres which are 50 times thinner than a human hair impart immense strength and stiffness especially when shaped according to naturally correct forms like curves or hyperbolic tubes, both of which have been exploited in products by Wilson Benesch. It is well known that the structural performance capabilites of carbon fibre is well beyond that of all other known materials. With almost two decades experience in working and developing materials for audio applications, Wilson Benesch is ideally positioned to take advantage of the amazing potential of the perfect structure that may well dwarf the information age in terms of importance.

Nano tubes are 50,000 times thinner than a human hair. They are hollow cylinders of atoms with a range of unique properties: structural, electrical and chemical. They were discovered in 1991 by S. Iijima. They are the strongest materials that have ever been made and are the next step forward for dramatic improvements in performance in structures especially those made of carbon fibre / epoxy matrix.

The strength of the sp² carbon-carbon bonds gives carbon nanotubes amazing mechanical properties. The stiffness of a material is measured in terms of its Young's modulus, the rate of change of stress with applied strain. The Young's modulus of the best nanotubes can be as high as 1000 GPa which is approximately 5x higher than steel. The tensile strength, or breaking strain of nanotubes can be up to 63 GPa, around 50x higher than steel. These properties, coupled with the lightness of carbon nanotubes, gives them great potential in audio applications.

The Future is Carbonnano.pdf

Carbon fibre

The Future is carbon.

Please download the P.D.F. on this important new technology from Wilson Benesch.nano.pdf

Carbon composites, high energy impact absorbtion at work

We have tried to provide Youtube films on the Kubica crash before, but for reasons unknown to us they were removed from the youtube site. This version also shows a computer graphic of the crash. In the film you will see highlighted the critical carbon fibre elements that absorbed the colossal levels of energy that were involved in this impact.
This amazing film is a tribute to all those people who work in the field of engineering and the development of carbon composites. Kubica not only survived this 75g crash, but was also able to meet the challenges of racing again two weeks later!

Kubica Crash

Portugal - Square Two review.

Audio & Cinema en Casa review of Square Two by Jorge Goncalves courtesy of our Portugese distribution, Ajasom.

You can download this review by selecting the text WilsonBenesch.pdf

You canalso download the Square Brochure by selecting this textSquare%20Brochure%2031.01.08.pdf

DAVID REDFERN BOOK- The Unclosed Eye.

David Redfern was born June 7, 1936 in Ashbourne, Derbyshire England. His images have formed an integral part of the world of music. The ability to capture the moment and bring the worlds most famous artists within reach of us all is perhaps his greatest gift. His collection includes many famous images that have become iconic. In 1999 he published a book about his life, The Unclosed Eye. Many of the images that have appeared each month on the Wilson Benesch web site have been taken from this book and the huge Redfern collection. The book is available from Redferns, and for anyone with even the slightest interest in music is a fascinating read. An industrious photographer for 45 years, his collection is estimated at over 10,000 pictures.

REDFERN IMAGE OF THE MONTH-SIR J. DANKWORTH CBE AND DAME C. LAINE DBE

Sir John Phillip William Dankworth, CBE was born in Essex on 20 September 1927. Johnny Dankworth, as he is commonly known, was brought up in a family of musicians. He had violin and piano lessons before settling eventually on the clarinet
After a period at London’s Royal Academy of Music, and national service in the army, he began a career on the British jazz scene, being voted Musician of the Year in 1949. During that year he attended the Paris Jazz Festival and played with Charlie Parker.
Among his best-known credits are the original themes for The Avengers and Tomorrow's World, plus the scores for the 1966 films Modesty Blaise and Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment. Dankworth’s active jazz life, which also includes many appearances and recordings with his wife, singer Dame Cleo Laine, shows no signs of abating and appeared with his wife recently on the Jools Holland Show. He remains a prominent figure in the British jazz scene. He was made a Knight Bachelor in the 2006 New Year's Honours List, the first British jazz musician to receive such an honour.

Dame Cleo Laine DBE, was born in Middlesex on October 28, 1927 to a Jamaican father and English mother who sent her to singing and dancing lessons at an early age. She worked as an apprentice hairdresser, librarian and for a pawnbrokers and did not take up singing seriously until her mid-twenties, however. She auditioned successfully for a band led by musician John Dankworth, with which she performed until 1958, when she and Dankworth married.She is the only female performer to have received Grammy nominations in the jazz, popular and classical music awards. Laine was made an Officer (OBE) of the Order of the British Empire for services to music. In the 1997 New Year's Honours list, Laine's membership of the order was elevated to Dame Commander, and she was appointed Dame Cleo Laine DBE (the female equivalent of a knighthood) in the 2006 New Years Honours list.

U.K. What Hi Fi Awards 2007

Wilson Benesch enters the mid market with another important award, this time from the U.K.'s most influential magazine What Hi Fi Sound and Vision.

Best Speaker Over £2,000 - Square Two.

GB Patent 2418559 Dynamic Loudspeaker

"Or do Something that's never been done before" Coldplay - Talk.
Dynamic Loudspeaker Patent granted. Torus Infrasonic Generator innovation moves forward.

Analogue-The ultimate test

Wilson benesch loudspeakers have always relied upon critical listening tests. A Reference quality Wilson Benesch turntable has always been used in these tests. The impulse response measurements below eloquently describes the time domain distorsions which are a direct consequence of the steep anti-aliasing filters used in some digital formats and by comparison the ideal ....analogue of course. It is possible to see the filter-induced "ringing" when compared to the analogue impulse.

This comparative analysis clearly underlines the importance of wide bandwidth sound and the relevance of ultrasonic sound in high performance audio systems. Trinity is the only loudspeaker capable of reproducing sound accurately to 100KHz. Significantly this is achieved whilst retaining the soft dome technology for the sound produced in the audible range to 20Khz. It follows that there is a complete absence of uncontrolled high level energy in the ultrasonic range that is commonly found in some hard dome, tweeter designs.

The image below was reproduced with kind permission of Merging technologies.

South Africa - Wilson Benesch moves forward with Aeolian.

We are delighted to announce that thanks to Andy Stuart, Managing Director of Aeolian, Wilson Benesch design is now moving forward in South Africa.

We wish Andy and his company every success with their business in the future.

Details of the company are stated below.

Tel: 011 487 2254
Fax: 011 487 2246
Cell: 082 413 2286
E-mail: ans@aeolian.co.za

Wilson Benesch cabinet architecture

Why does a Wilson Benesch loudspeaker sound so natural?
Part of the answer to this question is the cabinet architecture.

Put simply, sound is vibration. As such, sound can pass through many different substances - in fact, it requires the presence of a medium.

This simple harmonic motion animation describes the compression and rarification required to take place in a material for it to transmit resonant energy or in the case of air acoustic energy.

The speed at which sound travels is defined by the medium through which the waves are passing, and is often quoted as a fundamental property of the material. In general, the speed of sound is proportional to the square root of the ratio of the elastic modulus (stiffness) of the medium to its density.
VELOCITY OF SOUND IN METRES PER SECOND
RUBBER 40
CORK 400
LEAD 1158
WATER 1433
ACRYLIC 2680
CONCRETE 3200
GOLD 3240
WOOD 3300
BRASS 3475
COPPER 3900
HARDWOOD 3960
GLASS 3962
BRICK 4176
ALUMINIUM 4877
IRON 5130
PYREX 5640
STEEL 6100
DIAMOND 12000
CARBON FIBRE 18350


A Carbon fibre matrix has one of the highest ratios known to man being supremely stiff and of a very low density. This is one of the blocking structures that is disposed either side of the core.The woven carbon can be seen to exhibit small bundles of fabric each containing typically 5,000 fibres. The image below shows A 6 μm diameter carbon filament compared to a human hair. Within one layer of carbon there are billions of boundaries each of which plays its part in converting resonant energy to heat.


High Compression Foam Core.
Making a sound wave transfer through different layers of material with different densities assists in noise damping. The damping characteristics of the foam core used in Wilson Bensch A.C.T. structures possess one of the highest damping capabilities known to man. The sound waves are forced to travel through multiple foam cell air pockets and their cell walls as sound travels through the foam medium.

Critical Mass Damping
High mass high tensile strength steel structures are exploited for sub-baffles and bracing structures.

Two methods are used to control sound in a Wilson Benesch loudspeaker cabinet. Blocking and damping. No other cabinet in the world can be seen to deal with the problems of unwanted out of phase energy better than the materials deployed in a Wilson Benesch loudspeaker. This unique materials technology and the plant that creates it has been developed by Wilson Benesch to overcome the shortcomings of traditional materials that have been used in loudspeaker design to date.

Where did carbon come from?
Formation of the carbon atomic nucleus requires a nearly simultaneous triple collision of alpha particles (helium nuclei) within a the core of a giant or supergiant star.

This happens in temperature and helium concentration conditions that the rapid expansion and cooling of the early universe prohibited, and therefore no significant carbon was created during the Big Bang. Instead, the interiors of stars in the horizontal branch transform three helium nuclei into carbon by means of this triple-alpha process.

In order to be available for formation of life as we know it, this carbon must then later be scattered into space as dust, in supernovae explosions, as part of the material which later forms second- and third-generation star systems which have planets accreted from such dust. The solar system is one such third-generation star system.

UK- Cinenow-interview with Craig Milnes

Wilson Benesch Trinity loudspeakers extend bandwidth
What HiFi Sound and Vision Show 2007
Craig Milnes presents the Wilson Benesch philosophy of high definition, wide bandwidth sound reproduction which has lead up to Trinity, the latest addition to their product range, with newly a developed drive unit, W.B. One. He explains the technology used to enable these speakers to cover from 35Hz to 100kHz.

Cinenow web site

U.K. London WHAT HI FI Show 2007

Wilson Benesch put modesty asside and took the opportunity to demonstrate the "Best Speaker over £2,000" (What Hi Fi Award 2007) at this years Stuff Live Show in London. Also seen for the first time in the U.K. was the loudspeaker that is rewriting the rule book, Trinity. This design is capturing the imagination of audio enthusiasts all over the world. In Colorado is was partnered with Single Ended Triodes from DeHavilland in London it showed its strengths with the finest transistor based designs from Audionet. This weekend In Greece it will be demonstrated with Two Torus and Goldmund electronics.
The elegant new Stand for the Full Circle was seen for the first time. The only functional turntable at the show it captured the attention of all who passed by the room.

The Library of Torus Cone Standers, continues to grow with some interesting additions. A news section will be added shortly that will be dedicated to this most revealing art form. Thank you to everyone who took part.

Thanks also go to What Hi Fi for making it possible to exhibit in such a well organised event. Last but not least thanks go to Clearer Audio who managed to put up a good fight for the unofficial Best sound at the Show. The Reference Naim / Wilson Benesch Arc system that was being used to desribe the sonic strengths of Clearer audio cables were the topic of conversation from many who shared their views with us. We thank you all for attending our show and making the weekend such a successful event.

REDFERN IMAGE OF THE MONTH - CHRISTY MOORE

Christopher Andrew 'Christy' Moore was born on May 7, 1945, in Newbridge, County Kildare, in the Republic of Ireland. Irish folk singer, songwriter, and guitarist, he is one of the founding members of Planxty.

Moore was originally a bank employee who wanted to express himself using traditional music. A bank strike in the 1970s, which lasted over fourteen months, (and effectively paralysed Irish commercial life for the duration) resulted in Moore spending considerable time practising music. When the strike ended, Moore had already decided where his passion in life arose, and left the bank for good.

Moore's earlier years of heavy drinking, sleeping disfunctional hours, continual travelling, and often eating takeaway foods resulted in a decline in health, and several operations. Moore's battle with alcohol, and subsequent heart operations have taken their toll on the body, if not the spirit of the man. Moore, who channels much energy into his art, has been requested to not produce any more work for medical reasons, and has decided to abide by this, after earlier warnings were ignored. For this reason the volume of work produced since 1999 has declined dramatically.

Netherlands - Square Two Review - Music and Emotion - Werner Ero

Latest Square Review courtesy of Audio Excellence.
The article has been written by Werner Ero for the leading audio journal in the Netherlands "Music and Emotion"

"Stijlbreuk met behoud van kwaliteit." Quote from article
square2.pdf

USA - Positive Feedback Report by Adam Goldfine

POSITIVE FEEDBACK ONLINE - ISSUE 33
By Adam Goldfine.

Wilson Benesch

By now I assume most of our readers are familiar with the usage of exotic materials, especially carbon fiber, pioneered by British manufacturer, Wilson Benesch. Known for its incredible weight to strength ratio and superior damping characteristics, carbon fiber has found its way into many sophisticated applications from Formula 1 race cars to jet fighters and bombers. As explained by WB designer Craig Milnes the fibers can even be aligned to direct resonances where you want them (and away from where you don't). And in Wilson Benesch speakers they do just that essentially shunting whatever resonances do develop within the speakers to a physical ground resulting in extremely low cabinet coloration and improved dynamics. I'm not a physicist, but as an owner of the A.C.T. loudspeakers I can say the cabinets are remarkably inert and the sound is about as uncolored and dynamic as it gets. And their bass performance far exceeds what one might expect given their relatively small size.

New in the WB line up is the Trinity, a three way, stand mounted (the crossover is in the stands) monitor utilizing the carbon fiber based Advanced Composite Technology found in other WB designs. It is a ported design featuring a 7" mid-bass unit, a 25mm soft dome tweeter and a .75" super tweeter. Frequency response is specified as 46 Hz to 80 kHz +/- 2dB, the ultra-sonic performance being a big part of the raison d'etre of the Trinity. I could go on about the technology involved in this speaker but the technical description is six pages long and can be found at www.wilson-benesch.com. But be forewarned, these guys are at the cutting edge of materials research and utilization and some of this stuff will make your head spin.

The Trinity was designed to pair with WB's new Torus Infrasonic Generator to create a full range system. And that is how we heard it at the show. Driven by deHavilland Electric Amplifier Company, www.dehavillandhifi.com, tube electronics the Trinity provided the rich, dynamic and exceptionally musical sound Wilson Benesch has become known for. They have that startling real quality I mentioned in the YG Acoustics section above and that I've come to expect from my A.C.T. speakers. Bass from the Torus was deep, fast and well defined. (I was assured a Torus would be heading my way for review before long.) At $10,450/pair for the Trinity you are getting cutting edge loudspeaker technology and state of the art sound.

U.K. dealer announcement Music Matters Hatchend London

North West Londons premier Audio Studio Music matters Hatchend http://www.hatchend.co.uk/
Wilson Benesch / Naim.
System being featured is based upon Naim CD 555 and Wilson Benesch Chimera.
See dealer section for contact details.

U.K. WHAT HIFI Show announcement - Clearer Audio, Reference System - St Emilion Room

WHAT HI FI SHOW St. Emilion Suite located on the 2nd floor.
CLEARER AUDIO CABLES featuring:~
Copper-line Power-HUB
Copper-line Power Cables
Silver-line Speaker Cables
Silver-line Optimus Reference Interconnects
Wilson Benesch / Naim Reference System.

USA - Wilson Benesch Trinity Shines at RMAF

Rocky Mt 2007: Wilson Benesch Trinity Shines at RMAF
October 18th, 2007 — By The Absolute Sound
By Neil Gader
With the glitter of the carbon fiber cabinet catching the light, even from a distance I knew I was looking at a spanking new W-B speaker. Ricki Lee Jones was singing “A Case of You,” and the sound was what I’d come to expect from larger WB offerings–sublimely undistorted, smooth and detailed with resolution right down to the softest levels. It integrated beautifully with the Torus subwoofer–hardly a surprise. The Trinity is no more than about eighteen inches tall but it’s a three-way with an even more unique twist. Beyond the midbass driver and soft dome tweeter, WB has added a third element it calls The Sphere and hence the Trinity name. The Sphere is a super-tweeter dome of gold and ceramic designed to fill in the upper harmonics beyond 20kHz. The precision ground steel and aluminum alloy stands also reveal more WB innovation. It bolts into the cabinet structure of the Trinity and houses the hand built crossover allowing the Rhodium plated terminals to conveniently reside at the base of the stand. Augmented by DeHaviland’s tubed electronics and Gamut digital playback, this was one of the most highly resolved small systems at RMAF

M.I.T. Research paper, supplied by Ron Jiracek

God dwells in the detail.
The article below was supplied to us by Ron Jiracek. (in the image he is on the right side of picture next to Jim Riddel of Sounds Real Audio) Ron is a highly trained engineer and passionate lover of music, who has been enjoying Wilson Benesch design for some years. He has an encyclopedic knowledge of audio systems that deserves respect. The image above is a section through the human hearing mechanism that has been added by way of explanation. It describes the location of the tectorial membrane referred to in the article. The following quote is deried from another article that describes the nature of the tectorial membrane as being "inconceivably delicate and flexible; far more sensitively flexible in the transverse than in the longitudinal direction and the readiness with which it bends when touched is beyond description."


MIT finds new hearing mechanism
Discovery could lead to improved hearing aids
David Chandler, MIT News Office
October 10, 2007

MIT researchers have discovered a hearing mechanism that fundamentally changes the current understanding of inner ear function. This new mechanism could help explain the ear's remarkable ability to sense and discriminate sounds. Its discovery could eventually lead to improved systems for restoring hearing.

The research is described in the advance online issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences the week of October 8.

MIT Professor Dennis M. Freeman, working with graduate student Roozbeh Ghaffari and research scientist Alexander J. Aranyosi, found that the tectorial membrane, a gelatinous structure inside the cochlea of the ear, is much more important to hearing than previously thought. It can selectively pick up and transmit energy to different parts of the cochlea via a kind of wave that is different from that commonly associated with hearing.

Ghaffari, the lead author of the paper, is in the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, as is Freeman. All three researchers are in MIT's Research Laboratory of Electronics. Freeman is also in MIT's Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary.

It has been known for over half a century that inside the cochlea sound waves are translated into up-and-down waves that travel along a structure called the basilar membrane. But the team has now found that a different kind of wave, a traveling wave that moves from side to side, can also carry sound energy. This wave moves along the tectorial membrane, which is situated directly above the sensory hair cells that transmit sounds to the brain. This second wave mechanism is poised to play a crucial role in delivering sound signals to these hair cells.

In short, the ear can mechanically translate sounds into two different kinds of wave motion at once. These waves can interact to excite the hair cells and enhance their sensitivity, "which may help explain how we hear sounds as quiet as whispers," says Aranyosi. The interactions between these two wave mechanisms may be a key part of how we are able to hear with such fidelity - for example, knowing when a single instrument in an orchestra is out of tune.

"We know the ear is enormously sensitive" in its ability to discriminate between different kinds of sound, Freeman says. "We don't know the mechanism that lets it do that." The new work has revealed "a whole new mechanism that nobody had thought of. It's really a very different way of looking at things."

The tectorial membrane is difficult to study because it is small (the entire length could fit inside a one-inch piece of human hair), fragile (it is 97 percent water, with a consistency similar to that of a jellyfish), and nearly transparent. In addition, sound vibrations cause nanometer-scale displacements of cochlear structures at audio frequencies. "We had to develop an entirely new class of measurement tools for the nano-scale regime," Ghaffari says.

The team learned about the new wave mechanism by suspending an isolated piece of tectorial membrane between two supports, one fixed and one moveable. They launched waves at audio frequencies along the membrane and watched how it responded by using a stroboscopic imaging system developed in Freeman's lab. That system can measure nanometer-scale displacements at frequencies up to a million cycles per second.

The team's discovery has implications for how we model cochlear mechanisms. "In the long run, this could affect the design of hearing aids and cochlear implants," says Ghaffari. The research also has implications for inherited forms of hearing loss that affect the tectorial membrane. Previous measurements of cochlear function in mouse models of these diseases "are consistent with disruptions of this second wave," Aranyosi adds.

Because the tectorial membrane is so tiny and so fragile, people "tend to think of it as something that's wimpy and not important," Freeman says. "Well, it's not wimpy at all." The new discovery "that it can transport energy throughout the cochlea is very significant, and it's not something that's intuitive."

This research was funded by the National Institutes of Health.

USA Rocky Mountain Audio Festival 2007

Wilson Benesch chose the Rocky Mountain Audio Festival to present the Trinity for the first time in the U.S.A. What a fantastic event has been realised by the directors Al Stiefel & Marjorie Baumert.

Significant levels of non-destructive testing of the Torus cone took place and some notable examples are included below.

We would like to thank every dealer that attended the dealer training session. We would also like to thank the prospective new dealers that made the long distance trip to be with us. Special thanks must also go to Jim Riddell of Sounds Real Audio who has won best sound at the show for year after year using Wilson Benesch loudspeakers in Conifer One. It is also important that we thank all those who visited our room and made such positive comments about the Triniity, Torus combination. Last but not least, a big thank you to Steve, Elizabeth and Harry Daniels of The Sound Organisation.

The room is already booked and we look forward to returning to this important event next year.

Croatia - MM Show Ljubljana 2007 courtesy of Acquisitum magnum d.o.o.

Mario Dolinar made the first of two exhibitions in Croatia this Autumn. The first took place last weekend in Ljubljana at the Multimedia Show.

Managing director was delighted by the presentation that was based upon Arc / Torus and driven by YBA
electronics.

Acquisitum magnum d.o.o.
Perjavica 32
HR-10090 ZAGREB

Tel : ++ 385 1 3896 644
Fax : ++ 385 1 3896 645
mail: mario.dolinar@yba.com.hr
www.yba.com.hr
http://sonetimage.adm.hr

Netherlands - Beter Beeld & Geluid in Hilversum courtesy of Audio Excellence Netherlands

Recently Beter Beeld & Geluid moved into their latest showroom facility in Hilversum, The Netherlands. Beter Beeld & Geluid specialise in home-cinema and are able to make the highest quality presentations of the full Odyssey range and Square Series.

This new facilty in Hilversum sees a full Wilson Benesch Square surround setup, but is also capable of moving into a full Odyssey Carbon system, or of course combinations of the two. The contemporary interior features state of the art acoustics and measures approximately 34 m2 with the ceiling at 3,60m height.

We would like to wish them further good fortune in the growth and development of their exciting business.

Beter Beeld & Geluid
Havenstraat 71
1211 KH Hilversum
Nederland

T: +31-(0)6-4622 6586
F: +31 (0)84 749 7722
http://www.beterbeeldengeluid.nl

REDFERN IMAGE OF THE MONTH - SIR MICK JAGGER

Sir Michael Phillip "Mick" Jagger was born July 26, 1943 at the Livingstone Hospital, East Hill, Dartford, Kent, England. His father was a teacher; his mother, an Australian immigrant to England, was an active member of the Conservative Party. Jagger was the older of two sons, and academically successful, he attended Dartford Grammar School where he passed 3 A-levels, before entering the London School of Economics on a scholarship. He studied for a degree in accounting and finance, but attended for less than a year and did not graduate, leaving to pursue a musical career. School legend has it that Jagger was asked to leave the London School of Economics after an incident in which he rode a motorcycle inside the library.
Like Keith Richards and other members of The Rolling Stones, Jagger had no formal musical training and did not know how to read music. While Jagger knew Keith Richards as a schoolmate, it was not until later that the songwriters reunited when Richards saw Jagger with a blues record under his arm and asked him where he had purchased it. The two, combined with Jones, Bill Wyman, Ian Stewart, and Charlie Watts, formed the Rolling Stones, basing their name on the Muddy Waters tune "Rollin' Stone." Stewart was dropped from the band for not fitting the image desired by manager Andrew Loog Oldham, but still toured with the band as a pianist until his death in 1985. It was Oldham who insisted that Jagger call himself "Mick" rather than "Mike", a name he continued to use among friends; for example, John Lennon calls him Michael in the 1968 film The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus.
On September 26, 2007, Mick Jagger and the Rolling Stones made $437 million on their “A Bigger Bang Tour” to list them in the latest edition of Guinness World Record.
Decades of controversy have followed in the wake of the Stones which continues today. The release of their 2005 album A Bigger Bang included the song "Sweet Neo Con" in which Jagger's lyrics openly attack the presidency of George W. Bush.
Jagger has been and will continue to be an inspiration to all who follow in his formidable footsteps.

Korea - Square review in AUDIO courtesy of Campia Tech

Excellent review on Square One and Square Two in Koreas Audio magazine. Thanks go to Jang of Campia Tech for making this possible. PDF Sqreview.pdf

Full Circle Turntable Stand

The elegant new stand for the Full Circle comes after much demand recently from distribution across the world. There have been numerous versions created by other companies to satisfy the ideal method of presenting the classic lines of the Full Circle System. The simple, understated, pure lines of the design look just as "naturally correct" in terms of design and function today as it did when it was first released five years ago. With demand for this product being stronger than ever before, the design is now more than ready to see some useful enhancements.

The Full Circle Stand is an all metal design featuring laser cut steel and Wilson Benesch's own extruded parts. The system caters for additional loading with high mass material to enhance it. The spiked base plate is terminated with the usual high quality Wilson Benesch turned spike elements providing an easy solution to levelling of the system. Affording super rigidity with minimal mass the design blends seamlessly with the Full Circle providing the best ergonomics whilst sacrificing nothing of the performance. The design will be seen for the first time at the Stuff Live Show in London during the first week in November where the price will be announced.

Denmark - Wilson Benesch company visit.

Wilson Benesch was delighted to receive a visit from its Danish distributor Kaj Danielsen of Radioactiv. Kaj was accompanied by the knowledgable and very experienced Chief Editors, Michael Madsen and Sven Bilén from Denmark and Sweden's leading journal High Fidelity. A full tour of the company was provided, with the exception of the carbon fibre facilities that are confidential. Detailed explanations of the unique technologies and the philosophical approach of Wilson Benesch design were discussed in some detail. Training for Kaj was also a high priority during what turned out to be a constructive business day for everyone. The directors would like to thank Michael, Sven and Kaj for making this special trip and look forward to the forthcoming feature on the company, in the magazine.

Europe - Wilson Benesch views the future in Europe.

Wilson Benesch moves forward in Germany and France. Connect Audio of Germany and PPL of France are no longer distributors for Wilson Benesch. During the transition phase there will be no interuption to service that will be provided by Wilson Benesch directly to Wilson Benesch dealers (Please contact Wilson Benesch direct for details).

An announcement about the new distribution arrangements for these important markets will be made during the course of 2008.

The company would like to thank Connect Audio of Germany and PPL of France for all the hard work during the past years and wish them good fortune in all that they do in the future.

Italy - Top Audio Show Milan 2007

Thank you to Vanino and Dimitri for the warm welcome that they made to all their visitors at this year Top Audio Show presentation in Milan. Trinity and Torus featured centre stage. Below is a small impression of Italy including the square described by le Corbusier as the most attractive square in Europe.

Other Squares.

Netherlands - Dealer training / Trinity Presentation, courtesy of Audio Excellence and Audio Art

We would like to extend our thanks to Jan and Kees Jan of Audio Excellence for making it possible to meet with so many interested parties at the recent event at the Art's Audio Holland.


Studio 1 Kees Jan of Audio Excellence provides a brief demonstration at the distributors extensive facilites. (Wilson Benesch exclusive distributor for Holland and Belgium) A series of presentations will take place across the Netherlands at principal dealers. See previous new item for up and coming dates at other dealers across the Netherlands.



On a warm summers day, Art's Audio was the first venue in a series of events sceduled to take place across the Netherlands and what better place to begin. Arthur and Eric of Art's Audio, provided the ideal venue to provide training and demonstrations. The outstanding food and fine wines were appreciated by everyone who attended later in the evening.


Presentation to some of the people who attended in the evening.


Eric making a presentation in the main studio.


Group shot of dealers who attended the Training during the afternoon.

Thailand - Wilson Benesch moves forward.

Wilson Benesch is delighted to announce the addition of another quality distributor to its global network.
Thailand is now serviced by Audiocome. Contact details :~

Yannawa Ba Patanawsin
ACG International Co. Ltd
729/40 Rama 3 Road
Bangpongpang Yannawa
Bangkok 10120
Thailand
Tel: +662 295 4772
Fax: +662 295 4771
E-Mail audiocome@lox2.loxinfo.co.th

Netherlands - Audio Excellence Autumn Events

Trinity presentations courtesy of Audio Excellence - Netherlands.

REDFERN IMAGE OF THE MONTH -ERIC CLAPTON

Eric Patrick Clapton CBE was born 30 Ma