http://www.atlantictechnology.com/products/h-pas-speakers/
H-PAS - Hybrid Pressure Acceleration System
Description
Employing a unique cabinet design, the elements of the different speaker technologies are cascaded one to another in such a manner as to pressurize and accelerate the very lowest frequency back waves as they travel through the cabinet.
These waves are then radiated into the room through a vent at the lower front of the cabinet. There is an “acoustic crossover” from the vent to the bass drivers and the upper bass and midrange regions are propagated directly from the woofer’s cone.
An important additional feature, integral to the design, is an “acoustic bass trap.” Signals travel through this internal passive resonance/harmonic distortion line filter to further reduce unwanted distortion for clean, tight bass. As a result, the AT-1 delivers extended deep bass with high output levels, and exceptionally low harmonic distortion.
The central tenet of this new design approach is somewhat counterintuitive. Instead of using heavy, low-resonance drivers to achieve low bass, H-PAS utilizes quick, high-resonance bass drivers. The internal matrix of the cabinet takes the backwave of the driver below its resonance and pressurizes and accelerates it before it exits the vent. This acceleration increases the impact of the highly pressurized air flow in the enclosure when it leaves the vent. The result is both extended low bass and greatly improved dynamic range at such lower frequencies. The internal workings of the cabinet (using very specific, mathematically-derived ratios between the various cabinet/driver relationships) are such that the low frequency efficiency of the system actually increases with decreasing frequency—exactly the opposite of conventional system behavior, where output below resonance drops rapidly. H-PAS produces a reciprocal output of the high-resonance drivers’ natural rolloff, yielding flat acoustic response to well below that of conventional designs using like-sized drivers and cabinets.
The use of lighter, higher-resonance woofers also means that the AT-1’s H-PAS system exhibits lightning-fast transient response and incredible bass detail compared to the slower high-mass, low-resonance drivers needed to achieve reasonable deep bass extension in ordinary speakers.
In short, H-PAS technology provides greater extended low frequency range, and/or greater output, with increased dynamic range and impact at those extended low frequencies. It can be scaled to fit many size cabinets, small to large. Higher SPL’s are inherent to the design, as is low distortion, which in turn negates any requirement for costly high-power amplification.
http://bongioviacoustics.com/2013/12/22/sky-sound/
Skysound - Bongiovi Acoustics / GGEC
Bongiovi Acoustics is pleased to announce the formation of a strategic Partnership between GGEC, National Engineering Laboratory for Audio Technology and SkySound in China.
SkySound will take over the direct project management and marketing responsibilities for all activity in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. SkySound has an extensive local resource base from which to better support and service our customers.
Together we are developing a number of new applications and most recently have launched our Android SDK, and CSR Blue Tooth solution. The release of these platforms along with the ON Semiconductor DSP, designed specifically for Bongiovi DPS applications and Analog Devices DSP will allow for expanded customer applications.
