Electrostatic Loudspeaker?

[mistic]

Does anyone have any creative ideas on how to design and build an electrostatic loudspeaker?

[BoomieMCT]

Try Googling "DIY Electrostatic Speaker". You'll get tons of sites like this. www.diyaudio.com and www.audioasylum.com have sections on this topic. I did not find the one I was looking for though which was a cheap pair of desktop electrostats. I thought it was on www.decware.com or www.linkwitzlab.com but I didn't see it on either.

[cixelsid]

Scratch building ESLs is difficult and complicated....try these...
http://www.justrealmusic.com/content/home1.htm

[Sonnie]

Those prices do not look all that bad.

If you do these... or any stat panels whatsoever... please share you build with us. I own Martin Logan stats and would love to see someone build something similar.

[Jason Schultz]

What do you feel are the strengths of the electrostatics and are you satisfied with them. I've heard they are really clean and have no phase problems?

[buggers]

The Desktop Electrostatics you are refering to are at decware.com But you have to pay a small fee to access the plans. The fee is worth it.

[BoomieMCT]

buggers wrote:

The Desktop Electrostatics you are refering to are at decware.com But you have to pay a small fee to access the plans. The fee is worth it.

I remember seeing it on his page a while ago but can't find it now. Do you have a link?

[buggers]

http://www.decware.com/newsite/mainmenu.htm

[BoomieMCT]

buggers wrote:

http://www.decware.com/newsite/mainmenu.htm

I know the link for the Decware site - do you have a link to his desktop electrostats? That's what I can't find.

[zamboniman]

if I remember right those weren't actually electrostatics on the decware site. They looked like them but actually were just a thin membrane that used a traditional driver in the base to excite the membrane

[buggers]

The driver you refer to is for bass, they are an electrostatic.

[zamboniman]

buggers,

do you have any additional information on them? I always wondered about those..

I don't see how they could have been electrostatics since they didn't have any charge plates in front and back of the membrane.

[zamboniman]

Actually just confirmed via googling around......

They are not electrostatics..... planar yes.... electrostatics no..

A unique approach to planars as they are "pneumatically" driven by a more traditional speaker in the base. Looks like somehow they harness the backwave of a small driver or output from a vented pole piece to excite a planar membrane or pair of membranes.... most likely made of mylar

hmm the more I look at it looks like using the back wave of a speaker to inflate/modulate a plastic bag

but anyway here's what you are looking for http://www.decware.com/newsite/mainm...nels.htm&intro