Comments on: Phonofone II by Tristan Zimmermann

By: davide

davide — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 09:30:00 +0000

where is bought this?

By: Travis

Travis — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 16:16:58 +0000

I just got mine in black for my XMAS present. It is indeed very cool, yes it works, and no you don’t need 2 (but…). I had to hook up my Kangeroo IPOD amp to get enough volume to make it worth listening to and will now figure a way to get some more amp through it but it sounds great. For those of you non geeks, the ceramic material is often used in top quality speakers since the transmission characteristics are so good. Horn design is also a high end product design (check out Klipsh Horns) to get big sound from low power. This product is a winner. Thank you Rachel you are the best wife ever! Travis

By: alfa

alfa — Wed, 21 May 2008 09:47:28 +0000

Just as you say. My horn is a exponential horn and calculated in length and sice. The diameter at the hornend supports sound of 300 Hz frequency.
Of course, if you want a real basshorn going down to 50 Hz you need round about 2 meters of diameter!!! But that wouldn´t make sense if the earphone sound pressure level is ca. 114 dB!!!

you´re right. These things are more a anachronistic statement than good hi-fi equipment.

By: Will

Will — Wed, 21 May 2008 00:50:01 +0000

I’ve built speakers but I am no expert on horns; Horn speaker design is an art in itself- the drive unit characteristics have to suit horn loading and the flare of the horn has to match the spec of the drive unit. The length of the horn doesnt adversly affect sound quality- some fantastic old school folded horn designs are the size of a small room

By: alfa

alfa — Tue, 20 May 2008 21:28:49 +0000

Frustrating! I had the same idea, but mine looks better and I´m sure it works better, too.

I call it “Hendekagram”

http://www.rybol.com/

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Tue, 20 May 2008 19:18:41 +0000

By the time the sound reaches a listener’s ears from the Phonofone, it will be significantly degraded from the original recording. And the output of those earbuds is poor enough already — because earbuds can only reproduce a limited band of frequencies and because compressed MP3s are of poor audio quality. A visually attractive creation with a nice concept behind it, but aurally poorly thought out.

By: Bonzo

Bonzo — Tue, 20 May 2008 18:32:51 +0000

Just when I thought (foolishly) that we had reached the nadir of pointless design, we have now entered the twilight zone, where all things are possible, regardless of any perceived use or logic. This isn’t design – this takes stupidity to an art form.

By: Fling

Fling — Tue, 20 May 2008 13:43:17 +0000

Hey YO yo yo
Don’t y’all be hating on dis piece of junk, y’all. Yo!
Word!
Peace.
Business.

By: JM

JM — Mon, 19 May 2008 21:40:15 +0000

“visual pollution, more useless crap for the garage sales, this world is already full of junk why create more ?”

yo if this didnt function as a stereo of sorts and this was looked at as sculpture y’all wouldn’t be hating on it so much.

i can think of quite a few things that I’d consider “visual pollution” (including negative un productive comments)

why create anything EVER, we don’t NEED it… why have this site, about new building and new objects that we dont NEED?

this is beautiful… keep up the great work tristan!

By: Morgan

Morgan — Mon, 19 May 2008 18:18:22 +0000

A ceramic speaker is a cool idea.

Why not integrate the horn with a high-tech modeling amp that I can plug right into with my MP3 player?

Then, I could buy TWO horns; one for each corner of the room.