"MINe 109" wrote in message
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(S888Wheel) wrote:
Given that Aperion Audio hypes proven snake oil - namely Kimber's
"DiAural" technology, they are easy to dismiss.
Given the fact that many speaker manufacturers such as Martin Logan,
Genesis, Soundlab, Wilson Audio, and Vandersteen advocate the idea
that cables make a difference it seems unreasonable to dismiss any
speaker brand just on their position on cable sound.
"DiAural" is a crossover design. You'd have to shut down the entire
industry if you outlawed proprietary names for designs.
Actually you've hit on a major point. The European patent for the "Diaural"
crossover design (which I've seen), shows schematics that were familiar to
speaker designers some twenty or more years before the patent was applied
for.
It's unlikely there could ever be a U.S. patent for the "DiAural"
technology, even with the current relaxed attitude among the patent
reviewers, relating to prior art.
IOW, the "DiAural" technology is exactly as you say, a proprietary name for
technology that has been around for a long time. What's new are the claims
made for it, which are snake oil in their own right.