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Details: Written by: Administrator; Category: MartinLogan, April 16, 2012; Created: 17 April 2012

Even though the individual components are tested during the assembly process, the entire speaker is tested at the end as a completed system.

Details: Written by: Administrator; Category: MartinLogan, April 16, 2012; Created: 17 April 2012

After the assembled panels have been in the vacuum-forming machine for 30 minutes, they are transferred to the final-assembly area where . . .

Details: Written by: Administrator; Category: MartinLogan, April 16, 2012; Created: 17 April 2012

After the diaphragm has been fully applied and is wrinkle-free . . .

Details: Written by: Administrator; Category: MartinLogan, April 16, 2012; Created: 16 April 2012

MartinLogan's electrostatic diaphragm is extremely thin but . . .

Details: Written by: Administrator; Category: MartinLogan, April 16, 2012; Created: 16 April 2012

The panels from the stator-preparation area get . . .

Details: Written by: Administrator; Category: MartinLogan, April 16, 2012; Created: 16 April 2012

An electrostatic speaker works by sandwiching an extremely thin, conductive diaphragm that can move between two perforated, stationary metal panels. The metal panels are called stators.

Details: Written by: Administrator; Category: MartinLogan, April 16, 2012; Created: 16 April 2012

The cabinets are available in . . .

Details: Written by: Administrator; Category: MartinLogan, April 16, 2012; Created: 16 April 2012

Although MartinLogan's electrostatic panels are the parts that consumers identify with the most, every speaker product also has a cabinet made from wood. All the woofer enclosures for the company's Reserve line are built . . .

Details: Written by: Administrator; Category: MartinLogan, April 16, 2012; Created: 16 April 2012

Details: Written by: Doug Schneider; Category: dCS, December 5, 2011; Created: 05 December 2011

A group of engineers started dCS, so it's not surprising to learn that the core of dCS still lies within the engineering lab. The engineers' mandate is to create products that can not only produce superb measurements but also be considered state of the art and deliver the highest level of musical reproduction. As a result, every aspect of the design is done in-house.

Details: Written by: Doug Schneider; Category: dCS, December 5, 2011; Created: 05 December 2011

dCS makes high-quality, very expensive products that are widely considered to be state of the art. The company backs that up with testing and quality-control procedures that are second to none to ensure that every consumer gets a product that meets or exceeds manufacturer specifications and exacting tolerances.

Details: Written by: Doug Schneider; Category: dCS, December 5, 2011; Created: 05 December 2011

dCS's production area is fairly large, well-lit, and spacious. Things like casework and board stuffing are the work of external vendors (all located in the UK), but every product dCS makes is assembled here, with most of the assembly done by hand.

Details: Written by: Doug Schneider; Category: dCS, December 5, 2011; Created: 05 December 2011

dCS began in 1987 with a group of engineers who specialized in analog-to-digital (A/D) and digital-to-analog (D/A) conversion systems. dCS stands for Data Conversion Systems. The original company focused on consulting, primarily for military applications, and developed state-of-the-art A/D and D/A technology applicable to other industries.

Details: Written by: Doug Schneider; Category: dCS, December 5, 2011; Created: 04 December 2011

dCS is located in Cambridge, UK, which is about 80 kilometers (50 miles) from London. Cambridge has a population of about 110,000 and is home to the University of Cambridge, the UK's second-oldest university. In fact, according to Wikipedia, it's the second-oldest in the English-speaking world. Oxford is the oldest. The University of Cambridge's origins date back 800 years. Among the university's many claims to fame is the fact that its graduates have received 61 Nobel Prizes to date, more than any other university in the world. It's no surprise, then, that Cambridge is considered a tech hub in the UK.

Details: Written by: Doug Schneider; Category: Bryston, August 18, 2011; Created: 21 August 2011

Bryston does its design and engineering in-house. Currently, the company has six designers and engineers working in a large area that's adjacent to the manufacturing areas.

Details: Written by: Doug Schneider; Category: Bryston, August 18, 2011; Created: 21 August 2011

Bryston's products are legendary not only for their sound quality but also for their reliability and longevity -- plus, Bryston backs their amplifiers and preamplifiers with an astonishing 20-year warranty, while their digital products are backed by a five-year warranty. One of the reasons Bryston can put such long warranties on their products has to do with the quality of the components used. Another reason is the testing they do at the completion of assembly to ensure the products don't fail in the field.

Details: Written by: Doug Schneider; Category: Bryston, August 18, 2011; Created: 21 August 2011

Bryston's manufacturing facility is divided into two "sides." On the . . .

Details: Written by: Doug Schneider; Category: Bryston, August 18, 2011; Created: 21 August 2011

Bryston is based in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, and is one of the world's leading makers of power amplifiers, preamplifiers, CD players, DACs, and surround-sound processors. Bryston is in the unique position of selling to the professional and consumer markets. Today about 80 percent of their sales are to consumers, and the remaining 20 percent are to studios and other professionals.

Details: Written by: Jeff Fritz; Category: Magico, March 30, 2011; Created: 05 April 2011

On the day of our tour, we witnessed the attention to smallest details, something we believe has helped make Magico successful. Looking after the little things is part of what has vaulted Magico from fledgling boutique to one of the top high-end speaker manufacturers in the world.

Details: Written by: Jeff Fritz; Category: Magico, March 30, 2011; Created: 05 April 2011

Q-series loudspeakers require dozens of man-hours of labor to assemble the numerous parts that make up the enclosure. Each enclosure is properly damped to avoid resonances that could smear the sound with distortion.