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[Allan F]

Paradigm Persona 9H, Vivid Giya G3, two speakers that would be on my short list if I could afford them.

[Allan F]

26 minutes ago, Blake said:

Kevin has historically been a speaker designer.  That is his background...

 

After moving to Harmon, Kevin Voecks designed the second generation of Revel's Ultima series. Both the Ultima Studio 2 and the Ultima Salon 2 are his designs.

[Allan F]

45 minutes ago, Kal Rubinson said:

From a post on Audiogon:
Read this post from sistercompany JBL's designer Greg Timbers. 
http://audioheritage.org/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=193295&postcount=65

 

Thank you Kal. My understanding from a former executive of ML is that Kevin was quite deeply involved, although Mark Glazer may have done the acoustic engineering. "Final voicing decisions and other aspects of the product definition" encompasses important aspects of the design.

 

In an interview with Sumit Chawla in 2004, Kevin was described as Director of Technology at Harman Specialty Group. Kevin offered the following:

"In fact, that's the only thing Dr. Harman said at the inception of the company - “Make the world's best loudspeakers.” No restrictions on the kind of technology. For example, if we had decided that electrostatics were best, even though that's a completely different kind of technology than you've seen in the Harman loudspeaker brands. There were absolutely no restrictions. We determined with double blind listening tests and engineering research that dynamic loudspeakers although refined, in numerous ways, make for the most accurate loudspeakers."