Eminent Technology
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Eminent Technology is an American audio electronics company based in Florida, established in 1983 by Bruce Thigpen. The company manufactures tonearms and speakers mostly at its own facility in Tallahassee, Florida.
History
Their first product was an air bearing straight-line tracking tonearm for phonograph playback, and was the first implementation of a captured air bearing for tonearm use.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". It was followed by a more advanced version of the tonearm.
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In the 1990s Eminent Technology developed a smaller planar transducer for automotive applications. This was adapted for computer speakers as the LFT-11, a multimedia speaker system,[4] The company licensed the technology to Sonigistix and it appeared in Monsoon and other brands.[5]
By 2020, five US patents have been granted to Eminent Technology products.
References
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- ↑ LFT-11 planar magnetic multimedia loudspeakers by Gary Beard in the December 2003 issue of Positive Feedback magazine
- ↑ History of Eminent Technologies, retrieved March 11, 2009
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External links
- Rotary Woofer site
- International Audio Review site
- Sound and Vision review
- Stereophile discussion of Bruce Thigpen's contribution to turntable tonearm development, the linear-tracking tonearm
- Michael Fremer writeup on Eminent Technology and the Rotary Woofer breakthrough
- Eminent Technology website