Stephen Mejias

Tapered Tube Loading

Stephen Mejias  |  Apr 23, 2010

The Vivid G1Giya, designed by Laurence Dickie, incorporates the “tapered tube loading” concept originally developed for the B&W Nautilus. Inside the tapered transmission line are several strands of damping fiber.

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Submitted by Cybermynd (not verified) on April 23, 2010 - 2:13pm

Gah! Looks like the returned space capsule in the Andromeda Strain! I expect it to shudder and double in size any moment!

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Submitted by john (not verified) on May 23, 2010 - 10:51pm

What the?? One of the oaks that put that together forgot theirdried up Protea when he took the biltong plate home that night!!

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