Stephen Mejias

And on Saturday, April 24th, Attention Screen performed at Yamaha’s Artist Services concert hall. The performance was recorded by John Atkinson for a future Stereophile CD, the band’s third, scheduled to be released at the 2010 Rocky Mountain Audio Fest in October. It was an excellent night of music. Check out the images in our">http://forum.stereophile.com/photopost/showphoto.php/photo/2232/size/bi… Gallery.

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JA uses a different mic, set at a much closer proximity to the drive-unit, to capture the side-firing woofer’s nearfield response. For a larger view, visit our">http://forum.stereophile.com/photopost/showphoto.php/photo/2214/size/bi… Gallery.

JA uses a little camera to monitor the rotation of the speaker on the platter. The platter turns at five degree intervals while JA measures impulse response. For a larger view, visit our">http://forum.stereophile.com/photopost/showphoto.php/photo/2216/passwor… Gallery.

After we lifted the big Vivid Giya onto a rotating platter, JA got under the hood and connected the speaker cables to his test amp. JA loves it when speaker terminals are hidden beneath a speaker. For a larger view, visit our">http://forum.stereophile.com/photopost/showphoto.php/photo/2217/passwor… Gallery.

After several failed attempts, some sweating, and a bit of cursing, we were able to lock the replacement drive-unit into the Giya cabinet. Success! And then we realized we’d forgotten an O-ring…

See that itsy-bitsy little hole way at the back of the speaker? Properly installing the replacement drive-unit meant lining up that itsy-bitsy little hole with the tapered end of the transmission line and locking it in place with a hex screw. So easy, a caveman could do it.