DML SPEAKER

A distributed mode loudspeaker, or DML, is superior in several ways to a conical speaker design. It has a more uniform output band and a near omni-directional angle of output. This allows the speaker to emit sound all throughout a space, effectively filling it without the tendency to favour certain directions. The speaker design itself has a thin profile, due to the compact nature of the hardware. The soundboard is a luthier-quality piece of Sitka Spruce varnished with tung oil. The frame is made of steel rod and welded together with washers to support the soundboard by a woven pattern. This pattern is both neat and a means of suspending the board without incurring severe losses to the audio output. When placed on its back, the soundboard becomes a surface to explore the vibrations of sound.