-Refined profile, further faceted, more closely interlocking solid wood internal braces.

-Drivers are now flush mounted (recessed) into the front panel.

-Smoother internal surfaces

-Rounded internal edges of wooden bass reflex ports (stronger for their weight)

-Only sanding with the grain - makes the surface of the wood stronger than orbital sanded surfaces which yields better cabinet acoustics

-Slightly darker seed to jar (farm to table) linseed oil formula developed by our supplier, a prior apprentice of Clark.

-Thicker solid wood terminal plates

-Quartz Noise Reduction

-Barnacle subwoofer, Infrasub, and Cricket supertweeter released

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Efficiency numbers and power output ratings are some of the most misleading figures in the audio industry— tools of designers that have been abused for marketing purposes. There is no better example of this than in the car audio industry, where an amplifier's power output rating may be stated as 2,000 watts, but the fact that this is giving 35% total harmonic distortion is conveniently left out. It is then left up to the customer to realize that they should program a little fudge factor into these numbers to know that the 2,000 watt amp is only putting out a few hundred (at best) before it is distorting at 3-5% (into the actual speaker, not a dummy load), which still hurts the ears somewhat.

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Internal bracing resembling what’s inside an acoustic guitar and frequency specific pre-tensioned acoustic damping materials (released 2018) are still being used for accurate resonance control. A non-toxic hand rubbed linseed oil finish product is now being custom made by a violin maker, further brightening the tonality and appearance of the speakers. 

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Originally, the Thrasher was named after Thrasher Magazine.  Clark has been an avid skateboarder since college, and now focuses on long distance skateboarding on the open road in order to develop new materials and production techniques for the wooden construction of the speakers.  

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Read an article by Clark in his alma mater's newsletter for a little history behind our company and insight into what keeps us going.

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Just outside the dense metropolitan core of Seoul lies just such a place, called Camerata Hall, which takes this concept and brings it to art museum proportions. A completely vintage, horn loaded theater audio system takes up an entire wall of the room. That such record collections or audio systems exist is not so unusual, it’s that these particular owners choose to share their passion in this public way that is so uncommon. These are not corporate marketing write-offs but rather a very personal form of patronage of the recorded arts.

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A little known secret is that the Pacific Northwest—our verdant corner of the world—is home to a number of acclaimed and well-established audio companies, manufacturers, and organizations. TONEAudio Magazine's publisher resides in Vancouver, Washington, and we're thrilled to claim such a well-curated and down-to-earth publication centered around audio—and music!

We recently delivered a pair of Thrashers to TONE for review. 

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Orca Classic speakers now installed at Easy Street Records in West Seattle.

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The Orca Classic and Dungeness Subwoofer were reviewed in the March 2014 issue of TONEAudio Magazine. 

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