Plasma Speaker / Tweeter - Completed Working Setup

The complete prototype circuit is shown here built on a single PCB. The reflector is made from PVC pipe with a rear mirror. EHT now slightly lower and the gap size has been reduced. Track is 'Hold Me Now' from the Thompson Twins - chosen purely for it's good dynamic range, vocals & clever percussion ! Let me know if would like to see & hear any particular song - see what I can do ;)

Channel: Science & Technology
Uploaded: March 19, 2008 at 4:59 pm
Author: timetec

Length: 07:37
Rating: 4.86
Views: 163273

Tags: Arc Audio EHT Electronics Flyback Hi-Fi High LOPT Plasma Singing Speaker Tesla Transformer Tweeter Voltage

Video Comments

InventorGadget (September 28, 2008 at 10:02 pm)

Best build ever seen so far.. super nice quality! Maybe you could make a video (10min) with different styles, jazz - rock - hip hop or whatever you want, so we may hear how it sounds? Eh.. and how much for a kit say you.. :)

Kenster1025 (September 26, 2008 at 12:36 am)

Did you use a buffer chip to stop signals from wrecking the Pocket PC?

torrent1337 (September 24, 2008 at 11:39 pm)

Play genesis by justice

caracter2 (September 23, 2008 at 1:09 pm)

Could this technology lead to improvements in speaker quality? If so, how? This is very interesting. I would love to be there and see it.

anonynononon (September 23, 2008 at 6:14 am)

Just for note: a kiloWatt-hour is a unit of energy, not power. 1 kW-hour = 3.6E6 Joules.

Chefshaolin (September 23, 2008 at 4:44 am)

Let's talk high-end.. What's the potential for some competition with Sonus Faber?

TVGuido (September 21, 2008 at 8:42 am)

Brilliant! I have heard about such plasma drivers going back to 1970s (Hill Plasmatronics that required a cylinder of helium) and seen material on them, but never actually seen one play. Thank you for your efforts and sharing them. A real eye opener!Still I hear static charge sound, which may interfere with the music at quiet intervals, something I wondered about before I saw this. I impressed nonetheless, technically this could be the most transparent transducer around.

fwynn (September 19, 2008 at 4:05 am)

How's the bass on this thing?this is pretty interesting.. never knew anything about this >.> until now hahais it possible to BUY one of these? or not yet atleast =Pnice!

timetec (September 17, 2008 at 8:50 pm)

Doesn't need it - no Ozone.

tiddlydum (September 17, 2008 at 6:52 pm)

You might be able to put an internal ventilation system in, though it would need some sort of filter.