Resonator Technology

The new "pagode° Master Reference" is a further successful step in the well-established tradition of finite elemente in its efforts to achieve absolute sound quality. For the first time a hi-fi rack designer is using scientifically based arguments in its fight against sound-distorting resonances.

What is a "Resonator"?

Resonators are metal rods, where their natural frequency is tailored to the natural frequencies of the pagode Master Reference. The integration of these resonators clearly reduces vibration amplitudes excited by airborne or solidborne noise. A large part of the kinetic energy – up to 90% with self-excitation, and up to 70% with forced excitation – are converted silently into heat by the resonators. Each pagode model is fitted with a set of resonators determined individually in a measuring-engineering process.

Download: Resonator Handout [844KB]

Six resonator types (220 Hz, 486 Hz, 512 Hz, 550 Hz, 670 Hz and 882 Hz.) are distributed in two possible variations across the whole rack.

Each wooden frame is fitted with four resonators to ensure a linearised natural resonance behaviour. The coupling of the shelves is effected using height-adjustable cone-shaped spikes.