The Flat Flexible Loudspeaker!

This is truly an amazing technological age we live in, and it is just going to get better and better. For those of us that love our music, and anyting related to sound reproduction, a near-miracle has arrived.
Engineers at the University of Warwick have announced that . . .

A groundbreaking new loudspeaker -- less than 0.25mm thick -- has been developed by University of Warwick engineers. It's flat, flexible, could be hung on a wall like a picture, and its particular method of sound generation could make public announcements in places like passenger terminals clearer, crisper, and easier to hear.

This is Dr. Duncan Billson holding one of these ultra-thin loudspeakers. (click image to enlarge)

The capabilities of this loudspeaker are supposedly amazing, and will be available soon for commercial purposes.

All speakers work by converting an electric signal into sound. Usually, the signal is used to generate a varying magnetic field, which in turn vibrates a mechanical cone, so producing the sound.
Warwick Audio Technology's FFL technology is a carefully designed assembly of thin, conducting and insulating, materials resulting in the development of a flexible laminate, which when excited by an electrical signal will vibrate and produce sound.
The speaker laminate operates as a perfect piston resonator. The entire diaphragm therefore radiates in phase, forming an area source. The wave front emitted by the vibrating surface is phase coherent, producing a plane wave with very high directivity and very accurate sound imaging.
"Another great application would be in PA systems for public spaces," says Steve. "The sound produced by FFLs can be directed straight at its intended audience. The sound volume and quality does not deteriorate as it does in conventional speakers, which means that public announcements in passenger terminals, for example, could be clearer, crisper, and easier to hear."

-FUPPETS- cannot wait for the future to get here.

Top-Shelf Turntables

In an IDEAL world, the -FUPPETS- sound-system would be of such creaminess that women would swoon and men would strangle themselves in deep, deep jealousy.
Some love to look at high-end cars, some love to admire high-end clothing and fashions, and some actually will talk for hours about how awesome their ridiculously expensive bathroom fixtures are. Fuck these people. What -FUPPETS- cares about is ridiculous stereo equipment, and amazing sound - the kind of sound that makes you weep and your momma cry.
Here are some Audiophile Porn Images for your enjoyment.

Every system needs a top-shelf Receiver, and this one looks like a cream-dream, and weighs a full 70 pounds!
THE YAMAHA RX-Z1 FLAGSHIP RECEIVER

Check out the back of this elegant mo-fo. It boggles the mind to imagine the amount of work it would take to set this shit up properly.

While -FUPPETS- supports Vinyl in all it's formats, and derides the ridiculous drink-coaster CD's, a proper CD player has to be included. One cannot waste one's old compact discs because one hates the mo-fucks. This CD player below is top of the line and can do any digital media. This bad boy can store over twenty thousand compact discs worth of data! Damn!
The NAIM HGX 400GB MUSIC PLAYER

Now for the Vinyl. Oh how -FUPPETS- fetishizes the Vinyl LP. To have a top-shelf turntable, it must be heavy (reduce vibration) and adaptable (different cartridge heads for different music) and it does not hurt if it looks like some sort of futuristic weapon. Here are several Audiophile quality turntables, any of which would be enough to drive a record collector into a deliriously spastic freak-out frenzy.
CLEAR AUDIO MASTER REFERENCE TURNTABLE

Here is the ROKSAN RADIUS 5. Just beautiful.

And now, the top-shelf DaVINCI AUDIO LABS AAS GABRIEL TURNTABLE. 24K gold and costing around forty-five thousand dollars, this is too nice to touch.

and the single most expensive turntable around, The CLEARAUDIO STATEMENT.

A $125,000 assembly of wood, aluminum, and other sundry bits that has only one endeavor, to play records, and play them outstandingly well. Weighing 770 pounds, the Statement derives its rotational motivation from the same type of electric motor used to propel the Mars Rover. It touts a patented magnetic driven sub platter, dynamic balanced platters, Kardan turntable chassis suspension, real time speed control and active blue LCD display. ( BornRich.org )

-FUPPETS- is left speechless. The platter on these high end turntables does not rest on anything. It "floats" on a magnetic levitation system! No lie!