On Sunday, the 1st of March this year, I attended a delightful gathering of the audio faithful at the home of Eike Linkwitz, widow of the legendary engineer Siegfried Linkwitz, who passed away a couple of years ago following a 17-year battle with prostate cancer. A radio frequency radiation specialist by training and profession, Siegfried [HFN, Mar '16] was also a lifelong music and audio enthusiast, one who arguably made more contributions to the advancement of playback fidelity than any other individual. Believing that the performance of loudspeakers was limited by their cabinets - what we call 'box colorations' -he aggressively pursued open-baffle free-air designs and then generously shared his developments with his many followers.
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