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End customers outside Germany can still benefit from the favourable German VAT rate until 30 June 2020. So stock up on Speaker Cloth quickly!
On 1 July, a new regulation for cross-border sales to end customers will come into force throughout the EU. As a result, we will no longer be able to supply our Speaker Cloth to private customers at the favourable German VAT rate of 19%, but will have to charge VAT at the rate applicable in the destination country and pay it to the destination countries via an Import One-Stop-Shop (IOSS). However, as VAT is higher in the vast majority of EU countries (with Hungary leading the way at a whopping 27%), prices will inevitably change accordingly depending on the destination country.
It is therefore worth seizing the opportunity and ordering speaker fabric quickly from our online shop.
Nothing is more pleasing than satisfied customers – and we’re especially pleased when we exceed our customers‘ expectations. We did so again, this time with our Metallic-Line speaker fabric , which will now even appear on British television. A few days ago, we received a message from Paul Golledge, who lives with his partner Emma Newton-Gunn in the Château de Montvason, a lovely castle in Normandy. The couple is among the protagonists of the British Channel 4 series „Escape to the Chateau DIY„.
Paul Golledge and Emma Newton-Gunn, who are delighted with the compelling look of Akustikstoff.com’s Metallic Line speaker fabric. Photo © chateaudemontvason.com
Paul writes: »Hello, I ordered your copper acoustic cloth for a project I have.
We are once again filming for U.K. channel four ‘chateau diy’ and I have built a large pair of Art Deco speakers for my French Mouthful O’
You’re not one hundred percent sure which of our 42 standard colours best suits your project? You don’t trust the colour reproduction of your computer screen because you know about the pitfalls of colour reproduction within digital systems that are not consistently calibrated? Or you’d like to receive speaker fabric samples in order to get a hands-on impression of our various types of acoustic cloth before you place an order?
It always makes sense to take a close look at the original product before making a purchase decision. But this doesn’t always require a complete sample set. That’s why we’ve decided to provide the opportunity to order individual samples directly in our online shop.
Choose up to 15 different speaker fabric samples
Select up to 15 different speaker cloth samples of your choice. Combine different fabrics, such as standard, 2.0 and FR, and different colours according to your particular requirements. This opportunity is the perfect basis for an informed decision.
The number of complex ultrasonic applications is increasing. The range extends from distance measurement and the identification of obstacles to non-destructive material testing with phased arrays for air-coupled ultrasound. So-called 3D-printed waveguides are currently being developed for such technically complex applications. So far, adequate protection of the equipment against water and dust has been a problem, however, as many practical applications require the equipment to function even under extremely demanding environmental conditions.
The Technical University of Darmstadt in Germany has now addressed this problem in a research project and carried out tests with our liquid and dirt-repellent Acoustic Cloth 2.0, among other things. The results presented by Professor Mario Kupnik’s research team in September 2020 during the 2020 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS) in Las Vegas* demonstrate the high suitability of acoustic material 2.0 for protecting waveguides
At the moment, all signs point to a hard Brexit. Among other things, this means that trade between EU countries and the UK will most likely be subject to the WTO terms from 1 January 2021.
As sorry as we are for our many British friends, we will only be able to supply commercial customers in the UK in this case, as exporting under WTO trade rules involves considerable additional work and additional costs, for example for customs declarations. On top of this, there are additional cost risks for senders if a consignment cannot be delivered or is not accepted. For this reason, we do not deliver to private customers outside the EU.
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However, we are still intensively on the search for a distribution partner in Great Britain to supply both private and business customers. This is because British business customers will no longer be able to simply order via our online shop. As in other countries outside the EU, we will only be able to offer and deliver EXW PI
It doesn’t happen too often that people decide to optimize the acoustics of their living room. But true audiophiles are of a special breed. Marcel from Almere in the Netherlands is one of them.
Marcel and his wife designed the room interior and commissioned Mutrox, a renowned Dutch acoustics specialist and studio builder, to develop and deliver the required acoustically active elements.
The main goal was to acoustically optimise the room while retaining the look and feel like a living room. The second and more demanding aim was to provide the opportunity to adjust the reverberation of the room, in this way giving the residents the opportunity to fine-tune the room acoustics at their discretion whenever they like.
Marcel and his wife finally opted for the use of false walls, acoustic curtains, and an acoustically active suspended ceiling. While the suspended ceiling is fixed due to the limited height of the room, the side walls and the front wall are made of various movable boxes that contain acoustically active elements such as
The field of application for our sound transparent fabrics is surprisingly broad. They also play an important role in organ building, for instance. It is quite possible that you will come across products from Akustikstoff.com when visiting a church, for example in Ahaus in northwest Germany.
The pipe organ, whose roots reach back to antiquity, has played a central role in Christian liturgy since the Middle Ages. Elaborately designed organs are special treasures of numerous churches and impress with their enormous sound variety. Mozart once called the pipe organ the „king of instruments“. Like other instruments, however, organs need regular professional care and occasional restoration. For many parishes such a restoration project is a welcome opportunity to expand and redesign the instrument in order to broaden its musical range and move it closer to modern sound ideals.
How to use our self-adhesive hook fastener tape
A couple of days ago we received an email from Casper, a customer from Denmark: »Shouldn’t the fixing tape I received consist of two parts – one for the fabric and one for the cabinet?« To get straight to the point, his assumption was wrong. But Casper was completely happy with the product after we’d emailed him a few explanatory lines and a link to our video tutorial. So, what’s the secret of our fastening tape?
Just like Casper, most people are under the false impression that hook fastener tapes always consist of two components, a strip with tiny hooks and another one with soft loops. This is true indeed for the classic »velcro« as we know it from numerous everyday applications, which is called a »hook and loop fastener« (there’s even a lengthy
Trust, hope, peace, and tranquility are properties that are traditionally associated with the colour blue. No great surprise, then, that the Pantone® Color Institute has made a very classic, neutral blue the „Colour of the Year 2020“. After all, our life feels considerably more turbulent than a decade ago: Megatrends such as digitisation, along with political and social upheaval around the world, are contributing to a general longing for harmony and security.
The calm, appealing, and confidence-inspiring deep blue colour of the year 2020 „lends itself to relaxed interaction. Associated with the return of another day, this universal favorite is comfortably embraced“ says Pantone, explaining the choice of the colour that is expected to shape fashion and beauty as well as interior design and the design of electrical and electronic devices worldwide for the
Interest in our sound-transparent fabrics is also growing steadily in France: the fabrics are now being used by several renowned manufacturers of high-quality loudspeakers, such as FrenchFlair Audio. Our Speaker Cloth is also attracting great interest from AV furniture manufacturers, exhibition stand builders, interior designers, architectural firms and numerous private individuals.
To further improve the service for our French-speaking customers, the content of our online shop www.akustikstoff.com is now also available in French .
Many hifi enthusiasts have developed a great passion for the DIY refurbishment of vintage speaker cabinets. An update of the speaker grille with new Acoustic Cloth is one of the key elements in most of these projects, but it’s not always the easiest task.
The JBL* LX55, for instance, a popular speaker among experts that is sold at increasingly high prices today, has a plastic frame with a relatively small edge to which the original speaker cloth is attached to. Moreover, the slot between the frame and the cabinet is extremely narrow. This construction makes it impossible to staple the speaker fabric to the frame (the method of choice with wooden frames) or to use of hook fastener tape instead.
Sometimes it’s the little things that make small rooms look friendlier, less cluttered, and more attractive. That’s why it is a good idea to cover the often small-sized compartments of an AV rack in such a room with Acoustic Fabric in a matching colour. The immediate effect is that the entire room appears more straightforward and comfy.
Making such a cover doesn’t require any distinct DIY skills. All you need to build is an accurately fitting wooden frame with a hinge and a magnetic catch. Cover this frame with an appropriately sized piece of Akustikstoff.com Speaker Cloth (watch the tutorials on Youtube for details) and you’re done. The Acoustic Cloth lets infrared signals pass easily, so remote controls for receivers, amplifiers, etc. will work through the closed front, while all equipment along with the centre speaker or a soundbar remain hidden – as well as the countless little thingies that inevitably tend to accumulate in such a shelf over time.