OUR PRODUCT MANUFACTURERS — LOWTHER

The type of loudspeaker drive unit upon which Lowther's reputation was built, grew from the twin-cone units invented by P.A.G.H. Voigt.   Colleagues and two sound- engineers, Rice and Kellog, were simultaneously designing single cone drive units, a pattern which has served for a very long time in meeting listening requirements. However, when the very best possible standards of reproduction were wanted, it was to the twin-cone unit that the experts invariably turned. Oddly enough, patents for both these types of units were lodged within two weeks of each other. During the mid-1930's, moving-coil loudspeakers, which were rapidly growing in popularity, used...