In the Von Schweikert way, the 800-watt Foundation amplifier powers the woofers. Unlike other active DSP designs, the full range of the signal passes entirely through the analog crossover network. This allows the tonal characteristics of the customer's preferred power amplifier without compromise yet offers the increased dynamics and precise adjustment of your in-room bass response. Whether you prefer the sound signature of a medium power tube amplifier or a high power solid-state unit, no problem. The analog purity, increased power, and dynamics enhance your investment in a high-end loudspeaker.

Audio professionals and seasoned audiophiles understand the limiting factor in the performance of a system is the listening room. While some listeners have the luxury of a dedicated room outfitted with expensive and often ineffective room treatment, most do not. Within the spectrum of room acoustic challenges, speaker placement is dictated mainly by specific room bass modes activated by the speaker within a room. As a result, audiophiles traditionally place their speakers well into the room to mitigate this problem. It should be noted that irregular bass output caused by the room significantly affects middle and high frequencies with overall tonal balance.

The Analog Room Integration System allows listeners to locate their speakers where they look and sound best. This flexibility and exceptional room optimization tool is accomplished in a completely analog mode without the use of digital signal processing eschewed by purists because of its potential to introduce time and phase distortions and without affecting the performance of the main system amplifier.

Developed in 1994 by Albert Von Schweikert in association with lab partners from Cal Tech, Von Schweikert cabinets are fabricated using a proprietary triple-wall laminate construction technique. Despite inventive efforts by other makers using aluminum and sheet extruded composites, this triple-wall method remains the gold standard of non-resonant enclosure design.

Our quiet cabinet design's outermost layer uses a resin-based HDF (high-density fiberboard) sheet. The middle layer is made of synthetic stone adhered to the outer layer using a resin binder. The final layer is a dense woven damping material. The resulting triple-wall composite is approximately three inches in overall thickness. Once the cabinet is assembled, internal bracing is added so that various areas of the cabinet have varying stiffness levels. The elaborate construction techniques combine to create differing native Qs, working together as a symbiotic system of resonance-cancellation to efficiently turn unwanted energy into heat for the absolute best in cabinet vibration control.