MBL - Radialstrahler

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 Wolfgang Meletzky formed MBL AkustikgerŠte GmbH more than 20 years ago. The Radialstrahler has only the voice coil in common with traditional transducers. The lamelloid transmitter parts are grouped in a column, and forced to vibrate.

The lamellae are made of flexible transducer strips - and depending on the frequency range made of metallally or carbonfiber. The lamellae for the woofer are made of an aluminum/magnesium alloy. Additionally they are coated on the inside with special materials to get a sandwich construction,

In order for the speaker to handle peak power of 2200 W, they use a highly effective cooling system in the voice coils. You could say, that with a typical sensitivity around 81 dB/1W this is absolutely necessary.

The bigger MBL system are 4-way with a 12" dynamic sub-woofer taking care of frequencies below 80 Hz.

MBL also manufacures ultra high end amplifiers, CD-players and DACs.