Geddes Loudspeakers

There is "Geddes" and there is "almost Geddes".  The two are not the same.

The Geddes line of loudspeakers is the product of years of intensive research into loudspeakers, room acoustics, and psychoacoustics.  This research has led to a rather unique approach to the optimum playback system for a small room. The speakers shown here represent the current state-of-the-art in loudspeaker design using the highly acclaimed waveguides that have been developed by Dr. Geddes over the last thirty years.  A white paper is available that highlights Dr. Geddes approach to systems design. This approach is based on his years of research into the problems of audio playback in small rooms and this paper defines the design principles that go into each of Geddes products.  Dr. Geddes has also added a more comprehensive paper on directivity.  The need for this paper was highlighted by the number of questions that are received about directivity - What is it? What's good or bad directivity? Several reviews of Geddes Loudspeakers are available. These reviews testify to the correctness of Dr. Geddes's unique approach.  It should be noted that these aren't select reviews, taken from a variety of various reviews, these are all of the reviews that have been received. None have been left out. The very popular Abbey and Nathan have been upgraded with a new crossover and state-of-the-art enclosure materials. The new cabinets are made almost entirely of polyurethane (the back panels are still MDF) and are assembled with virtually no screws or nails (a few nails are used to hold parts in place until the adhesives set - after that they have no function).  This material and the method of bonding is completely immune to changes due to weather or vibrations.  Remove the drivers and you could put these enclosures in your pool and they would look exactly the same after ten years.  The material is far stronger than either MDF or plywood and is well damped.  All that and it's lighter as well. (Of course, its cost is 10X that of MDF.)  It takes a beautiful finish owing to its extremely hard surface.

The Geddes product line currently consists of five models, three are also available in kit form.  This product line is: highlighted by the full Summa next in the line is the new Abbey 12a the original kit is the Nathan 10a the newest and the smallest is the Harper and now a 12" Sub  Preview polar data program (Beta!! -  LFs simulated on all but Geddes designs - which use nearfield data - so they may not be accurate < 200 Hz.)

Which model to buy? The Summa Cum Laude offers maximum performance but at a considerably higher cost, volume and weight; the Abbey is less expensive, smaller and much lighter, but gives up very little performance; the Nathan is a substantial performer in a very reasonable size, weight, and cost, and finally the Harper is small, lightweight, and inexpensive and yet maintains much of the superior quality of its heftier siblings.

All of these speakers use premium drivers made in Italy by B&C, not Chinese "wannabes" or knockoffs as found in most products today.  The cost of these drivers is a major portion of the speakers premium price, whereas other brands of speakers almost universally use cheaper Chinese made drivers - and there IS a difference. The crossover parts are all high quality parts, but not mega expensive ones.  The cost of Geddes systems is in those parts that matter most, not those parts that do not.

	Kits	Assembled and Tested
Harper 8	$650	$900
Nathan 10a	$1000	$1400
Abbey 12a	$1400	$1800
Summa 15	NA	$3950
12" Sub	NA	$500