The Making of Model-1

TAD's "Pure Signal Path"

TAD's dedication to the quality of "pure" audio reproduction is the cornerstone of its loudspeaker development, design and manufacturing.  The TAD Home Audio product line is designed to recreate "the reality of sound" and take advantage of evolving sound standards from traditional audio sources to high resolution multi-channel formats such as DVD-Audio and Super Audio CD.  To offer optimal sound reproduction in the home, TAD Home Audio loudspeakers are designed for complete tonal accuracy with extended bandwidth to meet the requirements of advanced audio mediums, while excelling in macro and micro dynamics and detail resolution.

Unmatched Performance of Beryllium

TAD's Home Audio loudspeakers feature proprietary Beryllium technology for its midrange and tweeter diaphragms.  The lightest and most rigid metal available for diaphragms, Beryllium performs with strength and damping characteristics unmatched by any of the materials currently used in high-end audio loudspeaker manufacturing.  Beryllium's combination of light-weight and exceptional strength enables diaphragm resonance to be pushed far beyond the operating band of its drive units.  This produces near-perfect piston behavior in the speaker, resulting in cleaner sound and greater accuracy of reproduction.

Consistency of Sound

Direct and reflected sounds arrive at the listeners' ears with identical timbral signatures through TAD's proprietary CST (Coherent Source Transducer) driver technology, which controls the directivity of the drive unit over a wide bandwidth.   By employing a tweeter that is mounted concentrically within a shallow midrange cone (made possible only through the use of Beryllium), the phasing and off-axis response problems of conventional drivers are eliminated.

Accuracy and Precision

TAD's proprietary ISO Drive technology enables the vibrational energy produced by the midrange driver to be isolated from the cabinet, resulting in significantly decreased contribution to the sound field from the sympathetic but wholly undesirable vibration of the cabinet.  The ISO Drive technology results in reduced delayed resonance behavior of the system and improves the resolution of fine detail.

Elegance - Form and Function

TAD's Model-1 features a new design in cabinet construction that is as beautiful outside as it is integral to precision sound reproduction.  TAD's structurally inert, laminated enclosure technology refers to a bass enclosure uniquely constructed from more than 50 individually machined layers of high-quality laminated Birch.   Through this complex design and integrally cross-braced construction, TAD delivers a cabinet that eliminates flexing and is immune to the high forces and pressures exerted by the bass drivers.  This masterpiece of cabinet design and construction delivers unrivaled beauty, while avoiding the resonance pitfalls of traditional enclosures.