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Sauerland, Germany is home to an especially precious and homogeneously formed slate. So is it not the most natural thing in the world for a loudspeaker manufacturer in this area to make use of local materials? The benefits of slate as speaker cabinet material are obvious: Slate is as heavy as lead and consists of many layers — like flaked pastry. These features enable it to attain its exceptional muting properties that cannot be achieved practically with any other conventional material used in loudspeaker construction. In a slate loudspeaker cabinet, only the loudspeaker baffle vibrates and not the enclosure. Although a number of manufacturers have claimed to have vibration-free casings, it first becomes clear how important this aspect can be, once your eyes, or better ears, have feasted on the products of Fischer & Fischer.
A note about the model designations. SN is for a natural slate finish. The photos show this finish. SL denotes a laquered finish. The surface is smoothed and polished, then almost any color enamel can be applied to your taste.
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