Method and device arrangement for improving the sound quality of an audio system

• US 20050115728A1
• Filed: 11/13/2002
• Published: 06/02/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 11/15/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Epoch Electronics OY
• Original Assignee: Epoch Electronics OY
• Inventors: Saastamoinen, Pekka, Tyynismaa, Markku
• Application Number:
  US10/495,696
• Publication Number:
  US 20050115728A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 174/27
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/06 Circuits for establishing the harmonic content of tones , or other arrangements for changing the tone colour
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 9/02 Details

Abstract

The present invention is related to method and device arrangement for improving the sound quality of an audio system. In a method and device arrangement according to the present invention, an electric current that transmits an audio signal is used to create a strong magnetic field in a component situated in the part of a signal conductor located between an amplifier and a speaker, which magnetic field improves the quality of audible sound.

Claims

1. A method for improving the quality of an audible audio signal, in which method an audio signal is transmitted from an audio amplifier (41, 80) to a speaker by means of electron movement in a metal conductor, wherein before said signal is conducted to said speaker, the audio signal is conducted into a coil or an intermediate component made of ferromagnetic material, in which intermediate component said audio signal creates a magnetic field, which improves the quality of the audio signal.

2. A device for improving the sound reproduction of an audio signal, which device is arranged to be connected between an audio amplifier and a speaker element wherein said device also comprises means for creating a magnetic field according to said audio signal to improve the quality of the audio signal.

3. The device according to claim 2, wherein the means for creating a magnetic field comprises a coil through which a the audio signal is arranged to travel in order to create a magnetic field that varies according to said audio signal.

5. The device according to claim 3, wherein the means for creating a magnetic field also comprises a second coil for regulating the overall inductance of said device to a desired level.

6. The device according to claim 5, wherein the direction of winding of said second coil is opposite the direction of winding of the first coil.

7. The device according to claim 6, wherein the winding ratio of the first coil and the second coil is in the magnitude of 1:

1 to 1;

3.

8. The device according to claim 7, wherein the first coil and the second coil are wound around the same coil core.

9. The device according to claim 2, wherein the means for creating a magnetic field comprises an intermediate component made of ferromagnetic metal, through which the audio signal is arranged to travel in order to create a magnetic field that varies according to said audio signal.

11. The device arrangement according to claim 9, wherein the intermediate component made of ferromagnetic metal comprises an entity wound from a ferromagnetic metal conductor.

12. The device according to claim 11, wherein the intermediate component made of ferromagnetic metal comprises an entity of ferromagnetic metal conductor in electrical contact with itself in several places.

13. The device according to claim 11, wherein the diameter of the metal conductor used is ˜

0.9 mm.

14. The device according to claim 9, wherein the intermediate component made of ferromagnetic metal comprises housed ferromagnetic metal powder.

15. The device according to claim 9, wherein the intermediate component made of ferromagnetic metal is arranged to be heated by means of external energy.

16. The device according to claim 15, wherein the temperature of the intermediate component is ˜

500-700°

C.

18. The device arrangement according to claim 11, wherein the intermediate component made of ferromagnetic metal is arranged to be pretreated with alternating current in the magnitude of 20 Hz and 3-5 A before actual use.

19. The device according to claim 18, wherein the intermediate component is arranged to be pretreated in three phases:

first an alternating current treatment is arranged to treat the intermediate component with alternating current in the magnitude of 20 Hz and 3-5 A while the temperature of the intermediate component is arranged to be in the magnitude of 300-400°

C. by means of external energy, then a similar alternating current treatment is arranged without heating and finally the current is arranged to gradually decrease to 0 A.

20. The device arrangement according to claim 19, wherein each phase of pretreatment lasts approximately one hour.

4. (canceled)

10. (canceled)

17. The device according to claim 10, wherein the ferromagnetic metal used is iron, nickel or cobalt, or a combination containing one of these.