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Fostex

Fostex makes loudspeaker drivers and audio equipment in Japan. Its high-frequency units can extend the top end of systems built around larger vintage horns.

Design & approach

Fostex’s catalogue spans complete loudspeakers, individual speaker units, horn supertweeters, headphones and associated electronics. Its component range is particularly relevant to the custom and vintage systems in this guide, where a Fostex high-frequency unit may complement another maker’s main loudspeaker rather than replace it.

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Berlin "Listening Bar Neiro" Altec A5 /Fostex T90A/ Voice of the Theater + Shindo 300B

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Berlin / Germany

Bar Neiro ↗

Equipment in use

Bar Neiro lists Fostex in its loudspeakers setup. The equipment details below reflect the venue record.

  • High-frequency unit: T90A

Inside the system

Bar Neiro builds its analogue chain around Altec A5 components in Western Electric 825 cabinets: 515B woofers, 1505B horns and 288C compression drivers, supplemented by Fostex T90A supertweeters. Shindo Cortese 300B amplification uses Western Electric 300B valves, with a Shindo Monbrison preamplifier. The source is a Garrard 301 with an A23 Hommage mat and 12-inch Schick arm. Audio-Technica ART1000 and VM750SH cartridges provide alternative pickup options, with Auditorium 23 cabling. High-efficiency horn loading and low-power valve amplification are central to the design, within an acoustically considered room.

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