Thread: New Product Launch/Livestream Announced: 30th Anniversary Edition Black Swan speaker ($90,000 USD)

Gershman Acoustics of Toronto, Canada, VPI Industries, and The Listening Chair invite you to a special product launch event to be held in Keansburg, New Jersey on February 10, 2024. For those who cannot attend this event in person, it will be livestreamed in our Facebook group, The Listening Chair with Howard Kneller on February 10, 2024.

At the launch event, Gershman will introduce the 30th anniversary edition of its fabled Black Swan speaker ($90,000 USD/pair). Also playing at the event will be the company’s 30th Anniversary Grand Avant Garde speaker ($18,000 USD/pair). The venue is United Martial Artist, 589 Palmer Ave, Keansburg, NJ, 07734. This is VPI Industries’ sometimes martial arts dojo and sometimes product showroom that supplements the VPI House! The launch event will start at 4:00 pm EST. and Hors d’Ouevres and refreshments will be served starting at 3:00 pm. For those who will attend the event, please RSVP to gershmanacoustics@yahoo.com.

The livestream begins at 4:00 PM EST. To find the livestream videos on Facebook:
1. From your News Feed, click Video on the left.
2. Click Live on that page.

You can click Search for livestreams at the top of your screen, then filter to narrow your results.

From Gershman Acoustics:

Celebrating Three Decades of Sonic Excellence
In 2003, Gershman Acoustics introduced the world to the legendary Black Swan model, a masterpiece that quickly became a multiple award-winning sensation. Now, in honor of our 30th anniversary, we proudly present the Gershman Acoustics 30th Anniversary Black Swan Model. This outstanding creation maintains all the groundbreaking features of the original Black Swan and introduces new innovations, promising you an unparalleled listening experience.

Experience the Evolution of Sound Patented SSAS - Separated Sub Alignment System

Eli Gershman's visionary Separated Sub Alignment System (SSAS) remains at the heart of the 30th Anniversary Black Swan Model. The SSAS physically separates the tweeter and midrange module from the bass/subwoofer module, eliminating vibration interference that affects high and mid frequencies. This separation delivers extraordinary clarity, sensational 3D imaging, and an expansive soundstage that brings you closer to the music.

Revolutionary Bass Trap Technology

Building upon the success of the Grand Avant Garde series, Eli Gershman introduces the innovative Bass Trap technology. This patented feature redirects the back wave from the woofer into the Bass Trap, where it loses energy and dissipates. The result? Deep, clear, tight, and exceptionally well-defined bass that elevates your listening experience to new heights.

Immersive Sound as the Musician Intended
Gershman Acoustics invites you to savor your music as the musician intended. Our 30th Anniversary Black Swan Model is a masterpiece of precision engineering and acoustic innovation, providing a truly immersive auditory experience. Let the music take center stage and transport you to a world of sonic perfection.

Specifications
Tweeter: High-resolution tweeter with patented SSAS
Midrange: Seamless integration for rich, lifelike vocals
Bass/Subwoofer: Groundbreaking Bass Trap technology
Cabinet: Acoustically tuned enclosure for optimal sound performance
Frequency Response: Extended range for a more immersive experience
Sensitivity: Efficient power utilization for a dynamic listening experience
30th Anniversary Grand Avant Garde
“Gershman’s Grand Avant Garde bring living, breathing performers to your room, with body, presence, and a natural ability to engage and entertain… they perform beyond price and beyond expectations.” They do not look like other loudspeakers – but surprisingly, often, other loudspeakers come to look like the Greshmans.

The Avant Garde’s tapered, truncated cabinet and sloping baffle looks almost familiar, so widely has it been imitated. It is tempting to surmise that the distinctive oblong base added to create the Grande Avant Garde was a response to this general acceptance of the speaker’s looks. However, it simply illustrates another essential aspect of the Gershman credo, an attitude that might best be described as, “Never stop experimenting.” This developmental imperative has always been harnessed to a stable core philosophy; for all their distinctive looks, acoustically and electrically, the different Gershman speakers share common and consistent DNA. What defines a Gershman? Extended low frequencies and an extremely low system signature. As wildly different as they might look, one to another, all Gershman speakers have two things in common – inherent musicality underpinned by surprisingly deep bass.

The Grand Avant Garde incorporates Eli Gershman new Patent Pending design, The BCT (Back-wave Control Technology) and, as the name suggests, along with the resistive line in the main bass enclosure, is designed to trick the bass units into ‘seeing’ a larger volume than is actually there. In addition, the combination of tuned venting and the interior matrix constructed within the oblong base helps create a pressure differential between the main cabinet and the base. That draws the back-wave energy into the acoustically and mechanically separate base element where it is dissipated, reducing both intermodulation distortion and re-radiation through the cone.

“Grande Avant Garde do big, do bass and do imaging. They also do natural and naturally expressive. It is a particularly impressive overall performance and balance of virtues.”
Specifications
Frequency responce 20Hz- 22kHz,
Sensitivity: 87dB
Weight: 82 lb
Height: 39”
Type: Three and a half way dynamic
Tweeter: 1” soft-dome, Midrange 5.25” carbon-fibre ,Woofer 8” dual-coil aluminium