HEDD Audio factory tour & Klaus Heinz interview
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- In a former TV and VCR repair station situated next to Berlin’s busy Ringbahn, Klaus Heinz (ex Adam Audio), makes active loudspeakers under the name HEDD - ‘Heinz Electrodynamic Designs’ - where custom built/doped mid/bass drivers get crossed over with an Air Motion Transformer (AMT) tweeter. Heinz’s AMT is an extension of the pioneering work done by quantum physicist Oskar Heil who reportedly had a keen interest in audio.
Filmed June 2018. HEDD have since moved to new premises which I'll be visiting in early 2019.
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This guy at HEDD has given one of the most knowledgeable and helpful videos I've seen to date. This is the kind of engineer I want behind a speaker I buy. Wow, find more guys like this to interview please John! Or do a followup with him in the future. Outstanding content covered here.
I'm a proud HEDD type 05 owner (': Now I truly see the love, passion and hard work that wen't into these babies. Was worth every penny. And all the folks at HEDD audio are very nice. Mr Heinz and his son Frederik have something really special in HEDD audio and I hope to see them grow.
I've got a set of HEDD Type 05's for nearfield listening and absolutely love them! Added an Adam Sub7 to fill out the bottom end, so the system goes from 31Hz-50kHz with extreme speed and precision. With Hedd Lineariser and Sonarworks adding even more accuracy, they're a joy to listen to.
I waited a long time for mine to arrive due to corona. Was worth the wait. I actually emailed and asked if klaus was around in the 'factory' while the new batch was being made . i wanted him to sign them. i got an email back from his son apologising that he didnt see the email in time to make that happen. His son who i believe is ceo of the company. the fact he spent to the time to message me personally was hugely appreciated by me. Dont mess with the germans. engineers and attention to detail. noy cheap but good value. thank you klaus thank you Dr. Knopp
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Adam, Eve, HEDD, and Neumann all from Berlin. I have to find out about factory outlet sales ;)
Brilliant company, Klaus is a legend. Extremely informative and interesting video, I'll definitely be checking out their speakers.
I just purchased the type 07 this morning. Just see this video now and I’m even more glad I did. I can’t wait to finally hear and use these monitors and I’m gonna ride with HEDD from now on.
I just bought the hedd type 07... I am blown away by the sound. So happy with my purchase. Good job guys 👍
Great interview and lots of information. Thanks for putting this together
A really very interesting interview with a lot of technical ideas and information. I'm interesting in speaker technology, during starting my engineer study in Brunswick. There has been a really nice HiFi manufactur, where I can see and test a lot of speakers and technologies, also all kind of crossovers. Fortunatelly the guy is also a professional in amps (he developed amps before at Restek) and that has been the time playing nice LPs (but CDs are already starting slowly). So I tested passive crossovers during my study and found a lot of problems, so I tested later active crossovers (mainly Linkwitz-Riley at that time) which is a big progress and advantage. So i heard a lot of different speakers, also at high end HiFi Studios in Hamburg and Brunswick with toal different technology like Corona Ion tweeters, which are having a sparkling noise, if there is no sound and are very expnsive. So I hope to have the chance to hear a HEDD speaker and find out, if this fine kind of manufactured art is really a live (time) experience with a neutral perfect sound. Or in other words, the speaker, which you can't hear. My last rally astonishing experience has been an old HiFi setup, with an old Maihak valve amp with the old known BBC speakers. Jazz music with clear voice and fast bass attacks - wow. So old equipment can have a very wonderfull sound as well! So thanks a lot!
I've been there as well.
I just tested the full range of HEDD monitors at the Inter-BEE show in Japan last week, and they told me how “bad” my mixes actually were! I don’t think I have ever come across a more accurate and revealing monitor at any price point. The entire line was great, but the 20s and the 30s were beyond reproach!
Another excellent Darko video. When you return to HEDD in 2019 please get Klaus Heinz to help make two videos. One as planned about HEDD's new factory and a second about the ESS Transar speakers seen in this video.
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Hi John, I call Heil Motion drivers
A great interview. Please more this kind of stuff. ;-)
John Darko John, your videos are so no nonsence. You give very detail review about products. Good work. Keep it up
great interview!
I live in Sacramento area and bought 14 of the ESS massive AMTs. Used them in 7.5 surround sound system. Each of the 7 surround speakers has two of the AMTs with 10".