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Danish loudspeaker manufacturer Audiovector, launched by Ole Klifoth in 1979, introduced an audacious wedge-shaped cabinet that year that broke away from the conventional boxy designs of the time. Unlike rectilinear cabinets, which are susceptible to internal standing waves, Audiovector’s design had no large parallel surfaces, thereby effectively eliminating this problem. It also had a back-leaning baffle that ensured phase alignment of the drivers. While tilted baffles have been featured in speakers from other brands, the Trapeze design was unique and remains unparalleled.

Audiovector’s first model, a large eight-driver speaker, was quickly followed by a more compact three-way speaker called Trapez, which was distributed in Scandinavia and became an instant success. (Trapez is the Danish word for trapezoid, or trapezium in the UK, which is a quadrilateral with two parallel sides—the speaker cabinet’s profile.) It wasn’t a particularly handsome loudspeaker, Klifoth is the first to admit, but it sounded superb. Over its decade-long production run, from 1979 to 1989, the Trapez sold over 25,000 pairs.

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