Chief Content Officer Tom Martin had the opportunity to chat w/ Tony Silsich representing Alan Hill's vintage plasma tweeter, helium-fueled loudspeaker design. They touch on Hill's background, the tweeter's unique engineering, its development, and eventual fall into obscurity.

00:00-03:10 The History of Alan Hill's Plasma Tweeter
03:10-06:43 Original Price and Design
06:43-10:23 Why Helium?
10:23-12:10 How Does the Plasma Work?
12:10-13:33 What's the Temperature?
13:33- Is it Going to Make a Comeback?

About Tom Martin:
Tom is a long-time audiophile. He began his reviewing career after acquiring the The Absolute Sound magazine in 1997 and then hi-fi+ magazine in 2002. He has worked closely with Harry Pearson and Robert Harley at TAS and with Roy Gregory and Alan Sircom at hi-fi+. Since Tom and his teams expanded the TAS and Plus platforms in the digital domain, he has served as Chief Content Officer.

What Is The Absolute Sound?
The Absolute Sound magazine has been a leading publication in high-end audio since 1972. Since the early 2000s, The Absolute Sound has expanded to include web, newsletter, digital magazine, social media, YouTube and Substack platforms. The Absolute Sound platforms have a global audience of over 500,000 audiophiles.

Shot and edited by TAS Digital Managing Editor Charles Kinder

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