Diptyque audio is a unique concept of flat speakers, high fidelity, made in France, sources of visual and sound emotions. Close your eyes, the concert is in front of you, each instrument takes its place in a sound stage incomparable by its precision and its amplitude. The voices breathe, we feel the physical presence of the performers. Open your eyes, our speakers are works of art, unique pieces that will fit into the most beautiful architectures.
These flat speakers were born from the meeting of two men passionate about acoustics: Gilles Douziech and Eric Poix. From a first prototype made in 2001 as part of an exhibition of contemporary art, they made many experiments, on materials, shapes, components, assembly processes, to develop a high-end speaker in the service of musical emotion. As result of their aesthetic and sound requirements, each Diptyque is an exceptional handcrafted object.
Since his adolescence, Gilles Douziech is passionate about loudspeakers and high fidelity. At 19, during his studies of electronics, he decided to cross France to do an internship with Marcel Rochet, designer of Mulidine speakers. This passionate acoustician gave him fundamental notions about harmonic resonances but also the design of distribution filters. Then he continued his studies with an internship at the acoustic laboratory of the Toulouse university. Without ever ceasing to conceive loudspeakers, he realized for ten years a career in medical electronics in hospital.
He specializes in ultrasound and trained by the largest companies: Hewlett Packard, Siemens, Philips and General Electric. Then he chose teaching and at the same time created his first ribbon loudspeakers to broadcast his sound creations in the context of contemporary art exhibitions. His meeting with Eric Poix will be crucial to develop the high fidelity Diptyque Audio speakers.
As a lover of high-fidelity for more than 25 years, Eric Poix has never ceased to evolve his listening system, looking for great musicality without giving into fashions and tricks. His skills and know-how in mechanics and ironwork led him to create high fidelity loudspeaker and electronics stands with great acoustic and aesthetic quality. Thanks to him, the Diptyque speakers are endowed with a very sophisticated mechanical structure giving them an extreme rigidity. The tension of the membrane is thus perfectly mastered, an essential point for the acoustic quality of these flat speakers.
Gilles Douziech & Eric Poix
Our loudspeakers are integrally manufactured in our workshops in Montauban (France). Like luthiers, we assemble by hand each element of our models which requires a great thoroughness and a unique know-how to guarantee an irreproachable quality. At the end of the manufacturing process, each loudspeaker is acoustically measured and tested to ensure its musicality.
DP77
In its apparent simplicity, the dp77 contains a concentrate of technology and know-how signed Gilles Douziech and Eric Poix. It is composed of a 0.132 m2 bass / medium membrane operating according to the exclusive PPBM* principle and a 30 cm high ribbon tweeter. Its mechanical sandwich structure is extremely rigid and guarantees the absence of coloring. Gilles Douziech and Eric Poix have designed a small panel that can integrate into any interior with its extreme fineness (2 cm) and offer many opportunities for customization and integration. The dp77 is manufactured with the same quality requirement as its very high-end models, choosing the best components to guarantee the most beautiful and realistic sound transcription.
This small speaker sounds like a big one! All the music lovers who discovered it were surprised by the extraordinary homogeneity and sound reproduction of the Diptyque dp77. Its transparency, its speed and the superb sound image it deploys in the listening space are today a reference.Sound professionals and creators today use the dp77 to integrate them into exhibitions, public spaces or amplifying acoustic instruments.
DP107
This new Diptyque DP107 model was born after 10 years of research and development. They are based on technology and design of very famous DP77 with a top size of 30cm. They are composed of a bass-medium membrane of 0.198m² operating on our exclusive PPBM * technology and a ribbon tweeter with neodynium magnets of 45cm long. Its mechanical sandwich structure is extremely rigid and guarantees the absence of coloring sound. Their steel and oak stand resumes the design of the old ribbon microphones, it brings great rigidity to the set and the ability to adjust the tilt according to the listening point. This harmonious proportion panel is a very high quality speaker. Its transparency, its speed and the superb sound image it deploys in the listening space will seduce the greatest music lovers.
DP140 MKII
The new diptyque DP140 MKII inaugurate a new generation of isodynamic speakers designed for music lovers. They are made up of two bass-medium cells operating according to our exclusive PPBM* principle that we have optimized after ten years of research and innovation. Their mechanical structure is inherited from our Reference model. The 55 cm long ribbon tweeter covers a large bandwidth to give the whole an incomparable coherence and natural sound.
Listening to Diptyque Audio DP 140 MK II speakers is an unforgettable experience. As soon as the first presentations of this model, the listeners were won over by the transparency, speed and exceptional magnitude of the sound scene reproduced by these speakers with a unique design.
DP160 MKII
The new diptyque DP160 MKII concentrates all our know -how for the design of high -end isodynamic speakers designed for the most demanding music lovers. They are composed of two bass-medium cells operating according to our exclusive principle PPBM* optimized. They are calibrated in their tension in order to obtain a more extensive and linear bass. Their mechanical structure is inherited from our Reference model. The 65 cm long ribbon tweeter covers a large bandwidth to give the whole an incomparable consistency and natural sound.
We have imagined the DP160 MKIIs as without compromise speakers to make you live all the intensity of the concert in your living room. Listening to Diptyque Audio DP 160 MKII speakers will transport you to the most beautiful concert halls and make you feel the physical presence of the interpreters.
DIPTYQUE REFERENCE
In March 2020, during the first COVID 19 containment, everything stopped but our imagination! In this suspended time, we dreamed of an ultimate loudspeaker, without compromise, capable of reproducing the entire spectrum from infra-bass to ultrasound with all the naturalness, speed and transparency that only isodynamic technology is capable of reproducing with perfect consistency. As a sign of providence, at the same time, we received a phone call from Philippe Teissier du Cros, a fabulous sound engineer who has been practicing his art for many years with our favourite musicians. We asked him to accompany us in this ambitious project, to which he responded with enthusiasm! The specifications for the diptyque reference were born out of our questions and passionate exchanges. We questioned all the existing technical solutions, and in particular to obtain powerful and controlled low frequencies down to the infra-bass. Our research and innovation work led us to develop a totally new technology that we have patented: the "Crossed Push pull". Each bass cell is driven by two independent coils (set of ribbons), one vertical and one horizontal. This exclusive technology allows the 12 µm mylar membrane to be set in vibration by hundreds of small square motors. The "crossed push-pull" technology allows to control the vibrations of the membrane without deformation. This guarantees very linear low frequencies, without distortion and with much greater efficiency than existing isodynamic systems. For the midrange section, we developed a new 20mm isodynamic ribbon that covers a wide spectrum from 600 to 7000 Hz and for the high frequency section, a super tweeter in pure aluminium of 8mm that goes beyond 24000 Hz. From the very first listening, Philippe Teissier du Cros and our music lover friends were subjugated by the realism of the sound reproduced by the diptyque reference. We have made our dream come true!
