Design Acoustics Schäfer
Company profile[edit]
In 1992, Norbert Schäfer, a physicist known for his developments for Phonogen, ATL and later for Translife, founded the company Designakustik Schäfer.
This company was a manufacturer and supplier of high and low frequency loudspeakers, as well as developments for Munich-based ATL Elektro Akustik GmbH, and likewise manufacturer of its own line of loudspeaker boxes.
Since the presentation of his first exponential horn made of concrete, which had been created by the designer Holger Scheel, Norbert Schäfer's developments had always shown a mature design.
When at the turn of the decade, from the eighties into the nineties, more and more design-oriented products were vying for the favour of buyers in the hi-fi scene, Norbert Schäfer, in addition to the high-end boxes of the Trans family that he had developed for ATL, began to design loudspeaker boxes of a very special design, which, however, did not have to meet the highest sonic demands.
The first boxes from the developer's pen to follow this idea were probably the ATL 911, which was still equipped with the speakers built for the Trans family.
The same year saw the start of production of the Pictor, Strator and Skulptor design boxes, which Norbert Schäfer released under his own name.
A success was the victory in a HiFi design competition with the Sculptor in 1993.
Designakustik Schäfer remained an interlude. In 1999, Norbert Schäfer founded Translife GmbH to take the high-end Trans series into a third generation.
Products[edit]
Strator:
Sculptor:
Pictor:
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