Carved from Sound: Diapason’s Alessandro Schiavi and the New Didascalìa

Host Jorden Guth visits Diapason founder Alessandro Schiavi in Brescia, Italy, to talk about his lifelong pursuit of musical realism and the art of building speakers by hand. Schiavi traces his journey from teenage recording engineer to maker of some of Italy’s most beautiful loudspeakers, explains why every cabinet is still crafted locally from aged walnut and olive wood, and introduces his latest creation—the Didascalìa, a stunning two-way floorstander debuting today.

Sources:

“Diapason Didascalìa — Rethinking the Two-Way Loudspeaker” by SoundStage! Network: https://youtu.be/V94uSXjLeqE 

Diapason: https://www.diapason-italia.com/en/

Chapters:
00:00:00 Announcement
00:00:31 Introductions 
00:10:26 The case for natural materials
00:15:00 Handcrafted artistry
00:20:31 Didascalìa
00:31:15 Trying to please all the people all the time
00:35:56 Outro music: “Under a Weary Moon” by Ziv Moran