Grand Prix Audio Engineering excellence
Grand Prix Audio is an engineering company. We specialize in applying our proven engineering and manufacturing experience to the world
of high performance audio. Since starting the company in 2000 we have set the standard in the component isolation system segment.
While many have tried, to date no company has equaled the performance of our classic Monaco design.
We have also designed the worlds most speed accurate turntable which has been acclaimed as setting an entirely new standard in playback quality for vinyl records.
Our philosophy is simple, design superior solutions to audio problems by using the same proven and fundamental engineering principles
that won us hundreds of races and allowed countless innovative engineering solutions in racing and other industries. We believe that
facts and truth are very important and thus our marketing is not full of hype and false claims. All of our designs adhere to the
fundamental principles of physics. We do not claim to rewrite Newton's Law or revise physics as so many other companies in this segment attempt to claim.
We strive to document and prove the validity of our efforts with instrumented testing to back up our claims. This is because we
use instrumented testing to guide the design and development of all our products. We never inflate or make false claims. All of
our performance claims and comparisons can be backed up and proven with instrumented testing. We believe we set the standard in
accurate and truthful marketing information in the audio industry.
We choose the name Grand Prix Audio because Alvin Lloyd, the founder, and most of the engineers involved in our projects come from lengthily
and highly successful careers at the forefront of the motor sports industry. Grand Prix Audio is a brand created and backed up by an
engineering team with cutting edge designs and innovative accomplishments recognized worldwide.
Alvin Lloyd's background includes key participation in design, production and implementation of some of the fastest Indy Cars in history.
In fact, the only Indy Cars designed and made in America to win races in the modern era. This is but a small portion of the winning projects
Mr. Lloyd and his team of engineers have been involved in. In addition to the most innovative Indy Cars ever made, we participated with our
engineering team in designing and building the worlds highest speed moving ground plane wind tunnel (at the time considered state of the art worldwide).
So superior in its performance that Formula One teams such as Williams Grand Prix Engineering to name but one came to America to develop
cars in this wind tunnel design.
Members of the Grand Prix Audio engineering team have also done consulting design for many of the world's auto manufacturers and
race teams as well as defense contractors, and some of the major electronics manufacturers such as Sony.
We believe that our past engineering accomplishments which are documented and proven worldwide provide a confident foundation
for excellence in audio design. We believe designing audio products is not black magic, it is science.
Engineering Excellence results in superior products!
Grand Prix Audio equals engineering excellence and unparalleled value in quality, longevity of design, and performance.
This opening page serves as the portal to an ever growing line of innovative and superior engineering solutions for various audio applications.
We look forward to adding you to the family of Grand Prix Audio believers.
• Comprehensive multi-stage isolation system from a winning race-car
specialist
• Multiple degrees of freedom coupled to hi-tech 90-degree
crosswoven Carbon fiber laminates and visco-elastic interfaces to
optimize self-damping properties
• Carbon fiber composite primary chassis
• Aircraft-quality aluminum with proprietary damping sealant
• Precision CNC machining
• Stainless steel custom spikes
• Visco-elastic decouplers weight-matched to each component
• TrueVector coupling interfaces
between modules
• Clear acrylic shelves or optional Formula Shelves made from high-performance Carbon fiber laminate
• Shelf dimensions hold even non-standard depth components
• Custom configured to your specific needs
• Novel triple-sandwich composite Apex floor interface (optional)
• Aerospace quality througout
• No assembly required
• Predictable performance
• Maintenance-free
• Hand-built in America
• The most sophisticated, high-performance audio/video supports
on the market
Solving
the problem
Audio/video playback systems are constantly being assaulted by vibration.
The audio community has long accepted the benefits of vibration
control. Grand Prix Audio believes an investment in audio video
equipment should not be compromised by the use of a poorly designed
and inferiorly produced equipment stand.
We understand that real performance can be measured and quantified.
Using sophisticated instrumentation to test competing products and
develop our designs allows us to confirm superior performance. The Monaco Modular Isolation System was engineered
to allow audio and video components to reach their full potential.
No longer constricted by resonance intermodulation, your system
will perform beyond your wildest dreams - revealing elements of
music you never knew existed.
The Monaco Modular Isolation System is the
culmination of hundreds of hours research, testing and development.
Its stunning elegance hints at the dramatic effect it will have
upon your music reproduction. You know the phrase "silence so thick
you can cut it". Silence becomes acutely audible. We think of it
thus: When Silence Becomes Presence.
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Typical
fabricated metal design filled with leadshot, on shaker table
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Typical
air-suspension system on fabricated metal design filled with
leadshot - 80% reduction versus the first example |
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Monaco
Modular Isolation System offers an additional
45% reduction versus air-suspension |
Amplifier
Isolation System offers an additional 40% reduction
versus air-suspension
Le
Mans Isolation System offers an additional 40% reduction
versus air-suspension
Monza
Isolation System offers an additional 30-37% reduction
versus air-suspension (30% for center shelves due to lack of Carbon
fiber struts)
Note:
Additional ballast increases effectiveness even further for all
Isolation Systems
For
a step by step discussion on Multi-Stage Design see the section in realization.
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