Who we are and where we come from

Now, what's that all about......R.A.E, reromanus, Shackman and Reiner E. Römer? And what is the main concern of Doc Römer nowadays?

I came together with Alex Shackman by having the fantastic Podszus-Görlich as bass driver for our bass-horns, e.g. Römer-ESL-Horn, not finding any adequate tweeter to be capable of fitting our requests. Then we discovered the Shackman tweeters.

So R.A.E. GmbH became the distributor for Shackman products in continental Europe.

In the following years we developed new Shackman models with other diaphragm material a stator technique.

Also we introduced other driving methods, OTL-tube and OTL-transistor amplifiers, rather than step-up transformers.

Further more we introduced a modern driving technology to the Shackman product range, by applying invertedly the polarisation voltage to the stators. It was a logical step to locate the Shackman company and production to Germany .

R.A.E. Römer Audio Engineering

R.A.E. is well reputable Europe wide for a couple of awesome loudspeaker DIY kits, including bass horn, "Karlson Coupler" , Transmission Line and "Tuned Pipe"

The greatest reputation has been given to the R.A.E: loudspeaker kits with Podsus-Görlich drivers, Focal and Shackman tweeters.

Since some decades, R.A.E. develops and produces OTL amplifiers and High Voltage power supplies (EHT).

In the late 70s R.A.E. GmbH became the distributor for Shackman products in continental Europe.

In the following years we developed new Shackman models with other diaphragm material a stator technique.

Also we introduced other driving methods, OTL-tube and OTL-transistor amplifiers, rather than step-up transformers..

Further more we introduced a modern driving technology to the Shackman product range, by applying invertedly the polarisation voltage to the stators. It was a logical step to locate the Shackman company and production to Germany .

R.A.E. was the owner of several well known trade marks and obtained distribution rights for Germany and Europe of a couple of well known audio brands, including Harbeth, Dalesford, Radford, Shackman and Pritex.

Other activities include publishing of audio literature.

Shackman

Alex Shackman, former audio engineer at the BBC and in the army, worked together with Peter Walker of "Quad" on the development of a modern electrostatic loudspeaker.

His idea of building an ESL panel with a curved shape was a revolution in audio history, still commonly present on the actual audio market from several brands, amongst others mainly "Martin-Logan" and Bowers & Wilkins, the famous DM70.

Since more than a decade, there has been introduced a new technology to the Shackman panels line...., the "invertedly" driven tweeter.

Right now, the development of a sealed "gas-filled" tweeter is close to be finished.

reromanus

ESL Modification and Upgrading

The company is specialized on repairing and upgrading all brands of planar loudspeakers of any kind, electrostatics and magnetically driven planars.

Furthermore reromanus is the holder of all registered trademarks, copyrights and patents of Reiner E. Römer. The main activity is distributing the R.A.E. directly driven OTL amplifiers for electrostatic loudspeakers, the high technology modern high voltage power supplies of R.A.E. and the old and new Shackman product series.

There is also an Editing Company "Römer-Verlag" , where special audio literature is distributed and own literature is edited and published.

2013

he latest innovation of reromanus is the modern version of the Quad ESL 57 panels. The spacers are not glued to the stators, but the material is directly milled off from the material, leaving the panel and stator as one single compact unit.

2012

By far the most revolutionary project is the building of a "Double Quad ESL63". This is ultimate upgrading possible with standard Q63s.

2020

The latest upgrading-project has been started successfully im producing a fully "Gas-Filled" version of the vinage Quad ESL 63 loudspeakers.

We have to admit, that this is the result of working on the repair of gas-filled Dayton-Wright XG-10 speaker and listening to the astounding sound quality of this speaker

CV "Doc" Reiner E. Römer and Company

Born in Duisburg, NRW, Germany, 1948

1967 Abitur, Steinbart-Gymnasium Duisburg

1967 - 1969 University Cologne , Physics,

Mathematics as preparing stre for later Medical science

1970 - 1073 University Düsseldorf , Medical Science, Chemistry, Biology

1974 - 1977 University Aachen Mathematics, Philosophy

1974 Foundation of R.A.E. GmbH, "Römer Audio Equipment GmbH"

Seven filial shops throughout Germany in Aachen Centre, Duisburg, Gelsenkirchen, Frankfurt, München, Oldenburg, Bremen

1978 Member A.E.S.

Distributor for several European High-End audio brands since 1979

1979 Registered Trademarks "Shackman", Harbeth, "Radford", Dalesford",

1986 Book, "Lautsprecher - Dichtung und Wahrheit", Elektor-Verlag 1986

1987 Paper Preprint, A.E.S. 28. Convention Paris, 1987, "Thermodynamics in Loudspeaker Enclosures"

1992 Moving of the new company center from Duisburg to 46149 Oberhausen, Restructuring the entity of divers companies to the Holding, "reromanus"

(reromanus, lat.: romanus = Römer,

re = first and middle name of

Mr. R.E. Römer to 'reromanus')