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Loudspeakers
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Written by Michael Lankton
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Wednesday, 02 April 2008 |
 Everyone's favorite DIY loudspeaker designer, Troels Gravesen, has developed yet another appealing loudspeaker design, the floorstanding ATR25.
The ATR25 is a 41.5" tall transmission line design featuring two 7" mineral filled polypropylene Audio Technology drivers that are mated with a Danish Raidho ribbon tweeter. Troels says the combination of the more forgiving polypropylene cones with the electrostat qualities the ribbon tweeter provides a best of all worlds combination of compromises; one that serves music but that won't be as critical of your library of music as some would be. The ATR25 is a sensitive 90dB, and the impedance curve, while it does dip to 4 ohms in places, is a generally friendly load in the 6-8 ohm neighborhood through most of the frequency range.
Denmark's Jantzen Audio is offering the ATR25 as a kit. Those with a little skill in the wood shop and with a soldering iron need only shell out $2515 for the plans and components needed to build the ATR25, minus cabinet and damping material. The ATR looks like a fantastic loudspeaker for the money, and the specs indicate it would satisfy solid state and tube aficionados alike. |
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Loudspeakers
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Written by Michael Lankton
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Friday, 28 March 2008 |
 These familiar looking bookshelf speakers aren't some new offering from Focal. British cable and interconnect retailer Russ Andrews has gone hands-on with some Focal Chorus bookshelf loudspeakers and is offering them as the Russ Andrews SP-1 bookshelf loudspeaker.
According to Russ Andrews the speakers have undergone extensive modification to the enclosure, crossover and driver wiring. The resulting loudspeaker is a very friendly load of 95dB at 8 ohms, perfect for those with an affinity for low power amplifiers. Kimber Cable is used for all wiring, and Kimber capacitors have replaced the stock caps in the crossover.
The Russ Andrews SP-1 loudspeaker will set you back $795/pair in either black ash or Amati finish, and are available for order on the Russ Andrews website. |
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Loudspeakers
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Written by Michael Lankton
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Wednesday, 19 March 2008 |
 Joe D'Appolito has designed a loudspeaker or two in his day and has been associated with numerous loudspeaker makers. Of late he serves as chief engineer at Snell Acoustics, and his latest offering is the Snell Acoustics B7.
The Snell B7 floorstanding loudspeaker uses the familiar Seas magnesium drivers. Driver complement is two 4.5" magnesium mids coupled with a 1" Seas Excel tweeter configured in an MTM arrangement. The bottom end is filled by dual 8" aluminum side firing woofers, which Snell claims reduces cabinet resonance and provides more authoritative bass and detail. Snell will finish the B7 in your choice of stains.
The Snell B7 loudspeaker looks like an improvement on the already solid Snell C7. The Snell B7 will set you back a cool $10k/pair. Soon to be joined by the Snell A7, which we are awaiting more details on at this time. |
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Separates
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Written by Michael Lankton
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Wednesday, 19 March 2008 |
 Emotiva Audio is refreshing their entire lineup in 2008. The first of two new pre/pros, the Emotiva UMC-1 (formerly designated LMC-2) will be shipping this June instead of April, as previously anticipated.
Early April we receive the final code set and chips from
Cirrus. Advance prototypes should be finished in 10 days to 2 weeks
after the chip delivery. Approvals from Dolby and DTS will be ongoing
during final testing which should take roughly 2 to 3 weeks. Once it is
fully tested and has all approvals production can begin and will take 7
to 10 days. Then it will take about 3 weeks by fast boat to get them
here (yes, believe it or not the fast boat takes 3 weeks). Once it
arrives in port then we have another 3 days for customs approval and 7
days by overland carrier to our warehouse. So the bottom line is we now expect to ship them June.
The Emotiva UMC-1 will offer 4 HDMI inputs, 1 HDMI output, 4 each composite and s-video, and 3 component inputs. All analog video sources can be upscaled and output over HDMI. The UMC-1 will also sport a DVI and a VGA input. The UMC-1 also will feature auto room correction, and an AM-FM tuner. A full color OSD via HDMI will provide the interface for users to custom tailor their settings. The Emotiva UMC-1 will also support all advanced audio codecs. Those interested in snagging a UMC-1 will want to pre-order. The initial run is set to sell for $699, but according to Dann, component prices have risen 25%, so we're sure to see a higher asking price after that first shipment is sold. |
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Loudspeakers
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Written by Michael Lankton
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Thursday, 06 March 2008 |
 Spendor Audio is not the only loudspeaker maker with a BBC pedigree, but perhaps no other line is as synonymous with the British sound.
Spendor Audio has added two loudspeakers to their lineup. The Spendor SA1 (inset) is a bookshelf model using brand new drivers. The 6" woofer boasts a magnesium alloy chassis and a new magnet. The 22mm tweeter is a textile dome with a wider than usual surround. The Spendor SA1 does not have a provision for biwiring, which seems to be a growing trend. The SA1 is available in light oak, walnut, ebony, zebra wood and gloss black. The 40" tall Spendor ST1 is a floorstanding design that gets the job done with a 7" kevlar composite woofer coupled with a new 7" Spendor midbass driver and a brand new 29mm wide surround textile dome tweeter. The enclosure of the ST1 is high gloss black lacquer, and the baffle sports an attractive inlay. Choices for the inlay include a range of wood veneer, leather and metallic.
Pricing on the ST1 is approximately $10,000/pair and the SA1 will set you back $2,000/pair. |
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