Von Schweikert has added a new loudspeaker to their stable. The Von Schweikert Unifield 3 is intended to provide full scale sound in a package with a diminuitive footprint.

 

At first glance the Unifield3 looks like a fairly conventional bookshelf perched on top of a ported woofer. The top unit sports a 5" full range driver  coupled with a ribbon tweeter that extends the top end to 40kHz. The bottom unit houses a 7" Seas magnesium driver in a front ported enclosure that is advertised to 32Hz. This enclosure utilizes a highly damped transmission line design to help the 7" driver achieve it's extension in a fairly small box. Available finishes are piano black and cherry. The Unifield3 presents an amp-friendly load of 8 ohms and 88dB sensitivity. At 190 lbs/pair the 40"x 10" x14" presents an average, if heavy footprint for a floorstanding loudspeaker. Rated for 100 watt amps, the Unifield3 will play nice with amps as low as 20 watts.

 

Von Schweikert's goal with the $15k/pair Unifield 3 was to make a statement class loudspeaker with a smaller footprint and lower pricetag. They claim they have accomplished that with the Unifield 3.