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AN-E-SPX Limited Field coil drive units, or in laymen’s terms, powered drive units, using an electromagnet to generate the magnetic field with which the voice coil interacts (by Lorentz Force), date from the earliest days of electrical music reproduction. At the time, not long after the turn of the 20th century, permanent magnet technology was not sufficiently advanced to make a conveniently sized, and priced, speaker drive unit. Electrical efficiency was much less of a consideration then, and there was often a ‘free’ source of power for the field coil – by using the speaker field coil as the smoothing choke in the device’s power supply. Now, the question arises as to why revisit an older, now largely redundant technology? That is because of the sound. The effect is not that there is more in terms of quantity from the speakers, there isn’t, there’s actually less. They sound calmer, more relaxed and graceful, yet there is now more information – in terms of tonality, subtle inflection, and atmosphere. What was previously obscured is now revealed. The scales have fallen from your ears!
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AN-E-SPX Limited

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59,770.00€
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Audio Note AN-E Ltd

AN-E-SPX Limited Field coil drive units, or in laymen’s terms, powered drive units, using an electromagnet to generate the magnetic field with which the voice coil interacts (by Lorentz Force), date from the earliest days of electrical music reproduction. At the time, not long after the turn of the 20th century, permanent magnet technology was not sufficiently advanced to make a conveniently sized, and priced, speaker drive unit. Electrical efficiency was much less of a consideration then, and there was often a ‘free’ source of power for the field coil – by using the speaker field coil as the smoothing choke in the device’s power supply. Now, the question arises as to why revisit an older, now largely redundant technology? That is because of the sound. The effect is not that there is more in terms of quantity from the speakers, there isn’t, there’s actually less. They sound calmer, more relaxed and graceful, yet there is now more information – in terms of tonality, subtle inflection, and atmosphere. What was previously obscured is now revealed. The scales have fallen from your ears!

AN-E-SPX Limited

Audio Note ANK-LX Details The Audio Note ANK-LX is a compact "bookshelf" design, using two drive units per cabinet to cover a very wide frequency response, given its modest dimensions. Unlike many "bookshelf" designs, the AN-K is relatively efficient and offers the amplifier an easy "load," making it highly suitable for our range of superior quality, low-powered valve amplifiers. The majority of the high-end audio marketplace is occupied by ill-conceived low efficiency loudspeaker systems. These designs usually consist of several less-than-ideally matched drivers and a very complex crossover, crammed into a cabinet that exhibits the tonal and textural qualities of reinforced concrete. Their designers are blinded by the dogmatic quest for high sound pressure levels and flat response. But what of the other factors which are essential for emotionally involving music reproduction? What about coherence, full natural micro—as well as macro—dynamics, inner detail? What about LIFE? What about EMOTION? Sorry, they’re just not part of the “High Performance Audio” design brief. And music suffers for it. The design of the AN-K Loudspeaker, by contrast, follows an altogether different philosophy. It calls for a cabinet that complements the chosen drive units, rather than fighting against them. Instead of trying to kill the resonances, we tailor the cabinet to place them in frequency bands where they aid and enhance the operation of the drive units, culminating in a loudspeaker system that makes the most of the preceding amplifier’s output. The material choice for the cabinet is an area where a great deal of research and development has taken place. Over the years, we have tried many different materials and combinations, a time consuming endeavour culminating in the current design, which utilises the highest quality birch ply for the entire cabinet. Bracing and internal damping is kept to a minimum and strategically applied to help, not hinder, the drivers. The cabinet has been designed to be placed close to room boundaries, where the bass performance is augmented significantly by the additional reinforcement offered by the nearby walls. In this position, it will outperform any similarly sized speaker regardless of origin, thanks in part to the shallow cabinet / wide baffle shape which gives the drivers the best possible operating conditions, allowing them to perform as if they are mounted in a virtual wall. This provides the most undisturbed sound field with the widest and most even dispersion possible from a real world cabinet shape. The crossover is simple, essentially first order, hardwired and incorporates air-cored chokes and selected bipolar and polypropylene capacitors (either copper foil or silver foil, depending on model). The internal cabling consists of either 99.99% pure copper or 99.99% pure silver Audio Note (UK) wire, depending on the exact model. (See specifications) Consistent performance is a major issue in loudspeaker design and unfortunately all drive units vary slightly from each other, even if they look the same and have the same basic specification. Many loudspeaker manufacturer’s will tell you that they provide “computer matched” crossovers, and whilst this may be true in one sense (each crossover may have been matched to have the exact same capacitance, inductance and resistance) this essentially “passive” method does not adequately take into consideration the mechanical and acoustic variance present in the drive units themselves, where minute differences in acoustic behaviour will result in quite substantial differences in performance and sound. Therefore, to obtain the best possible combination of drivers and crossovers, we have developed a dynamic matching process. This ensures that each loudspeaker in a stereo pair matches a "master curve" and also its partner, to within 0.4dB. To the best of our knowledge, no other loudspeaker manufacturer achieves such close-matching and tests 100% of its production. Another much overlooked area of loudspeaker design is the material choice for the drivers. It has become very fashionable to use all manner of exotic materials (beryllium, diamond, carbon fibre, ceramics etc.) as cone materials in modern drivers, mainly because it gives the impression that the manufacturer in question is making great strides in their research into better sounding speakers. The sad fact is none of these materials work as intended, as they all have their own distinct sonic signature, so no matter how the crossover is designed, this sonic signature will be present when the speaker reproduces music. It may be less obvious and audible with some types of music, but ultimately the chosen material will always imprint some of its own signature on whatever sound is reproduced. In addition, it is vitally important that the sound and characteristics of an individual drive unit are complimentary to those of its chosen partner, so that when an instrument is reproduced by both drive units (which is almost always the case), the upper range does not sound detached from the lower range and visa versa. This is an aspect of performance that cannot be measured by even the most sophisticated test equipment; it can ONLY be judged by listening. We at Audio Note are keenly aware of this and have deliberately chosen drive units whose sonic signatures are as closely matched as possible. This has led us to favour good, old fashioned paper for the woofer cone and impregnated silk for the dome tweeter. These materials, when matched correctly, marry the low and high frequencies seamlessly, providing the best level of performance possible in the real world of acoustics.
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Audio Note ANK-LX

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4,910.00€
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Audio Note ANK-LX

Audio Note ANK-LXDetails The Audio Note ANK-LX is a compact "bookshelf" design, using two drive units per cabinet to cover a very wide frequency response, given its modest dimensions. Unlike many "bookshelf" designs, the AN-K is relatively efficient and offers the amplifier an easy "load," making it highly suitable for our range of superior quality, low-powered valve amplifiers. The majority of the high-end audio marketplace is occupied by ill-conceived low efficiency loudspeaker systems. These designs usually consist of several less-than-ideally matched drivers and a very complex crossover, crammed into a cabinet that exhibits the tonal and textural qualities of reinforced concrete. Their designers are blinded by the dogmatic quest for high sound pressure levels and flat response. But what of the other factors which are essential for emotionally involving music reproduction? What about coherence, full natural micro—as well as macro—dynamics, inner detail? What about LIFE? What about EMOTION? Sorry, they’re just not part of the “High Performance Audio” design brief. And music suffers for it. The design of the AN-K Loudspeaker, by contrast, follows an altogether different philosophy. It calls for a cabinet that complements the chosen drive units, rather than fighting against them. Instead of trying to kill the resonances, we tailor the cabinet to place them in frequency bands where they aid and enhance the operation of the drive units, culminating in a loudspeaker system that makes the most of the preceding amplifier’s output. The material choice for the cabinet is an area where a great deal of research and development has taken place. Over the years, we have tried many different materials and combinations, a time consuming endeavour culminating in the current design, which utilises the highest quality birch ply for the entire cabinet. Bracing and internal damping is kept to a minimum and strategically applied to help, not hinder, the drivers. The cabinet has been designed to be placed close to room boundaries, where the bass performance is augmented significantly by the additional reinforcement offered by the nearby walls. In this position, it will outperform any similarly sized speaker regardless of origin, thanks in part to the shallow cabinet / wide baffle shape which gives the drivers the best possible operating conditions, allowing them to perform as if they are mounted in a virtual wall. This provides the most undisturbed sound field with the widest and most even dispersion possible from a real world cabinet shape. The crossover is simple, essentially first order, hardwired and incorporates air-cored chokes and selected bipolar and polypropylene capacitors (either copper foil or silver foil, depending on model). The internal cabling consists of either 99.99% pure copper or 99.99% pure silver Audio Note (UK) wire, depending on the exact model. (See specifications) Consistent performance is a major issue in loudspeaker design and unfortunately all drive units vary slightly from each other, even if they look the same and have the same basic specification. Many loudspeaker manufacturer’s will tell you that they provide “computer matched” crossovers, and whilst this may be true in one sense (each crossover may have been matched to have the exact same capacitance, inductance and resistance) this essentially “passive” method does not adequately take into consideration the mechanical and acoustic variance present in the drive units themselves, where minute differences in acoustic behaviour will result in quite substantial differences in performance and sound. Therefore, to obtain the best possible combination of drivers and crossovers, we have developed a dynamic matching process. This ensures that each loudspeaker in a stereo pair matches a "master curve" and also its partner, to within 0.4dB. To the best of our knowledge, no other loudspeaker manufacturer achieves such close-matching and tests 100% of its production. Another much overlooked area of loudspeaker design is the material choice for the drivers. It has become very fashionable to use all manner of exotic materials (beryllium, diamond, carbon fibre, ceramics etc.) as cone materials in modern drivers, mainly because it gives the impression that the manufacturer in question is making great strides in their research into better sounding speakers. The sad fact is none of these materials work as intended, as they all have their own distinct sonic signature, so no matter how the crossover is designed, this sonic signature will be present when the speaker reproduces music. It may be less obvious and audible with some types of music, but ultimately the chosen material will always imprint some of its own signature on whatever sound is reproduced. In addition, it is vitally important that the sound and characteristics of an individual drive unit are complimentary to those of its chosen partner, so that when an instrument is reproduced by both drive units (which is almost always the case), the upper range does not sound detached from the lower range and visa versa. This is an aspect of performance that cannot be measured by even the most sophisticated test equipment; it can ONLY be judged by listening. We at Audio Note are keenly aware of this and have deliberately chosen drive units whose sonic signatures are as closely matched as possible. This has led us to favour good, old fashioned paper for the woofer cone and impregnated silk for the dome tweeter. These materials, when matched correctly, marry the low and high frequencies seamlessly, providing the best level of performance possible in the real world of acoustics.

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Fyne Audio Vintage Classic XII

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9,800.00€
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Tannoy SGM 12 Tannoy SGM 12 passive studio main monitor 12″ passive studio main monitor based on the legendary Tannoy SUPER GOLD Legendary Tannoy Dual Concentric driver technology provides class-leading phase coherence and point-source imaging Ultra-precise and neutral soundstage delivers Non fatiguing sound for extended listening sessions Front mounted control panel houses a 2 band energy control to compensate for varying acoustics characteristics and Environments Original classic cabinet design with modern components provides a genuine reproduction of the original classic monitor Front-firing bass port design allows near wall or soffit placement, ensuring optimal low frequency performance High density cabinet provides extreme rigidity to control low frequency performance Extensive bracing incorporating DMT (Differential Materials Technology) to couple driver to cabinet Heavy duty 24 carat multi-layer gold plated Tannoy customized binding posts for optimum signal transmission and integrity Precision machined gold anodised aluminium adjustment panel metal trim complements the aesthetic of the wood cabinet Tannoy – Around 100 years of British sound heritage and innovation
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Tannoy SGM 12

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8,199.00€
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Tannoy SGM 12

Το Tannoy SGM 12 είναι ένα παθητικό studio monitor με 12″ιντσο coaxial μεγάφωνο. Το Tannoy SGM 12 είναι βασισμένο στο θρυλικό Tannoy SUPER GOLD
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TANNOY STIRLING III LZ SE Special Edition model, homage to the Legendary III LZ first released in 1967 2 way floorstanding loudspeaker for medium to large sized rooms Dual Concentric driver technology provides class leading coherence and point source imaging 10″ highly efficient driver with 93 dB/Watt sensitivity and 500 Watt peak power handling to deliver breath-taking dynamics and realism Classic Pepperpot Waveguide and Alnico motor system to deliver a sweet, natural and inherently coherent sound. Aluminium-magnesium alloy diaphragm and Mylar surround compression driver delivers exceptional clarity and articulation throughout the high frequency range Sophisticated crossover network, featuring Tannoy customized capacitors, low loss laminated core inductors and thick film resistors, delivering a more natural and cohesive sound Front mounted control panel, houses 2 band energy control with boost and attenuation compensation for room design and tailoring to personal preference Tannoy customized bi-wire able binding posts to improve signal transmission and integrity Fifth binding post provides grounding to reduce radio frequency interference and improves midrange clarity Front firing Distributed Port system gives powerful and extended low frequency performance Handcrafted oiled walnut veneered cabinet, utilising high density particle board. Which provides extreme rigidity, to control low frequency performance Extensive bracing incorporating DMT (Differential Materials Technology) to couple drivers to cabinets Precision machined, gold anodised aluminium Special Edition adjustment panel and metal trim complements the aesthetic of the real wood cabinet Specially formulated Prestige wood wax provided to keep cabinet in pristine condition Tannoy – Around 100 years of British sound heritage and innovation
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TANNOY STIRLING III LZ SE

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11,599.00€
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TANNOY STIRLING III LZ SE

Special Edition model, homage to the Legendary III LZ first released in 1967 2 way floorstanding loudspeaker for medium to large sized rooms Dual Concentric driver technology provides class leading coherence and point source imaging 10″ highly efficient driver with 93 dB/Watt sensitivity and 500 Watt peak power handling to deliver breath-taking dynamics and realism Classic Pepperpot Waveguide and Alnico motor system to deliver a sweet, natural and inherently coherent sound. Aluminium-magnesium alloy diaphragm and Mylar surround compression driver delivers exceptional clarity and articulation throughout the high frequency range