Audio Note ANK-LX

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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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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.

Audio Note ANK-LX

Το Audio Note ANK-LX είναι ένα συμπαγές σχέδιο “ηχείού ραφιού”, που χρησιμοποιεί δύο μονάδες ανά καμπίνα για να καλύψει μια πολύ ευρεία απόκριση συχνότητας, δεδομένων των μέτριων διαστάσεων του. Σε αντίθεση με πολλά άλλα ηχεία ραφιού, το AN-K έχει υψηλή ευαισθησία και προσφέρει στον ενισχυτή ένα εύκολο φορτίο, καθιστώντας τον εξαιρετικά κατάλληλο για ενισχυτές λυχνίας ανώτερης ποιότητας, χαμηλής ισχύος.

Η πλειοψηφία της αγοράς ήχου υψηλής τεχνολογίας καταλαμβάνεται από κακώς σχεδιασμένα συστήματα ηχείων χαμηλής απόδοσης. Αυτά τα σχέδια αποτελούνται συνήθως από αρκετούς λιγότερο ταιριαστούς οδηγούς και ένα πολύ περίπλοκο crossover, στριμωγμένο σε ένα ντουλάπι που παρουσιάζει τις τονικές και υφές ιδιότητες του οπλισμένου σκυροδέματος. Οι σχεδιαστές τους τυφλώνονται από τη δογματική αναζήτηση για υψηλά επίπεδα ηχητικής πίεσης και επίπεδη απόκριση.

Τι γίνεται όμως με τους άλλους παράγοντες που είναι απαραίτητοι για τη συναισθηματική συμμετοχή στην αναπαραγωγής της μουσικής; Τι γίνεται με τη συνοχή, τα πλήρέστατα μικρο-μακρο δυναμικά, και τις μικρολεπτομερειες;

Τι γίνεται με τη ζωντάνια; Τι γίνεται με το συναίσθημα;

Λυπούμαστε, απλώς δεν αποτελούν μέρος της σύντομης σχεδίασης “High Performance Audio”. Και η μουσική υποφέρει από αυτό…

Ο σχεδιασμός των ηχείων AN-K, αντίθετα, ακολουθεί μια εντελώς διαφορετική φιλοσοφία. Απαιτεί μια καμπίνα που να συμπληρώνει τις επιλεγμένες μονάδες κίνησης, αντί να λειτουργεί εναντίον τους. Αντί να προσπαθούμε να εξοντώσουμε τους συντονισμούς, προσαρμόζουμε την καμπίνα ώστε να “συνεργάζεται” με τα μεγάφωνα σε ζώνες συχνοτήτων, καταλήγοντας σε ένα σύστημα ηχείων που αξιοποιεί στο έπακρο την έξοδο του ενισχυτή.

Η επιλογή υλικών για την καμπίνα είναι ένας τομέας στον οποίο έχει πραγματοποιηθεί μεγάλη έρευνα και ανάπτυξη. Με τα χρόνια, έχουμε δοκιμάσει πολλά διαφορετικά υλικά και συνδυασμούς, μια χρονοβόρα προσπάθεια που κορυφώνεται στον τρέχοντα σχεδιασμό, ο οποίος χρησιμοποιεί την υψηλότερης ποιότητας φύλλων σημύδας για ολόκληρη την καμπίνα του ηχείου. Η στήριξη και η εσωτερική απόσβεση περιορίζονται στο ελάχιστο και εφαρμόζονται στρατηγικά για να βοηθήσουν και όχι να εμποδίσουν τις μονάδες.

Το ηχείο σχεδιάστηκε για να τοποθετείται κοντά στα όρια του δωματίου, όπου η απόδοση των μπάσων αυξάνεται σημαντικά από την πρόσθετη ενίσχυση που προσφέρουν οι κοντινοί τοίχοι. Σε αυτή τη θέση, θα ξεπεράσει κάθε ηχείο παρόμοιου μεγέθους ανεξαρτήτως προέλευσης, εν μέρει χάρη στο ρηχό περίβλημα / φαρδύ σχήμα διαφράγματος που δίνει στους οδηγούς τις καλύτερες δυνατές συνθήκες λειτουργίας, επιτρέποντάς τους να λειτουργούν σαν να είναι τοποθετημένοι σε εικονικό τοίχο. Αυτό παρέχει το πιο αδιατάρακτο ηχητικό πεδίο με την ευρύτερη και πιο ομοιόμορφη δυνατή διασπορά από ένα πραγματικό σχήμα ντουλαπιού.

Το crossover είναι απλό, ουσιαστικά πρώτης τάξης, καλωδιωμένο και ενσωματώνει τσοκ με πυρήνα αέρα και επιλεγμένους διπολικούς πυκνωτές και πολυπροπυλένιο (είτε φύλλο χαλκού είτε αλουμινόχαρτο, ανάλογα με το μοντέλο). Η εσωτερική καλωδίωση αποτελείται είτε από 99,99% καθαρό χαλκό είτε από 99,99% καθαρό ασήμι – καλώδιο Audio Note (UK), ανάλογα με το ακριβές μοντέλο. (Δείτε προδιαγραφές)

Η σταθερή απόδοση είναι ένα σημαντικό ζήτημα στο σχεδιασμό των ηχείων και, δυστυχώς, όλες οι μονάδες μετάδοσης κίνησης διαφέρουν ελαφρώς μεταξύ τους, ακόμα κι αν φαίνονται ίδιες και έχουν τις ίδιες βασικές προδιαγραφές. Πολλοί κατασκευαστές ηχείων θα σας πουν ότι παρέχουν διασταυρώσεις που ταιριάζουν με τον υπολογιστή, και ενώ αυτό μπορεί να ισχύει από μία άποψη (κάθε crossover μπορεί να έχει αντιστοιχιστεί για να έχει ακριβώς την ίδια χωρητικότητα, επαγωγή και αντίσταση), αυτή η ουσιαστικά «παθητική» μέθοδος δεν λαμβάνεται επαρκώς υπόψη στη μηχανική και ακουστική διακύμανση που υπάρχει στις ίδιες τις μονάδες μετάδοσης κίνησης, όπου οι μικρές διαφορές στην ακουστική συμπεριφορά θα έχουν ως αποτέλεσμα πολύ σημαντικές διαφορές στην απόδοση και τον ήχο. Επομένως, για να αποκτήσουμε τον καλύτερο δυνατό συνδυασμό προγραμμάτων οδήγησης και crossover, έχουμε αναπτύξει μια δυναμική διαδικασία αντιστοίχισης. Αυτό διασφαλίζει ότι κάθε μεγάφωνο σε ένα στερεοφωνικό ζεύγος ταιριάζει με μια “κύρια καμπύλη” και επίσης τον συνεργάτη του, με ακρίβεια 0,4dB. Από όσο γνωρίζουμε, κανένας άλλος κατασκευαστής μεγαφώνων δεν επιτυγχάνει τόσο αυστηρή αντιστοίχιση και δοκιμή στο 100% της παραγωγής του.

Ένας άλλος πολύ παραμελημένος τομέας σχεδιασμού ηχείων είναι η επιλογή υλικού για τους οδηγούς. Έχει γίνει πολύ της μόδας η χρήση όλων των ειδών εξωτικών υλικών (βηρύλλιο, διαμάντι, ανθρακονήματα, κεραμικά κ.λπ.) ως υλικά κώνου στους σύγχρονους οδηγούς, κυρίως επειδή δίνει την εντύπωση ότι ο εν λόγω κατασκευαστής κάνει μεγάλα βήματα στην έρευνά του. ηχεία με καλύτερο ήχο. Το λυπηρό γεγονός είναι ότι κανένα από αυτά τα υλικά δεν λειτουργεί όπως προβλέπεται, καθώς όλα έχουν τη δική τους ξεχωριστή ηχητική υπογραφή, επομένως ανεξάρτητα από το πώς είναι σχεδιασμένο το crossover, αυτή η ηχητική υπογραφή θα υπάρχει όταν το ηχείο αναπαράγει μουσική. Μπορεί να είναι λιγότερο προφανές και ακουστό με ορισμένα είδη μουσικής, αλλά τελικά το επιλεγμένο υλικό θα αποτυπώνει πάντα κάποια από τη δική του υπογραφή σε όποιον ήχο αναπαράγεται. Επιπλέον, είναι ζωτικής σημασίας ο ήχος και τα χαρακτηριστικά μιας μεμονωμένης μονάδας κίνησης να είναι συμπληρωματικά με εκείνα του επιλεγμένου συνεργάτη της, έτσι ώστε όταν ένα όργανο αναπαράγεται και από τις δύο μονάδες κίνησης (που συμβαίνει σχεδόν πάντα), ο ήχος και τα χαρακτηριστικά της μεμονωμένης μονάδας κίνησης είναι συμπληρωματικά …

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.

Audio Note ANK-LX Specifications

3/4″ tweeter
8″, woofer – paper cone, copper voice coils
Sensitivity 90dB
AN-Lexus LX Internal Copper
Birch Ply

 

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