SETTING THE STANDARD IN ITS FIELD– THE R 8 ARRETÉIS A TRUE HIGH-END PERFORMER
The new Audiovector Carbon Driver has been engineered to further improve our already class leading drivers: Lighter, stiffer and ‘acoustically dead’ membranes produce a fast and uncoloured sound. The membranes of the new Titanium Tech drivers are made from precision woven aramid fibres sandwiched with artificial wood resin. There is a delicate balance combining our award-winning 8” + 6” down-firing isobaric compound bass system with a new midrange topology and a 4-inch rear firing bass/midrange driver. These drive units seamlessly integrate with the new Audiovector quasi rear firing R-AMT Integrator tweeter. The use of cryogenically treated 7-nines pure copper asymmetrical wiring and Audiovector Nanopore damping material creates a smooth and natural musical reproduction.
Audiovector Freedom is a new and revolutionary grounding technology, which addresses the movement induced distortion of and between the drive units in a loudspeaker. The currents running between the chassis are being processed and dealt with through a new separate crossover, which routes the signal to the ground terminal of your wall socket or your grounded mains distribution unit. Contrary to conventional knowledge, these currencies cause coloration and distortion between the drive units. By balancing and filtering these through a dedicated separate filter and by offering the possibility of connecting the speakers to earth/ground, we achieve a clean, very accurate, significantly more realistic sound with a low noise floor.
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Off-axis movements and oscillations can occur naturally, caused by the movement of the speaker’s drivers. Marten Isolators are directional to resist these lateral movements and oscillations.
Coltrane 3 now features Marten Isolators as standard - an upgrade achieved with IsoAcoustics
I’ve actually tried the last speaker below, the ikea chopping board speakers using the seas drivers
I was comparing it with the scan speak drivers, and I found the similarities with those using scan speak and seas. The seas will have that signature signature and the scan speak their same signature , cannot run away
The seas has that more “bouncy/elastic ” feeling
Whilst the scan speak has that “punchy/faster” feeling
It’s interesting to compare the characteristics of the driver side by side.
I was testing the two, the one on top uses the scan speak driver. I could hear cabinet resonances on the top bookshelves whilst No cabinet resonance on the ikea wood speakers , it sounded clean, extended and has a wider soundstage, better depth
The soundstage for the speakers on top did not sound wide enough, in the hall. Cannot fully dive into the emotions. But characteristics wise, it’s evident the signature is the same for most of the scan speak drivers I have heard and seas
The coherence of the ikea wood speakers worked better because I was using the line array seas drivers , so it sounded nicer at my place
It’s nice to compare all the different speakers at your home , so that was fun
This is 10" shallow profile subwoofer driver. It was built for music. I don’t think it will be sufficient for HT for its limited SPL and low bass extension, which is only down to 25Hz.
