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The ported 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 slight 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.
For more information on the various AN-E speaker models, check Audio Note AN-E Speaker Model Overview.
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Characteristic Impedance: 6 Ohms
Frequency Response: 18Hz to 23Khz, =/-6dB in room
Minimal Amplifier Power: 7 Watts RMS per channel
Maximum Amplifier Power: 150 Watts (unclipped) RMS per channel Peak
Cabinets & Finish Materials: Birch Ply (or Chipboard/Mdf for '/D' models), with real Wood Veneer finish
Unit Weight: 23kg (per speaker, internal crossover models)
Unit Dimensions: 790mm (h) x 360mm (w) x 270mm (d) - (per speaker, internal crossover models)
Due to Audio Note (UK)'s ongoing research and development program, specifications are subject to change without notice.
Please contact us for pricing information.
Audio Note’s largest monitor speaker. Available in many variants. Truly special and addictive, in whatever version you chose. Two versions on demo.