We can dance around this, but the Sonus Faber Olympica Nova II represents the right answer to an increasingly important question in audio: can we have style AND substance?
The wood undergoes a long aging phase before reaching the final stability and being used for the cabinet construction of our high-end loudspeaker as it happens for the musical instruments creation.
The search for the highest sophistication in acoustics, the artistic and aesthetic investigation linked to classicism, the look towards the modern knowledge: these are the main factors that link Olympica with the grandiose work of Andrea Palladio, which has been the inspiration in its creation and evolution.
3 way, full para-aperiodic vented box “Stealth Ultraflex”, floor-standing loudspeaker system.
Tweeter: H28 XTR3, Neodymium “cup design” motor system with DAD™, Ø 28 mm
Midrange: M15 XTR2-04, CCAW wire on a “eddy current free” voice coil, Ø 150 mm
Woofer: W18XTR2-04, Ø 180 mm
250 Hz - 2.500 Hz
40 Hz – 35.000 Hz
88 dB SPL (2.83V/1 m)
4 ohm
50 W – 250 W, without clipping
40.8" x 14.2" x 16.6"
67.6 Ibs. ea. – net weight
SYSTEM : 3 way, full para-aperiodic vented box “Stealth Ultraflex”, floorstanding loudspeaker system.
LOUDSPEAKERS : Tw: H28 XTR3, Neodymium “cup design” motor system with DAD™, Ø 28 mm
Md: M15 XTR2-04, CCAW wire on a “eddy current free” voice coil, Ø 150 mm
W: W18XTR2-04, Ø 180 mm
CROSSOVER : 250 Hz - 2.500 Hz
FREQUENCY RESPONSE : 40 Hz – 35.000 Hz
SENSITIVITY : 88 dB SPL (2.83V/1 m)
NOMINAL IMPEDANCE : 4 ohm
SUGGESTED AMPLIFIER POWER OUTPUT : 50 W – 250 W, without clipping
DIMENSIONS (HXWXD) : 1036,5 x 359,7 x 422,5 mm 40.8 x 14.2 x 16.6 in
WEIGHT : 30,7 Kg ea – net weight 67.6 Ib ea – net weight
Sonus Faber seems to make pieces of musical furniture with the sort of timeless, trans-national elegance of a chair designed by Charles and Ray Eames, Arne Jacobsen, or Mies van der Rohe. In most cases, this would be hyperbole on a grand scale. Except that it isn’t; Sonus Faber in general and the Olympica range in particular is an exercise in sublime product design.
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