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Sonus Faber - Cremona Auditor
Elipsa
SPECIAL $7,000.00
Hi-Fi News
Review
Manufacturer's
Spec's
Auditor Elipsa embodies the Sonus
faber tradition in the category of compact loudspeakers, making use of
top-grade component parts and a minimal crossover network. Like its
predecessors, Auditor Elipsa creates a highly refined and exquisitely
musical sound.
FORM: Chief among the physical design elements is the use of the
infinite baffle form pioneered on the Stradivari. Extensive use of
sub-structural stiffening spars breaks up remaining resonance nodes.
Wider than it is deep, this elliptical cabinet construction couples
easily with even difficult room acoustics allowing bass to roll
effortlessly into the listening space. The tightly tailored shape and
the reduction in overall scale works to its advantage allowing this
loudspeaker to be easily integrated into a variety of listening spaces –
bookshelves or on-wall with the supplied bracket. The Auditor Elipsa’s
small form factor allows it to be easily integrated into a wide variety
of music and film sound systems.
FUNCTION: Sonus faber believes the drivers are crucial to the sonic
success of their approach. With the Auditor Elipsa, Sonus faber
continues its tradition of reducing moving mass, stiffing the coned
drivers, while asking the tweeter to extend out well into the 30kHz
region. What makes this recipe so remarkable is that as with all Sonus
faber products balance and harmonic richness is retained. In lesser
designs stiffening might well result in a hard and brittle sound;
instead we find a true fidelity, powerful yet refined, dynamic and
spacious.
A 6” (150mm) Scandinavian-made woofer-midrange uses a special black wood
pulp fiber cone that is capable of particularly high resolution and
dynamic linearity. And the 1” (25mm) extended bandwidth high-frequency
ring radiator driver valued for its smoothness and extension create a
compact loudspeaker whose performance belies its size. Inevitability,
the finest drivers and cabinets would mean little without brilliant
crossover integration. This aspect of Sonus faber has always been an
inherent strength, with much of the musicality and sweetness deriving
from the ability to blend the various elements into an organic whole.
Here, a non-resonant low order crossover is used for its openness and
dynamic capabilities with a crossover point set at 2.5kHz.
Once again, Sonus faber delivers another iconic model that clearly
redefines “musical performance” in the compact loudspeaker category with
the Cremona Auditor M.
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System Type: |
2-way vented
box loudspeaker |
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Cabinet: |
Elliptical
shaped design, combination of sandwich
construction, obtained using 20 hand
selected wood layers and solid maple,
quality graded and oriented for carefully
optimized resonances and standing wave
control |
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Woofer |
6 in. (150 mm)
cone driver with Symmetric Drive Motor
System and selected black wood fiber cone,
high resolution, treated for break-up
control. Dynamic linear suspension. |
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Tweeter: |
1 in. (25 mm)
ultra dynamic ring radiator-driver |
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Crossover: |
Non-resonant
first order design, optimized phase
characteristics for optimal space/time
performance. Crossover point 2.5kHz. |
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Frequency
Response: |
55Hz – 30kHz,
tuning ports included |
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Impedance:
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4 ohms,
nominal |
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Sensitivity: |
89 db SPL
(2.83 V/1m) |
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Power
Handling: |
40W – 150W,
without clipping |
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Finish: |
Natural Maple
or Graphite multicoated with medium gloss
ecologically sensitive lacquer |
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Dimensions: |
13.2 x 13.5 x
8.9 in. (WHD)
335 x 341 x 224 mm. (WHD) |
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Weight: |
29.8 lbs.
(13.5 kg) per pair – net weight
38.6 lbs. (17.5 kg) per pair – shipping
weight |
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Wall Brackets: |
Included
brackets provide secure wall mounting and a
30° left/right arc of adjustment. |
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