SPECIFICATIONS
Description Three-way, reflex-loaded, floor-standing loudspeaker. Drive-units: 3.5 × 1.5 AMT tweeter with aluminum, modified– Tractrix-curve waveguide, 8 (200mm) doped paper/ Kevlar-fiber–cone midrange unit, 12 (300mm) doped paper/carbon-fiber–cone woofer. Crossover frequencies: 140Hz, 1.6kHz. Frequency response: 21Hz–28kHz, –3dB. Nominal impedance: 4 ohms. Minimum impedance: 3.4 ohms at 95Hz. Sensitivity: 92dB/W/m. Power handling: not specified.
Dimensions 46.5 (1180mm) H × 16.15 (410mm) W × 28.35 (720mm) D. Weight: 330lb (150kg) each; 396lb (180kg) each in flight case.
Finish Piano black lacquer, aluminum parts in black, “ultra-matt, soft-touch” finish with natural aluminum, brushed-silver highlights. “Any finish possible on customer request!”
Serial number of review samples DMQ02003M31L & ’32R. “Made in Germany.”
Price $80,000/pair in standard finish. An approximate number of dealers: one at the time of writing. (North American distribution plans were interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic.) Warranty: 5 years parts and labor.
Manufacturer Göbel Audio GmbH, Schabweg 4a, 82239 Alling, Germany. Tel: +49 (0) 8141 2255887. Web: goebel-highend.de. US distributor: Bending Wave USA, 10404 West State Rd. 84, Suite 101, Davie, FL 33324. Tel: (954) 716-7407. Web: bendingwaveusa.com.
Diese Geschichte stammt aus der October 2020-Ausgabe von Stereophile.
Starten Sie Ihre 7-tägige kostenlose Testversion von Magzter GOLD, um auf Tausende kuratierte Premium-Storys sowie über 8.000 Zeitschriften und Zeitungen zuzugreifen.
Bereits Abonnent ? Anmelden
Diese Geschichte stammt aus der October 2020-Ausgabe von Stereophile.
Starten Sie Ihre 7-tägige kostenlose Testversion von Magzter GOLD, um auf Tausende kuratierte Premium-Storys sowie über 8.000 Zeitschriften und Zeitungen zuzugreifen.
Bereits Abonnent? Anmelden
Louis in London
No jazz-centric visit to New York City is complete without a trek out to Queens. At 46th Street in Sunnyside stands the apartment building where famed cornetist Leon Bismark \"Bix\" Beiderbecke's alcoholism finally killed him in 1931.
Believing in bricks and mortar
North Carolina hi-fi dealer Audio Advice has been busy lately.
Musical Fidelity AI
In 1989, I bought my second pair of Rogers LS3/5a's from a guy on Staten Island who had them hooked up to a Musical Fidelity AI integrated amplifier.
Burmester 218
As much as I tinkered with a little crystal radio as a child and started reading stereo magazines in high school, it wasn't until my early 30s that I half-stumbled into the higher end of the hi-fi sphere.
Bowers & Wilkins 805 D4 Signature
The \"Bowers\" in the name of British manufacturer Bowers & Wilkins (B&W) refers to founder John Bowers, whom I got to know fairly well before he passed in 1987.
Hegel H400
STREAMING INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER
SVS Ultra Evolution Pinnacle
How many times have you been told by parents and teachers that everything successful must be built on a strong foundation?
RECOMMENDED RC2024 COMPONENTS
Every product listed here has been reviewed in Stereophile. Everything on the list, regardless of rating, is genuinely recommendable.
Paging Dr. Löfgren
It started one evening when I was killing time watching YouTube videos and stumbled across a 2017 talk given by Jonathan Carr, Lyra's brilliant cartridge designer.'
Music among the Fairchildren
Pull down the shades, find a comfortable seat, and come with me on an imaginary journey to the year 1956. The Eisenhower-Nixon ticket wins reelection, the United Methodist Church begins to ordain women, and a can of Campbell's tomato soup costs 10 cents.
