AT A GLANCE
OUTPUT POWER
31W + 31W
DRIVERS
4-inch woofer, isodynamic ribbon tweeters
FREQUENCY RESPONSE
60Hz - 20kHz
DIMENSIONS
162 x 230 x 188mm
WEIGHT
MASTER 2 .6KG, SLAVE 2 . 2KG
PRICE
$ 2 19
Speakers are becoming smarter. There are speakers now that tell you the weather, start your laundry, and turn the lights on and off for you, but I’m not interested in that kind of smarts. The kind of smarts that gets my juices going is the art of sounding good.
The proliferation of digital signal processing (DSP) must surely be one of the biggest trends in the world of speakers. This used to be exclusive to higher-end speakers, but we are seeing this technology trickling down to more affordable speakers. And leading this movement is Chinese speaker manufacturer Hivi Swanspeaker – more commonly referred to simply as Swans. A name that will surely be familiar to speaker enthusiasts.
The benefits of DSP are numerous. Mainly, they are used in place of traditional analog crossovers to optimize frequency and phase response. Compared to their analog counterparts, DSP systems are generally easier to implement, have far better tolerances, and deliver superior clarity and imaging than your average analog crossover. I’m oversimplifying things. But in short, DSP makes it easier to get speakers to sound good.
This story is from the August 2021 edition of HWM Singapore.
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