Soltanus Acoustics Now in Australia
Soltanus Acoustics, Serbian manufacturer of the world's first crossoverless multipanel electrostatic loudspeaker, the ESL Virtuoso, are now available in Australia thanks to the appointment of local distributor, Magenta Audio.
Mike Kirkham, Managing Director of Magenta Audio told StereoNET:
Although inspired by Peter Walker’s famous Quad ESL 57, the ESL Virtuoso represents a substantial evolution in Electrostatic design. The ESL Virtuoso includes the same dynamic and open mid range but with an incredibly extended low and high frequency range.
Traditional electrostatic loudspeakers have had limited capabilities reproducing the lowest and highest frequencies of modern recordings; but the ESL Virtuoso achieves 40-20,000 Hz ± 3dB; truly impressive.
Their crossoverless design ensures phase accuracy and the result is apparently astonishing clarity full of resolution. Unlike previous designs the ESL Virtuoso loudspeakers are also highly efficient.
Online publication 6moons said previously, "If we had to start all over again assembling an audio system, the Soltanus ESL Virtuoso would be in the top 3 of our wish list. Young, innovative, and passionate, Soltanus Acoustics is creating significant interest in Europe."
Specifications
Frequency Response: 40-20.000 Hz ± 3dB
- Horizontal Dispersion: 35 degrees
Vertical Dispersion: 150 cm line source
High Frequency Transducer: 120×14 cm elecrostatic transducer (200-20.000 Hz)
Low Frequency Transducer: 2 speakers 140×16 cm dipole electrostatic transducer
Sensitivity: 86 dB/2.83 volts/2 meter
Impedance: 4 ohms, 1,5 at 20 kHz
Recomended amplifier power: 25-300 Watts per channel
Recomended amplifier damping factor: 25 or higher
Crossover components: No crossover components
Inputs: Custom binding posts
Weight: 26kg
Dimensions: 153 cm × 68 cm × 5/33 cm
Soltanus Acoustics are distributed in Australia by Magenta Audio.
The ESL Virtuoso have an expected RRP of $14,695.
Marc Rushton
StereoNET’s Founder and Publisher was born in England and raised on British Hi-Fi before moving to Australia. He developed an early love of music and playing bass guitar before discovering the studio and the other side of the mixing desk. After writing for print magazines, Marc saw the future in digital publishing and founded the first version of StereoNET in 1999.
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