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AN-E
The AN-E must be the most efficient wide band speaker of moderate size on the market, with an effective bandwidth from 18 Hz to 23 kHz at -6 dB, efficiency better than 95 dB/m and a dynamic headroom above 108 dB. The extremely high efficiency is retained well over the bandwidth, and makes the AN-E very suited to the high quality, low-power triode amplifiers.
The AN-E is a two-way, ported enclosure, with a carefully designed cabinet which is shaped to enhance and aid driver dispersion on one hand, and bass output on the other. The cabinet is lightly braced and little internal damping is used. The cabinet is designed in such a way that it augments and supports the drivers in their task, not unlike the box of a guitar. The drivers are selected and paired before they are matched to the crossover in the same process as the AN-K and AN-J.
Far too much of the high-end audio marketplace is occupied by low-efficiency loudspeaker systems – several less-than-ideally-matched drivers and a very complex, (read: life-sucking), crossover – all housed in a cabinet doing its best impression of reinforced concrete or petrified wood. Of necessity, they are paired with high-powered, nearly always solid-state amplifiers in an attempt to jump-start their (and your) hearts. 10 times the power applied to a speaker which is 10dB less efficient will produce the requisite sound pressure level, but what about coherency, full natural micro-, as well as macro-, dynamics, inner detail? What about LIFE?
What about the musicians’ delivery of their and the composer’s EMOTION? Sorry, they’re just not part of the “High Performance Audio” design brief. And music suffers for it.
The design of the AN-E Loudspeaker, by contrast, calls for a cabinet made from materials that complement the workings of the chosen drive units. Instead of trying to kill the resonances in the cabinet, we tailor the cabinet to place the resonances in frequency bands where they aid and enhance the operation of the drive units,
culminating in a loudspeaker system that makes the most of the preceding amplifier’s output. The drive units employed in the AN-E have been developed with our very active participation and are manufactured to our specifications.
The crossover is simple – essentially first order – hardwired and incorporates careful location of components, both in relation to each other, and also in relation to the woofer’s magnet, which influences the behaviour of the crossover a great deal. The crossover uses air-cored chokes and select bipolar and polypropylene capacitors. (In the Signature models, copper foil, and in the Sogon, silver foil.) The AN-E internal cabling consists of varying numbers of either 99.99% pure copper or 99.99% pure silver wire, depending on the exact model. (See specifications.) This combination of design approach, parts quality and manufacturing process yields an extremely even load characteristic as well as a very flat power/frequency response that remains within tightly controlled limits throughout its working bandwidth. Each complete loudspeaker is individually adjusted under dynamic operatin conditions, using proprietary software, in order to compensate for the slight variations that always exist in drive units and assures precise uniformity of sonic performance. This individual adjustment, and matching to a reference, of each crossover network to each pair of drive units allows an unparalleled degree of sample-to-sample consistency not only within pairs of loudspeakers, but also from one pair to another. Every AN-E loudspeaker’s performance is within 0.4dB of its mate and our reference response curve. To the best of our knowledge, no other loudspeaker manufacturer achieves such close matching and tests 100% of its production. The result? Maximum efficiency and dynamic behaviour. And Life. And Emotion. Retained and delivered with goose bumps. Your Music will thank you!
Dimensions: (Height, Width, Depth) 790 x 360 x 270mm (31″ x 14″ x 10.5″).
The different versions of AN-E
High Sensity Description - (94 - 95.5 dB/w/m)
AN-E/Lx AN-Lexus Lx copper cable. 94dB sensitivity.
AN-E/SPe As Lx but with internal SPe silver cable.
AN-E/SEC Silver ALNICO magnet on woofer, Silver voice coils, Silver inductors, Black Gate caps, SOGON cable.
AN-E/SEC Signature Adds AN copper foil cap crossover in external chassis, 3 braided strands of SOGON per connection.
AN-E SOGON Adds AN silver foil caps, ALNICO tweeter magnet will be added when available. Adjusted to 0.1dB tolerance.
Super High Sensity - HE Model Description - (98 dB/w/m)
AN-E/Lx HE High efficiency woofer with silver voice coils, std xo, Lexus spkr cable.
AN-E/SPe HE High efficiency drivers, standard crossover, silver SPe speaker cable.
AN-E/LX Signature High efficiency drivers, external crossoverwith AN copper foil caps, Lexus cable.
AN-E/SPx SE High efficiency drivers, external crossover, AN copper foil caps, silver inductors, SPx cable.
AN-E/SE Signature High efficiency drivers, external crossover, 3 braided strands of SPx per connection.
Pris:
AN-E/D - 36.950 sek
AN-E/LX - 50.800 sek
AN-E/LX HE model - 65.450 sek
AN-E/SPe - 56.350 sek
AN-E/SPe HE model - 69.300 sek
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AN-E/LX Signature HE model 136.250 sek
AN-E/SPe Signature HE Model 147.800 sek
AN-E/SPe SE Signature 230.900 sek
AN-E/SE Signature 292.450 sek
AN-E/SEC - 346.350 sek
AN-E/SEC Signature - 507.950 sek
AN-E SOGON - 1.662.300 sek
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