The most compact in Albedo catalogue, the Amira is still in the league of true high-fidelity runners. It embodies most of the concepts of the original Albedo projects, with that starting blaze of an endeavour to let a small speaker sound as a serious big performer. Technical specifications basically are in the footsteps of the bigger Aptica ceramic model, but exploiting custom drivers that allow Albedo to offer it in a more compact and versatile design. Same linear phase crossover, same Helmholine loading, same DSD acoustic traps in the unique Albedo style.Do not be cheated by its small size. Once in your hi-fi chain, Amira will be able to do something that seldom a new speaker does: it will simply amaze you.
TECHNICAL DATA
System> floor standing two way, linear phaseLoading> transmission line filtered by resonator (Helmholine System)Drivers> 5.5 Curv mid-woofer, 1 silk dome tweeter with DSD acoustic trapCrossover> acoustic first orderSensitivity> 84 dB (2.83V 1m)Nominal impedance> 8 ohmFrequency response> 50 – 22.000 HzDimensions> 25 x 17 x 100 cmWeight> 15 kg net each
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Stunning, stunning, stunning….
AE introduced me to the Amira, as I wanted a small footprint speaker that looked gorgeous and sounded gorgeous ! A tricky request (as my previous auditioning experience would tell me), but let me tell you that this Amira is astonishing – a huge soundstage, and beautiful extended and controlled bass, and a midrange and highs to die for – I am gobsmacked !
Mrs W also very happy as they look stunning as well (amazing engineering going on here by the way) – thank you so much the whole AE team !
Jonathan Wheeler | St Albans | July 2022
About the brand
In the early 90s, Massimo Costa and Giuseppe Pucacco faced the general issues of transmission line loudspeaker systems, formulating for the first time a rigorous mathematical model to describe this specific acoustic configuration. The first outcome of this research was the development of proprietary software to model with great accuracy the behavior of any classical transmission line system.This work was very important as it allowed to highlight the limitations in other projects developed until then, and the inconsistency of several myths existing in the industry with respect to the very concept of transmission lines. In the end, they concluded that although the transmission line system has been the subject of studies for more than half a century, it still deserved further effort in research and understanding. Therefore, they worked at identifying the most suitable absorbing acoustic stuffing and its best disposition inside the duct, with the objective of not penalizing irrevocably the system efficiency. A long and thorough investigation on the fibrous material made available in today’s industry, enabled to eventually identify the answers they were looking for. Obviously, these basic principles were complemented with other completely original acoustic solutions like Helmholtz resonators used to equalize the duct emission. The outcome of this volume of studies gave birth in 1995 to the first Albedo project, a two-way loudspeaker system equipped with a small 4″ driver, which was introduced by another company onto the Italian market. It had a good commercial success with excellent reviews on specialized hi-fi magazines. But this is just the past.
Website
www.albedoaudio.com
