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MODEL: MINITOR MkII
The MINITOR is a
compact two way loudspeaker ideally suited to the listener with limited space but
who does not wish to compromise on sound quality. The coated paper cone woofer
compliments the NEW Fabric dome tweeter giving the speaker a smooth integrated
extension. Drive units are Danish manufacture. Speaker design is Bass Reflex
with rear firing port.
Gold plated single
binding posts ensure a good cable connection. Hard wired crossover with Sonic
Art Silver cable. French made SOLEN capacitors and Australian hand wound air
core inductors are used throughout. Finish is in AUSTRALIAN Jarrah veneer over
19mm MDF cabinet structures, hand made in
WOOFER: 5 inch coated cone with rubber surround.
TWEETER: 19mm fabric
dome, Ferro Fluid cooled.
IMPEDANCE: 8 ohms
nominal.
EFFICIENCY: 87dB with
1 watt at 1 metre.
RESPONSE: 60Hz to
20,000Hz +3dB -3dB.
AMPLIFICATION: 20 to 70 Watts
unclipped.
DIMENSIONS: W190mm H320mm D240mm.
WEIGHT: 14kg per pair net.
MODEL: MINITOR PRO SE
The
MINITOR PRO SE is a professional version of the MINITOR, exhibiting near
studio monitor response and powerful dynamic range. The New Modified 5"
woofer features a high damping rubber surround and polypropylene cone for a
neutral detailed midrange and smooth bass extension. The new hand made tweeter
from Hiquphon has a superb level of detail and an open, deep, pinpoint
soundstage. Again the best of the Danish driver technology is employed.
The
speaker is Bass Reflex design with a rear firing port. Crossover is hard wired
with Sonic Art Silver cable, and silver soldered to the CARDAS Patent Solid
Copper Binding Post system.
Finish
is AUSTRALIAN Jarrah veneer, with 25mm solid Jarrah front baffles coupled to
19mm MDF cabinets, hand made in
WOOFER: Modified
5-inch polypropylene cone large motor assembly, rubber surround.
TWEETER: Hiquphon OW1 silk dome
tweeter.
EFFICIENCY: 87dB with 1 watt at 1 metre.
IMPEDANCE: 8 ohms nominal.
RESPONSE: 60Hz to 22,000Hz
+2dB/-2dB.
AMPLIFICATION: 30 to 80 Watts unclipped.
DIMENSIONS: W190mm H320mm D240mm.
WEIGHT: 18kg per pair net.
MODEL: TOWER II
The TOWER II is a professional floor standing Loudspeaker,
exhibiting a near studio response and powerful dynamic range. The 8-INCH Bass
driver features a patented DYNAMIC DAMPENING circuit, high damping rubber
surround and Polypropylene cone for a remarkable midrange and deep bass
extension. The soft fabric ESOTEC dome tweeter from DYNAUDIO has a superb level
of detail retrieval and openness and an incredible extension. Again the best of
the Danish driver technology is employed. The speaker is Bass Reflex design.
Crossover is hard wired with Sonic Art Silver cable, and silver soldered to the
CARDAS Patent Solid Copper Binding Post system.
WOOFER: 8-Inch Polypropylene
cone featuring patented DYNAMIC DAMPENING circuit.
TWEETER: DYNAUDIO
ESOTEC.
EFFICIENCY: 90dB with 1 watt at 1
metre.
IMPEDANCE: 8 ohms nominal.
RESPONSE: 38Hz to 20,000Hz
+3dB/-3dB.
AMPLIFICATION: 30 to 150 Watts
unclipped.
DIMENSIONS: W250mm H870mm D350mm.
WEIGHT: 52kg per pair net.
MODEL: SUPER TOWER II
DESCRIPTION: The SUPER TOWER II is a professional floor standing
Loudspeaker, exhibiting a near studio response and powerful dynamic range. The
8-INCH Bass driver features a patented DYNAMIC DAMPENING circuit, high damping
rubber surround and Polypropylene cone which gives a controlled, deep bass
extension. The midrange drivers are Danish paper cone units poly coated, with
fine foam surrounds, giving a very natural musical presentation, yet detailed
and airy. (These are discontinued midranges so production of the
Crossover is a
very simple circuit, preserving the phase characteristics of the drivers and
giving a resistive, easy load to your amplifier. Hard wired with Sonic Art
Silver cable, and silver soldered to the CARDAS Patent Solid Copper Binding
Post system.
Finish is
AUSTRALIAN Jarrah or Silky Oak and the cabinets are 28mm laminate construction,
with 19mm sealed midrange enclosures. Hand made in
WOOFER: 8-Inch Polypropylene
cone featuring patented DYNAMIC DAMPENING circuit.
MIDRANGE: 4
inch poly / paper cone, foam surround.
TWEETER: Hiquphon OW1 20mm silk dome.
EFFICIENCY: 88dB with 1 watt at 1
metre.
IMPEDANCE: 8 ohms nominal, 6.5 minimum @180Hz
RESPONSE: 38Hz to 20,000Hz +2dB/-2dB.
AMPLIFICATION: 30 to 150 Watts
unclipped.
DIMENSIONS: W250mm H970mm D350mm.
WEIGHT: 70kg per pair net.
SONIC ART SA250 Tonearm
The Sonic Art SA250 is a
custom built tonearm based on the RB250. The RB250 is an exceptional arm for
modifying as it has a simplistic purity to its design, the quality of the
bearings and highly toleranced assembly
from the factory combined with a beautiful cast alloy tapered arm tube gives us
a serious base to work with. Sonic Art discards the factory counterweight and
plastic end stub, we carefully remove the factory wiring ensuring we retain the
factory fittings as much as possible at either end of the arm so that
re-assembly gives you essentially a factory finish. We do not touch the
bearings as the Rega techs spend considerable time setting these up for zero
play and as frictionless an operation as possible.
We add to the arm the
Origin Live end stub structural modification, this is not simply a screw in
stub but uses a threaded anchor system that screws into the back of the arm,
the stub is then clamped against the arm tube creating a solid extension of the
tube. The Origin Live counterweight is ready to fit by the customer. Wiring:
We have been making custom tonearm wiring looms for many years, we use CARDAS
Golden ratio litz tonearm wire in all custom arms. The arm wire runs from
cartridge clips to RCA plugs, where it exits the arm it runs in a Teflon guide
tube faraday cage that is full shielded, terminated with CARDAS Eutectic copper
alloy plugs with silver rhodium plating. You end up with a seriously good
sounding arm! VTA adjusting rings are available which complete the SA250,
detailed yet musical, rhythmical, dynamics and a strong bass line belie the
arms origins and price!
SONIC ART ‘LEGEND SE’ Vacuum tube amplifier
The LEGEND SE is a classic Single Ended tube amplifier
which utilises one of the all time great power tubes, the EL84. I have always
had a fondness for this tube, and wanted this amplifier to carry on where the
old LEGEND (using ECL86 tubes) left off. Using the EL84 allows the Audiophile
the ability to tube roll to their hearts desire. Being such a simple amplifier
with a direct path to the output transformers, different tubes are easily
distinguishable from each other sonically.
The
LEGEND SE is a classic Single Ended tube amplifier using one of the all time
greats, the EL84 pentode power tube. Input drives through a Class A dual triode
12AT7/AY7 allowing a very simple coupling path with minimal capacitance. Pentode or Triode connection is easily
configured inside the amplifier.
AxON
Tin Foil caps and kiwame resistors are used in the signal path, Power supply
are Japanese High Voltage electrolytics. Sonic Art Silver signal cable is used
for the input and an ALPS BLUE VELVET volume pot is standard. Output
transformers are hand wound with multiple section windings, a precision air gap
and very tight tolerances. Results are extended bandwidth at full power output.
PCB is high quality fibreglass with silver plated tracks.
Chassis
is brushed anodised non magnetic all alloy with CNC front plate and volume
knob. Power input features IEC EMI/RFI filtering module and AC cap for smooth
turn-on. Speakers around 88dB upwards are suitable for the LEGEND, 4 & 8
ohm output taps are offered to match most domestic loudspeakers. Sound quality?
Simply amazing!
An upgrade pack is available for the
LEGEND with the following suggested components:
NOS USA GE/Sylvania EL84 power tubes
NOS GE 6072 / 12AT7 input tube
ULTRA FAST soft recovery diodes.
CARDAS Golden section Film coupling caps.
CARDAS Silver Rhodium plated copper binding
posts.
CARDAS
Silver Rhodium plated copper RCA sockets.
Power output: 2.5wpc RMS / 5wpc peak Pentode / 1.2wpc RMS 2.5wpc peak Triode
Response: 18Hz – 42kHz @ RMS power
Operating voltage: 220-240VAC
Fuse: 500ma
Dimensions: W260mm H105mm D330mm
Weight: 7.0kg net
"The
Fable" Moving Magnet Phono stage.
The 'Fable' is a
simple design which features a very low noise, low distortion dual op amp. It is
designed to accept the input of any Moving Magnet cartridge, or high output
Moving Coil that presents a 47Kohm load. The 'Fable' operates best with
cartridges producing 3mV or more output, although it will provide enough gain
for cartridges as low as 1.0mV such as the Benz Micro range of medium output
cartridges. Low output moving coil cartridges can be used with the addition of
a step up transformer such as the Quick Silver Step up, to boost the cartridge
signal and match the impedance.
The
'Fable' is now built as the SE version only and features WIMA 2.5%
Polypropylene and Polyester capacitors, 12 ELNA Cerafine Audio capacitors, Burr
Brown Op Amp, New BY229 series ultra fast soft recovery diodes, CARDAS
Silver/rhodium plated RCA sockets, Beschlag low noise 1% resistors &
matched component tolerance for increased channel separation. Connected
internally with Sonic Art Silver wiring and CARDAS Silver/Rhodium plated
chassis RCA sockets. RIAA and IEC equalization is employed. The FABLE Phono
stage is housed in a new CNC Machined alloy case with solid acrylic front panel
and power LED.
The
power supply is fully regulated design featuring large ELNA Cerafine 1000uF
filtering capacitance, and special fast recovery ceramic rectifier diodes
instead of the more common (and cheap) one-piece bridge rectifier. The output
side of the regulator features 470uF ELNA Cerafine capacitors and WIMA bypass
capacitors to ensure good transient response and increased stability.
Power
comes from a new high current c-tick compliant Linear C core transformer power
supply housed in its own case. The transformer is external to the main
filtering board and phono board.
This
Phono Stage exhibits a smooth and open soundstage with excellent frequency
response and a detailed non-fatiguing sound. Available in 240VAC 50Hz and can be run with any low noise 2A+ external 15V AC transformer that has ground.
Gain: 56
Response: 10Hz – 50kHz -1.5dB
Operating
Voltage: 240VAC
Fuse: 500mA
Dimensions: TBA
Weight: 2kg