Description
Sonus Faber Aida – The ultimate from the Reference Collection
EMBRACING CUTTING-EDGE SOUND TECH
Aida manages sound complexities with advanced resonance control technology. Its precision crossover ensures smooth transitions between frequencies, preserving the dimensionality of sound and perceived size of the sound-stage.
TUNED MASS DAMPER
The TMD (Tuned Mass Damper) is a device normally used in the biggest world’s skyscrapers and consists in some suspended masses placed inside of the speakers – while vibrating in antiphase, the TMD erases main vibrations and allows a clearer bass reproduction and a better silence reproduction.
STEALTH ULTRAFLEX SYSTEM
This patented system allows a great reduction of the THD (Total Harmonic Distortion) and a better bass extension while eliminating spurious vibration coming from the air passage inside the reflex duct and allowing a reduction of dimensions of acoustic chambers.
TUNED MASS DAMPER
The TMD (Tuned Mass Damper) is a device normally used in the biggest world’s skyscrapers and consists in some suspended masses placed inside of the speakers – while vibrating in antiphase, the TMD erases main vibrations and allows a clearer bass reproduction and a better silence reproduction.
STEALTH ULTRAFLEX SYSTEM
This patented system allows a great reduction of the THD (Total Harmonic Distortion) and a better bass extension while eliminating spurious vibration coming from the air passage inside the reflex duct and allowing a reduction of dimensions of acoustic chambers.
NEODYMIUM MAGNET SYSTEM
The most radical among the changes between the two generations of Aida is the selection of all-new driver systems, all of them featuring a Neodymium motor system that enhance the “Ultra Dynamic Linearity” characteristic.
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The wider view: Sonus faber Aida reviews in brief
The Aida takes its name from Verdi’s opera. It keeps the lute shape Sonus faber is known for and is finished in wood and leather, with a silk dome tweeter and a midrange cone of cellulose pulp.
TONEAudio reviewed the first version in November 2013 and wrote that “the Aida is as close to perfection as I’ve experienced”. Its reviewer heard “a tonal accuracy and contrast that, by far, are the most natural and convincing I’ve ever witnessed” and found more music in familiar recordings than he had heard before.
It is worth knowing that the review is of the original and Sonus faber has upgraded the speaker’s engineering since. The same review says it rewards the best source components and needs enough amplifier power to rock.
So it suits a large room and an owner who wants scale with the warm and involving voice Sonus faber is known for. A system at this level is planned as a whole and set up in the room, which is work we do. Call us and we will talk through your room and the amplifiers to put with it.
Sources: TONEAudio, “Sonus faber Aida Loudspeaker”, 5 November 2013. Sonus faber, “Aida”, the maker’s own page.
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