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- Μηνύματα
- 8.978
- Reaction score
- 895
"The 25mm ribbon "twin ribbon" tweeter (Volent's patented design) reproduces frequencies up to 100kHz. Your hearing may reach, if you are young, about 20kHz, but the ability to reproduce sounds to frequencies five times higher is, according to the company, "able to produce the harmonics and high frequencies which 'lift the curtain' on musical reproduction to give the listener a sense of presence as never before." Its low mass provides it with the ability to reproduce tiny high frequency waves with greater precision and speed. A Volent-prepared chart demonstrates the wide listening angle they achieve with twin ribbon technology. The result is to provide the qualities of both ribbon and dome tweeter technology.
The seven-inch bass driver crosses over to the mid range at 630Hz. It is a titanium and graphite sandwich cone woofer with a patented "Air" system. Volent does not elaborate on the Air system online or on the details of titanium and graphite sandwich, but its importance became important later in my listening.
The three-inch mid-range speaker uses an aluminum cone and covers the range up to 5700Hz at which point the dual ribbon tweeter takes over. The nominal impedance of the speaker was given as six Ohms, and I found it worked best when I attached it to the four Ohm terminals on my amplifier.
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Most importantly, my exploration inside the VL-3 loudspeakers taught me that their build quality is very high. If you are going to spend close to $10,000, you deserve an excellent product and the Volent VL-3 loudspeakers easily qualify. While the VL-3s sell for a price where there are many other fine loudspeakers, these hang with the $10,000 crowd very comfortably."
Full Review: enjoythemusic.com
