Sidebar 1: Specifications
Description: Remote-controlled, powered, three-way, 18-driver, floorstanding, sealed-box loudspeaker with Beam Width Control, Beam Direction Control, and Active Room Compensation. Drive-units (all ScanSpeak): seven 1.18" (30mm) Illuminator tweeters, seven 3.39" (86mm) Illuminator midrange units, three 8.3" (212mm) Discovery woofers, one 10.25" (260mm) Revelator woofer (front). Crossover frequencies: vary with driver and Beam Width setting. Power amplifiers: 14 B&O ICEpower AM300-X, tweeter & midrange drivers; four Heliox AM100-1, woofers. DSP: 2 Analog Devices ADSP-21489 chips running at 450MHz, 32-bit floating point, sampling rate of 192kHz. DACs: 9 (18 channels) Texas Instruments/Burr-Brown PCM1798 chips, 24/192. Master speaker analog inputs: B&O PowerLink, RCA, XLR. Master speaker digital inputs: USB (24/192), S/PDIF (24/192), TosLink (24/96), B&O Digital PowerLink (24/192), Wireless PowerLink (24/48), WiSA (24/96). Control ports: Ethernet, WiFi (in future firmware upgrade), IR (via plug-in sensor).
Specifications: (Narrow Beam Width, Digital Input, 1m on-axis, free-field, software v.1.2.2.5235): Frequency response: 18Hz–35kHz, +0/–3dB. Total harmonic distortion: 0.03% at maximum output at any frequency (includes entire hardware signal chain). Acoustic noise: 8dB SPL (A) at 1m (digital input, maximum volume). Maximum acoustic output: >120dB SPL peak at 1m. Power consumption: 0.5W (low-power standby), 2W (network standby), 150W (low-level audio/idle), 250W (sustained maximum average), >18,000W, 1ms (peak).
Dimensions: 49.33" (1253mm) H by 28.9" (735mm) W by 29.4" (747mm) D. Weight: 302 lbs (137kg).
Finishes: Fabric, aluminum, oak.
Serial numbers of units reviewed: 26445447 (Master), 26355347 (Slave).
Price: $84,990/pair. Approximate number of dealers worldwide: 200.
Manufacturer: Bang & Olufsen A/S, Peter Bangs Vej 15, DK-7600 Struer, Denmark. Tel: (45) 9684-1122. Web: www.bang-olufsen.com. US distributor: Bang & Olufsen America, Inc., 1751 Lake Cook Road, Suite 620, Deerfield, IL 60015.
Specifications: (Narrow Beam Width, Digital Input, 1m on-axis, free-field, software v.1.2.2.5235): Frequency response: 18Hz–35kHz, +0/–3dB. Total harmonic distortion: 0.03% at maximum output at any frequency (includes entire hardware signal chain). Acoustic noise: 8dB SPL (A) at 1m (digital input, maximum volume). Maximum acoustic output: >120dB SPL peak at 1m. Power consumption: 0.5W (low-power standby), 2W (network standby), 150W (low-level audio/idle), 250W (sustained maximum average), >18,000W, 1ms (peak).
Dimensions: 49.33" (1253mm) H by 28.9" (735mm) W by 29.4" (747mm) D. Weight: 302 lbs (137kg).
Finishes: Fabric, aluminum, oak.
Serial numbers of units reviewed: 26445447 (Master), 26355347 (Slave).
Price: $84,990/pair. Approximate number of dealers worldwide: 200.
Manufacturer: Bang & Olufsen A/S, Peter Bangs Vej 15, DK-7600 Struer, Denmark. Tel: (45) 9684-1122. Web: www.bang-olufsen.com. US distributor: Bang & Olufsen America, Inc., 1751 Lake Cook Road, Suite 620, Deerfield, IL 60015.
