Audaphon Angara 2 floorstanding loudspeakers from K+T magazine 4/2014

Kit without housing, price per speaker

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The Angara bass reflex floorstanding speaker, which Klang+Ton already rated as being of the highest quality in issue 5/2011, was to be improved again with Angara 2. 

They came across the Audaphon AMT 1i, which Klang+Ton magazine confirms: "nothing less than one of the best tweeters in the world in its weight class".

A Wavecor W182BD12, which has a fiberglass membrane, was chosen as the companion.

A 2nd order crossover (12 dB/octave) is used as the crossover.

In parallel to the two woofers, two suction circuits provide corrections.

The frequency response of the Angara 2 is flat up to over 20 kHz.

The decay spectrum is flawless; the non-linear distortions are consistently below 0.3% at 85 dB (1m) above 400 Hz; between 700 Hz and 8 kHz even less than 0.1%.

The loudspeaker is recommended to anyone who wants a loudspeaker that simply reproduces exactly what is fed to it as an electrical signal.

Technical data:

• Impedance: 4 Ohm
• Sound pressure level (2.83V/1m): 88 dB
• Dimensions (HxWxD): 1150 x 250 x 325 mm
• Frequency range (-8dB): 30 - 26000 Hz
• Crossover frequency(s): 2300 Hz
• Principle: bass reflex box

Highlights

• Audaphon Air Motion Transformer AMT-1i
• 2x Wavecor mid-woofer WF182BD12, glass fiber
• 2.5x Sonofil insulation material 100 x 35 cm for 20 liters
• Pole terminals PK31, one pair, gold-plated, red+black
• 3.5m speaker cable 2x2.5 mm2, transparent
• Allen wood screws 4x25 mm, black 12 pieces
• Construction plan for the kit the crossover components (right), to be assembled on a wooden board.
• Audaphon MKP CAP Superior 8.2 μF / 400 Vdc
• 2x Audaphon MKT capacitor 22 μF / 160 Vdc
• ClarityCap PWA capacitor 1.2 μF / 160 Vdc
• 0.7 mm air coil, 0.68 mH/0.70 Ohm
• 1.0 mm air coil, 0.47 mH/0.32 Ohm
• 1.0 mm air coil, 1.5 mH/0.63 Ohm
• 1.4 mm air coil, 0.68 mH/0.26 Ohm
• Metal oxide resistor MOX10 2.2 Ohm (red-red-gold)
• Metal oxide resistor MOX10 3.3 Ohm (orange-orange-gold)
• Metal oxide resistor MOX10 6.8 Ohm (blue-gray-gold)

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