ALTA AUDIO RELEASE THEIR NEW REFERENCE ALTA AUDIO APHRODITE LOUDSPEAKERS

New reference Alta Audio Aphrodite Loudspeakers are a four-way design.

American HiFi brand Alta Audio has announced Aphrodite, a four-way floor-standing speaker that heralds a new era and new reference model for the brand.

ALTA AUDIO APHRODITE LOUDSPEAKERS

The Alta Audio Aphrodite includes a custom-designed four-way driver complement, featuring one titanium former 10” woofer with Alta Audio’s patented XTL bass tuning; one hex cone 8 3/4” titanium former lower midrange; two hex cone 6” upper midrange drivers; and one amorphous core transformer, high output ribbon tweeter.

DRIVER COMPLEMENT

Updates and features in the new Aphrodite speaker include Titanium formers with hybrid neodymium/ferrite magnet structures, magnesium baskets, and free airflow structures for maximally linear response on all drivers.

All drivers in the midrange and mid-bass use low distortion high speed carbon fiber/rohacell/carbon fibre composite sandwich cones. The ribbon tweeter boasts a powerful magnet structure, with an amorphous core transformer, and Aphrodite includes a high speed 8 3/4” mid-bass coupler driver.

A true Dipole/D’Appolito (Dipolito) driver layout with an open-back design, with the crossover created specifically for the Aphrodite, the drivers are arranged MTM (midrange on top and below the ribbon tweeter) to create a precisely synchronized pulse.

“Aphrodite is the ultimate statement of Alta Audio’s approach to a no-compromise speaker, From the ground up, Aphrodite represents a new level of product design for Alta Audio, with newly designed elements that add up to a musical speaker that is equally at home in a multi-channel A/V system.”

Michael Levy, Alta Audio’s Founder, CEO, and Product Designer.

XTL TRANSMISSION LINE

In addition, Aphrodite includes the updated, and now, patented, XTL transmission line. The XTL II hybrid transmission line is a ported enclosure designed to increase power handling, lower distortion, and extend bass frequencies. Also, Alta Audio’s DampHard TM construction is designed to eliminate resonances while remaining lossless to maximize the dynamic range.

Aphrodite is available in Alta Audio’s super high-gloss black onyx finish with other colours available upon special order.

ALTA AUDIO APHRODITE SPECIFICATIONS

Dimensions: 54” H x 15” W at the bottom, narrowing to 8 1/2” at the top x 18” D

Weight: 137 lbs. each

Driver complement:

· one (1) titanium former 10” woofer with Alta Audio’s patented XTL bass tuning

· one (1) hex cone 8 3/4” titanium former lower midrange

· two (2) hex cone 6” upper midrange drivers

· one (1) amorphous core transformer, high output ribbon tweeter

Sensitivity: 90 dB / 2.83 Volts @ 1Meter

Frequency response: 26Hz to 47kHz +/- 3dB

Impedance: 4 Ohms

Requirements: Minimum 50 to 400 Watts, Can be Bi-wired, or Bi-amped

Configuration: Open-back Dipolito

Alta Audio Technology:

– DampHard Construction

– XTL II Bass

ALTA AUDIO APHRODITE PRICE AND AVAILABILITY

Aphrodite will ship in late February at a suggested retail price of $50,000/pair with a 15% up-charge for pantone colours other than black.

HiFi PiG Says: We are very much looking forward to hearing these new reference speakers from Alta Audio soon!