ACOUSTIC ENERGY CORINIUM AVAILABLE FROM NOVEMBER

First seen at High End Munich 2023 and then at the UK Audio Show, the new Acoustic Energy CORINIUM is the culmination of a three-year project for the British HiFi Brand.

“The new CORINIUM is a loudspeaker that’s markedly more dynamic, more live sounding and more musically involving than any previous generation of product we’ve designed before. This has been achieved by developing brand new drive units, careful selection of crossover components and creating an enclosure that’s both acoustically and aesthetically stunning.” MD and Designer Mat Spandl

ACOUSTIC ENERGY CORINIUM DRIVERS

The tweeter design is a new and unique soft dome material that’s lighter than carbon fibre. Derived from the same carbon fibre mid and bass drivers used in AE’s 500 Series, a brand-new drive unit design was specially developed with an ultra-rigid version of the carbon fibre cone, driven by a long throw voice coil in a low hysteresis motor structure, to provide the best efficiency and greatest possible performance.

At the heart of the speaker is the mid-range driver and for the twin bass only drivers, the extra cabinet width allowed development of a brand new 165mm driver.

CROSSOVER

Optimised for best transient performance, the 3-way crossover features high quality components connected to the drive units using audiophile grade internal wiring which features a patented arrangement of conductors.

CABINET

The new drive unit and crossover developments are housed in a beautifully curved, inert enclosure. The hybrid ‘Resonance Suppression Composite’ (RSC) cabinets has a thickness up to 45mm for optimal performance. The 4-degree tilt improves the time alignment of sound to listener, whilst the 6mm ultra rigid aluminium front baffle firmly houses the drivers and is designed to isolatesany cabinet resonances from the listening environment.

Acoustic Energy CORINIUM

And finally, why the name? Cirencester in the beautiful Cotswolds, Acoustic Energy’s hometown for more than 25 years, was an important outpost in Roman Britain. In fact, it was the most important town outside of London. The Romans named it ‘CORINIUM’ and AE’s design team are proud to name their “most significant and impressive loudspeaker to-date” after their namesake.

ACOUSTIC ENERGY CORINIUM TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Mid-Range Driver: 120mm Carbon Fibre cone

Bass Drivers: 2 x 140mm Carbon Fibre cones

Tweeter: 29mm Soft dome

Design: 3-way reflex loaded with curved RSC cabinet and aluminium baffle

Frequency Range: 32Hz – 30kHz (- 6dB) / 38Hz – 25kHz (-3dB)

Sensitivity: 92dB/m/2.83v

Power Handling: 200w

Crossover Frequency: 260Hz / 3400Hz

Impedance: 4ohms

Dimensions: 1100mm (inc. spikes) x 235mm x 385mm (HxWxD)

Weight: 40kg (per speaker)

ACOUSTIC ENERGY CORINIUM PRICE AND AVAILABILITY

The new CORINIUM loudspeaker is suitable for medium to large-sized listening environments and will be available in real wood veneer, matt black, matt white and metallic British Racing Green cabinet finishes next month from £6,000 per pair.

HiFi PiG Says: Oscar liked the new Acoustic Energy CORINIUM at the Daventry HiFi Show, read his report here.