FROM CANADA AND INSPIRED BY VINTAGE ALTEC CABINETS, THE NEW HERETIC AD612 LOUDSPEAKERS

The Heretic AD612 is inspired by the Altec 612 Utility cabinet. They are a two-way, ductless, high sensitivity, coaxial monitor, designed and built in Canada.

HERETIC AD612 LOUDSPEAKERS

Robert Gaboury the owner and designer of heretic Loudspeakers told us: “We kept the basic shape and proportions of the Altec design, but re-tuned and re-engineered for our own 12 in. coaxial drive unit, with ferrite magnetics on woofer and Neo 1 in. compression driver“.

Heretic AD612 Loudspeakers

CROSSOVER

The crossover is a serial type Linkwitz-Riley second order crossover that took over two years for Robert and his team to fine tune. The speakers are designed to be room friendly and work with it, with close to wall placement advised.

The Altec inspiration for the heretic speakers

SENSITIVITY

Heretic loudspeakers are engineered to work with all amplifiers, including high quality, low power, tube or valve amplifiers, the Heretic AD612 has a sensitivity of 97 dB @ 2,83V @ 1 M; 35 to 23000Hz (typical in-room 30 to 20kHz).

Heretic AD612 Loudspeakers in white

CABINETS

The cabinet is made from FSC-certified 12-ply premium birch plywood and is hand finished and hand polished using Allback linseed oil/beeswax that contains no solvent. Stock colours are White Bleached, Natural, Brown and Black. There are also options for over twenty custom colours.

Natural finish

HERETIC AD612 SPECIFICATIONS

2-way, ductless, high efficiency 2 way coaxial monitor. Serial Linkwitz-Riley second order network, FSC 12 ply, birch plywood construction. Mil spec circuit board.

Components: 303 Heretic coaxial transducer

Low frequencies: 12 in. high power, low frequency transducer

High frequencies: 1 in., coaxial compression driver

Horn profile: Short exponential.

Frequency response: 40 Hz to 22 000 Hz – 6 dB – typical room response 32 Hz to 20 000 Hz

Recommended amplifier power: 3 to 300 watts, unclipped

Impedance: 8 Ω

Sensitivity: 97 dB @ 2.83 V @ 1M.

Crossover: Corner frequency: 1,7 kHz; Type: 2nd order Serial type Linkwitz-Riley, Air core inductors, Mundorf© Capacitors.

Enclosure Dimensions: 30,25 in. high, 25,5 in. wide, 17.75 in. depth; 77 cm high, 65 cm wide, 45 cm deep

Weight: 68 lbs / 40 kg, Volume: 7 cubic feet, 198 litres.

Connection: Neutrik Speaker Isolated connectors.

Heretic AD612 Loudspeakers in black

HERETIC AD612 LOUDSPEAKERS PRICE

Retail price is $9290 USD

HiFi Pig Says: A very cool loudspeaker that will be popular with those looking for a vintage-inspired design with up-to-date technology.