Apertura Forte

The Apertura Forté speaker finally provides an answer to the frustration of many owners of amplifiers of high musical quality, but of limited power, for example tube or Class A electronics.

Forte is the end of compromise.

Forté has a high sensitivity combined with extension and an unprecedented mastery of the low register.

It also benefits from the recognized Apertura qualities, respect for timbres, very high linearity and recreation of the sound image in three dimensions.. all in a compact, understated and elegant design

Forté will be suitable for listening rooms with a minimum surface area of ​​25-30m².

As the large diameter vent opens onto the rear side, it will be preferable if possible to move the speaker 50 to 60cm away from the rear wall.

DRIVE UNITS

• Two 18 cm mid/woofer with light light paper cone, filled with reed fibers.
  Long voice coil for a high linear excursion.

• Fabric dome tweeter from the “Ring Radiator” family.
  Very powerful Neodymium magnet circuit for a high sensitivity.
  Very linear bandwidth thanks to the dome profile and the rear damping chamber.

• Crossover

• Proprietary « DRIM » structure with a triple attenuation slopes and phase control over the entire bandwidth.

• High end components from Jantzen :

  • Heavy gauge baked inductors

  • Polypropylene capacitors

• Each set of drive units (tweeter and mid/woofers) are individually measured and crossover values adjusted according to these sets’ measurements.

• Hand wired on a 140 µm copper thickness printed circuit board.

• Optimized crossover structure to avoid magnetic interference between components.

• Internal wiring with 2.5mm² OFC copper cable.

ENCLOSURE

• This model uses the Apertura very specific cabinet shape : two curved sides of different length, and no parallel front and back panels.

• Laminar structure based on multiple thin layers pressure molded.
  Such process creates breaking modes and limit propagation of vibrations.

• Panels minimum thickness : 25mm.

• Internal multi-cavity framework (4 heavy bracing panels) to stiffen the structure and create very specific areas where damping materials can be applied.

• Very extensive treatment of the internal volume to cancel any standing waves. Three different material are used for this.

• Mechanical grounding : a central cone positioned on the axis of the center of gravity improved vibrations transfer to the floor.

1. 3 differents standard finishes available :

• Satin : american walnut

  1. High Gloss : piano black, white

• Frequency range (+/-3dB) : 32 Hz - 28 kHz

• Sensitivity : 93dB/2,83v/1m

• Impedance : 4Ω

• Load : Bass-Reflex

• Drive units : 16cm Isotactic Matrix cone Bass/Mid range unit, 25mm Ring Radiator Tweeter

• Crossover frequency : 3.5kHz

• Terminals : single wire binding posts (spades or Bananas)

• Dimensions :  230 x 334 x 1110 mm (W x D x H), with stands: 328 x 334 x 1149 mm

• Weight : 28kg ea

Further information available at the manufacturer website or alternately give us a call or email to discuss your needs or organise an audition.

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