ARTOS Audio Moonglow - 3-way Air-Flow-Design in mint condition

We have a beautiful Artos Audio Moonglow demo pair in French Nut premium finish on sale. It was only once on display at a show and otherwise never left the showroom. It's in mint condition, no flaws or scratches and barely broken in. The speakers come in their original boxes. Freight Service shipping costs to be determined.

The MOONGLOW is the entrance to the world of ARTOS AUDIO. Not just a speaker in its price range, not just an entry-level model and not just a scaled down Sunrise. The goal during the design process of the MOONGLOW was to create a speaker that offers extremely compact dimensions, an elegant and timeless appearance while offering outstanding sonic performance. Just another masterpiece from ARTOS AUDIO - at an affordable price level.

The Cabinet
With just 102cm (40") height and 42cm (16.5") depth the MOONGLOW can be regarded as a truly compact floor-standing speaker. Although it is quite difficult at this price point, the cabinets are made by the same skilled carpenters that build the cabinets for the Hurricane. The lute-shaped Air-Flow-Technology enclosure is build using our unique multi-layer construction. More than 40 exclusive veneers are available - all covered by a 10-layer high-gloss piano lacquer.  While the enormous efforts remain hidden from the eye, namely the inner structure of the cabinet, you will easily recognize the quality of the finish and the heavy WBT terminals.

Inside
The MOONGLOW is a sophisticated 3-way-design and offers much more than it might be expected. A 30mm Ceramic-Tweeter delivers crystal clear highs. For the midrange and the bass two 16cm ceramic drivers are in charge. All drivers are made in an exclusive graphite-coated version - the typical white Accuton drivers are available upon request. The crossover uses 1. order filters with 6 dB slope steepness only, which allows us to minimize the number of parts in the signal path. To eliminate the unavoidable resonances of the drivers and the enclosure a total of four absorber circuits are used. Needless to say that all parts are made by the renowned company Mundorf.

Summary
Offering a high-efficiency and a very linear impedance behavior the MOONGLOW can be driven by nearly every integrated amplifier with just 20 Watts output power.

Specifications
System: 3-Way Airflow-Design
Cabinet: resonance-optimized multi-layer-construction
Drivers: 1 x 1.2" ceramic tweeter
             1 x 6.25" ceramic midrange
             1 x 6.25" ceramic woofer custom made by Accuton
Impedance: 5 Ohm
Efficiency: 91 dB
Power handling: 15 - 200 Watt @ 4 Ohm
Frequency response: 36 Hz - 28 kHz / -3 dB
Terminal: WBT Single-Wire Terminal
Crossover: hand crafted by ARTOS AUDIO using Mundorf parts
Internal wiring: PCOCC construction made by ARTOS AUDIO
Spike-System: 8mm stainless steel spikes
Dimensions: 102 x 21 x 42 cm (HxWxD)
Weight: 35kg/pcs. 40kg incl. packaging
Finishes: real wood veneer with 10-layer high-gloss piano lacquer 10-layer piano-finish black or white

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About ARTOS Audio
ARTOS Audio, a company from Krefeld Germany, manufactures timeless, very elegant looking and fantastically finished speakers in the tradition of German craftsmanship combined with innovative leading-edge engineering.

ARTOS Audio loudspeakers are time-coherent with outstanding precision, very open and natural-sounding with impressive soundstage, super fast and dynamic with lifelike realism and spectacular bass control.

Philosophy

Music is part of our culture, part of our lives. Everyone who loves music knows about the wide range of feelings and emotions that can be triggered by music. Music keeps memories alive and gives us those precious moments of happiness and satisfaction. Playing music through a HiFi-system - no matter what quality it is - can never substitute attending a concert, because the emotional touch of a live performance is most often lost during the recording session, the mixing procedure in the recording studio, or the following "conservation" on the musical media. ARTOS Audio strives to bring the listener as close as possible to the emotional experience of a live performance.

Goal

The primary goal is to create tonally balanced and a neutral speaker systems, that allow the listener to be as close to the original recording as possible. While the overall performance of the speaker systems is the major focus, ARTOS Audio follows a clear philosophy with regard to physical properties and relevant measurable parameters. The shape of ARTOS speakers is dictated by the air-flow-optimized properties of the entire construction - form follows function rather than vice versa. The timeless and elegant appearance is a welcome side effect.

Technology

The foundation and basis for the excellent performance of ARTOS speakers is the cabinet. All cabinets are optimized to keep resonance effects as low as possible, while using the energy radiated into the cabinet instead of absorbing it. The shape of the cabinets and their internal construction allows optimal air-flow efficiency while keeping resonances at a minimum, which makes any damping materials inside the cabinets unnecessary.

After long hours of listening, measuring and experimenting with many different materials ARTOS decided on three types of wood. Birch, Beech and Maple are the woods used to manufacture the cabinets. Eleven layers of different kinds of wood are pressed into shape for the side walls, while the front baffle uses a massive and solid piece of beech wood. The extreme stiffness and resonance properties of the cabinets avoid the typical "wooden" sound found in less elaborate constructions. Placing the highest demands on development turns even the smallest detail into a time- and cost-intensive project.

The manufacturing process of the cabinets for a pair of the smallest loudspeakers requires 100 man hours. First, the side panels are pressed into shape. After this, the CNC-machined front baffle and the rear Air-Flow panel are mounted to the side panels using numerous internal braces. Next, the cabinet is sealed and lacquered inside using a special instrument varnish.

All drivers are custom-made, Air-flow optimized highest grade ceramic drivers from the German manufacturer Accuton. The crossover network uses only top quality high-grade matched-pair premium capacitors, oxygen-free copper-foil coils and metal-oxide resistors made by Mundorf and Duelund. The internal cabling is handmade by Heavens Gate Audio of Germany. The single wire terminal uses the top WBT-Germany platinum binding posts.