Avatar Audio HOLOPHONY No.4. Very special audio instrument with vintage drivers

     Achieving desired effect was possible thanks to moving over 50 years back in time to the era when Quality (high-sensitivity speakers with ultralight paper diaphragms and a few-Watt SET amps)  had not been yet abandoned for Quantity  (several dozen/hundred Watts speakers and solid-state amplifiers). The HOLOPHONY Be touched loudspeakers with the original drivers from the 50’s and 60’s of the 20th century, having a power rating of only 15-20W are uncompromising implementation of the idea “advantage Quality over Quantity”. They have an enormous sensitivity of 90-97 dB, so they can be driven by a few-Watt   tube amps, which also implement the rule: low power = low distortion = the highest quality.

     The HOLOPHONY Be touched  are probably the only loudspeakers available on the market that have:
1/ original drivers from the 60’s and 70’s of the 20th century with ultralight paper membranes which reproduce the finest details with unmatched precision
2/ very low power (20 W), so that they achieve extreme resolution and transparency
3/ soft surface of the housing around the speakers (covered with felt), which prevents the unfavorable sound reflections
4/ all electrical connections made without soldering (without the use of tin, which degrades sound).

     Due to their very high sensitivity of 90-97dB the Holophony are a “can’t resist it” offer for users of low-power tube amplifiers (SET), who have a problem with finding appropriate loudspeakers. At the highest level of sound reproduction QUALITY is inversely proportional to QUANTITY (amount of power), the rule which applies both to amplifiers and speakers. The Holophony connected (preferably by the DreamLink cables) to a Single-Ended Triode amplifier are a set uncompromisingly offering quality at the expense of quantity.
We assure you, however, that in household conditions the offered power output of several Watts is more than sufficient. The tragedy of the audio industry today lies in confusing the requirements for home and stage equipment. The trend of increasing the power output of home audio systems, initiated in the 1970s, in my opinion, has led the High-End to pathology – the loss of fidelity and musicality in exchange for the power output of a few hundred Watts that nobody needs in reality.
     The Holophony can handle 15-25W only, but they may be driven by all kinds of amplifiers, even powerful solid-state ones – then you just have to use the volume potentiometer carefully. The loudspeakers don’t have particular requirements as to the size of the listening room, either. Of course, the bigger, the better – the optimal distance from the surrounding walls is 1.5m (minimum – 0.5m). In a small room, the acoustic wave propagating spherically from the speakers hits the walls, diffracts and reaches the listener deformed, thus disorganizing and reducing the soundstage. More important than the size of the room is its proper acoustic treatment that prevents reflections which distort tonal quality (cooling and hardening the sound) and introduce false information about the location of the instruments.

      Here we offer a pair of Holophony Number Four loudpseakers.
These are bookshelf loudspeakers made of 25-mm MDF painted with metallic darkbrown colour. The patches of black felt are locally glued  to prevent sound reflections that degrade its timbre and deforms the soundstage.
Included in the set are isolation feet (Receptor Number One), there are no stands.
Technical details:
2-way configuration: tweeter: 10cm/4", midrange-woofer: 20cm/8"     
terminals: banana or spades (mono-wiring)
power rating: 20 W
impedance: 4 Ω             
sensitivity: 90 dB
freq.response: 33-20.000 Hz
high/width/depth: 38/33/33 cm  (15.2"/13.2"/13.2")
weight: 2 x 13 kg (28.6 lbs)

We ship the loudspeakers  in a sturdy 13-kg (28.6 lbs) wooden chest with fittings - total weight is 39 kg (85.8 lbs).
Shipping cost is: USA - $270, Europe - $60-120, Asia - $330.
We are confident that this will be the end of your audiophile search. Otherwise you may return them in 14 days from receiving date.