Viking Acoustics BRITON "Hybrid"

BRITON "Hybrid" AlNiCo      

$1,000 off! Delivered Mid-Feburary! 
Choose white or black armored cabinets + solid American cherry baffle (face) and solid American stands.

VIKING ACOUSTICS Briton Hybrid Medium Studio Monitors

More info: at  viking-acoustics  . dot com 

96 SPL makes them an excellent choice for lower powered tube amplifiers!

The super sensitive-wide-bander is complete with a hand turned European spruce phase-plug instead of the usual brass or plastic.

Hear Youtube Demo! ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnUhI02s2os

***** Exclusive acoustic lens model! The lens augmented with the internal resonating system act as a perfectly coherent port further increasing the efficiency while improving bass slam all at the same time.

Price INCLUDES Beautiful SOLID CHERRY STANDS Built by Resonant Woods of Vermont! 

8 Ohms!

BRITON STUDIO MONITOR

Medium Large, full-range monitor designed for critical listening in the studio or home setting. 

SPECIFICATIONS:

10-inch woofers with hand-made paper diaphragm and excellent sonic roll-off characteristics

5.75-inch wide-band driver with oversized AlNiCo magnet  hand-made dual cone diaphragm (matched to woofer) includes turned spruce-wood phasing plugs loaded in an acoustic lens strain gauge silver wire limits wide-banders amplitude while improving mid band and high-frequencies.

Minimal cross-over interference 6 db filter for woofer. Unique silver strain-gauge to wide-bander limits drivers amplitude while keeping absolutely every detail.

INTERNAL RESONATOR (Instrument) returns acoustic energy through the Acoustic Lens, provides damping, and is set at a critical angle within the cabinet to reduce standing waves within the cabinet.

Rigid cabinet made with .78 inch laminated Med-ex panels

Solid core silver and copper wire in unbleached cotton dielectric  

Overall size: 22" high x 12.5" wide x 13" deep ***** Total Height on included stands 40.5"

Weight: 46 lbs each (without stands).

Acoustic Lens™ model: Excellent option for near field and critical studio listening. The lens acts as a port and the tweeter/driver loading at the same time.

Latest Review of Our newest member of the Viking Lineup the Briton 'Hybrid" monitor!

Viking Acoustics Briton Studio Monitors (with Acoustic Lens)

Four years ago a friend mentioned about a speaker company called DC10 Audio (now Viking Acoustics) which sparked my interest in the company. Recently a pair of demo speakers from Viking Acoustics called Briton Studio Monitors came up for sale. I had never heard a Viking Acoustics speaker, so I started a conversation with company owner, David Counsell, about the speakers. A few weeks later the speakers were in my living room.

I have owned 3 brands of speakers before the Briton Studio Monitors,first a pair of ProAc Studio 125, a pair of Green Mountain Audio EOS stand mounts, Evolution Acoustics Micro1. My audio setup is very modest compared to what is out there: my source is a Mac mini using Audirvana that connects to a Metrum Octave Mk2 DAC and finally into an LFD LE IV integrated amplifier using Audio Magic interconnects and speaker cable. Most of my music is on lossless WAVE files.

I’ve always loved the Harbeth 30.1 monitor sound, wishing it had just a little more low frequency grunt. The Britons do just that for me, filling up my 15’W by 20’L by 7.5’H living room very well. Since the Britons are 94 dB sensitive they make it effortless for the LFD’s 60 Watts. David mentioned he likes his speakers paired with tube amplifiers, which I have never tried.

My conversations with David have been brief, as I believe he is not a man of many words, instead letting his speakers do the talking. The Britons have a wonderful build quality and when connected straight out of their boxes sound superb. David’s advice to me about what to expect from the Britons was accurate. The drivers require only 40 hours of burn in and more time for the capacitors and inductors although the tone wood resonator takes about a year to settle. I’m at approximately the 150 hour mark and the speakers have settled in beautifully - everything I have ever wanted in a speaker. I’m certain that the Briton Studio Monitors are going to be in my audio world for a very long time. 

About the sound of the Britons, they are a very natural sounding and revealing speaker, very sensitive to the source and recording, and equally sensitive to the rest of the gear that make up the chain. I have not heard voices and musical instruments sound more lifelike in my setup before. They give you an impression of a three dimensional wall of sound that can envelope the listener if the recording is up to it.

I took a risk buying the Briton Studio Monitors without listening and it has left me extremely satisfied.

Thanks, David!

- Pankaj R., November 2017