
Design
Designing and building a new loudspeaker is both the easiest and hardest engineering challenge in all of high-fidelity. On the one hand, anyone can go online and buy a few drivers and bang together a box to make decent sound. On the other hand, the most difficult task in all of high-performance audio is crafting a seamless phase-correct output from two or more driver technologies. Over nearly a century of loudspeaker designs, few models have ever achieved legendary status. The FR30 joins the ranks of a rare handful of true full-range speakers that can honestly cover the frequency range of 28Hz to beyond 20kHz with grace, dynamics, slam, and low distortion. What’s captured on the disc is exactly what you’ll hear with a greater resolution than most have ever experienced. Grace, beauty, PRaT, power, and a musicality that is rare amongst 6 figure offerings from other manufacturers await owners of the aspen FR30. That this speaker is financially within reach of many makes it a miracle.Application

Overview

The Drivers

The Enclosure

Features
• • • • FOUR 8″ LOW DISTORTION HIGH EXCURSION WOOFERS • FOUR 10″ LOW DISTORTION HIGH EXCURSION BASS RADIATORS • REAR TWEETER LEVEL CONTROL • BAFFLE STEP ADJUSTMENT FOR BEST SPEAKER PLACEMENT • FLAT IMPEDANCE CURVE FOR EASY AMPLIFIER LOAD • SMOOTH AND FULL OFF AXIS RESPONSE • IN-ROOM BASS RESPONSE TO 20hz @ -6db • TWO PIECE CABINET FOR EASY SETUP • ADJUSTABLE FEET • EASY TO POSITION FOR BEST PERFORMANCE • •Specifications
Color Options | Pearl White, Sable Black |
Enclosure Type | Two piece – Sealed upper cabinet mid-tweeter module, Passive radiator lower cabinet (4 10” side-firing passive radiators) |
High Frequency Transducer | 2 x 2.5” planar magnetic with Teonex diaphragm |
Mid Frequency Transducer | 10” planar magnetic with Teonex diaphragm |
Low Frequency Transducer | 4 x 8” woofers, cast frame, aluminum cone, 12lb advanced magnet structure |
Crossover Frequency | 400 Hz, 2500 Hz – LR4 |
Sensitivity (2.83V @ 1M) | 88 dB |
Nominal Impedance | 4 ohm (3.6 ohm minimum impedance) |
Recommended Amplifier Power | 100-600W |
Frequency Response | 28Hz-20kHz (-6dB) |
Dimensions (HxWxD) | 60.5” x 16” x 25.75” with base (10” width not including base) |
Net Weight | 230 lbs (104.5 kg) |
$28,499
