New Design, New Technology, New Sound … this gives a perfect summary of the changes being made to the VIRGO V. Never before in the long VIRGO success story has a redesign of a predecessor model been completed to such an extent. In terms of loudspeaker technology, the VIRGO immensely benefits from its larger sister, the AVANTI, with which it shares the cabinet design as well as the highly sophisticated interior structure. Together, these features combine to take the sonic performance of the VIRGO into a new dimension. As a special feature in terms of technology, the revamped loudspeaker comes with Hyper Holographic Cone Midrange (HHCM) as the logical next step to complement the Hyper Holographic Cone Tweeter II.
Features
A typical three-way design operates with three different types of drivers dividing the audio spectrum into three bands. Normally it features one or more woofers, one midrange driver and one tweeter. It is common to set the crossover from the woofer to the midrange driver between 150Hz and 300Hz whereas the crossover frequency from midrange to tweeter is normally set between 2000Hz and 3000Hz.
Active Cone Damping (ACD) was first developed and implemented by Audio Physic in order to avoid resonances associated with metal cones. A silicone/rubber ring is mounted on the outer ring of the cone where it directly applies pressure on the cone. This is a highly effective means to eliminating the otherwise unavoidable ringing and therefore removes the metallic sound.
Audio Physic's three-way and three-and-a-half way loudspeakers are equipped with side firing woofers. Even when applying large-diameter cones, our loudspeakers keep a narrow baffle design which allows for the superb spatial imaging Audio Physic loudspeakers absolutely excel at. Compared to the configuration often used nowadays where the woofers are mounted only on one side, Audio Physic prefers to arrange them on both sides of the cabinet. The drivers are operating in phase (all woofer cones move simultaneously in the same direction, either inwards or outwards). Forces acting on the cabinet are nearly cancelled out with this effective – so called push-push configuration – and precise, low-resonance sound reproduction is achieved. However, the push-push configuration must not be confused with the push-pull principle commonly used for power amplifiers.
A negative impact from unwanted resonances on the transmission of signals can be detected at each point of the reproduction chain. The use of high-quality and stable rack systems as well as special stands, feet or bases may often yield astonishing results.
However, no attention was paid to another important path of mechanical mischief-makers. Cables – necessary to transmit the signal – not only carry electrical signals, unfortunately they also carry mechanical energy which moves at its strongest in the opposite direction to the signal. Therefore, vibrations picked up and measured on a loudspeaker cabinet can be followed back to the source of the signal. Audio Physic has developed the Vibration Control Terminal in order to eliminate such unwanted vibrations. The massive aluminium construction is additionally damped and fitted with a neoprene gasket for elastic suspension ensuring that the binding posts are effectively decoupled from the cabinet.
Technical Details
| Height | 990 mm / 39" |
| Width | 230 mm / 9.1" |
| Depth | 400 mm / 15.7" |
| Required Space Width x Depth | 330x470 mm / 13x18.5" |
| Weight | 27 kg |
| Recommended amplifier power | 30-180 W |
| Impedance | 4 Ohm |
| Frequency range | 32 Hz - 40 kHz |
| Sensitivity | 89 dB |
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