Specialists for AmbienTech
AmbienTone series: built-in speakers
Imagine a sparsely furnished living room with bright white walls. Here, a loudspeaker grille embedded in the wall or ceiling would disturb the optical silence. They also do not see any traces of hi-fi components, let alone boxes.
AmbienTone: hearing test
Nevertheless, you can hear music - clearly. She comes from the wall opposite the couch, but there is not even a painting, so virgin white plastered she is. Witchcraft? Future music? No, present of the year 2011. To experience with the HiFi professionals in Frankfurt. And for a reasonable price, it is possible to do it in virtually any room at home.
The mix makes it
No question: The installation speakers of the AmbienTone series make it somewhat more complicated in terms of installation than with the cable ducts, but particularly impressively. In addition to conventional wall and ceiling loudspeakers of the types Q1 and R1 with standard spheres and conical diaphragms, in-akustik has a real stealth technology in its own right.
The flat loudspeakers AmbienTone No. 1, no. 2, no. 3 and no. 4 rely on NXT flat panels, which are designed according to the so-called bend wave principle, while normal diaphragms perform a piston stroke.
Bend wave transducers oscillate in a complex mode, which can only be controlled by special computer programs, and offer numerous advantages for the creation of an invisible loudspeaker: The sound pressure does not fall with the square of the distance and allows higher levels at the listening position without having to unduly increase the volume .
In addition, builders can camouflage the flat panels, which do not place great demands on the amplifier, at will. The possible measures range from overpainting over painting to plastering.
AmbienTech: Stylish cable ducts with light installation
As a result, the loudspeaker modules consisting essentially of 12.5 millimeter thick plasterboard panels disappear without visible traces behind the wall spread. The universal modules AmbienTone No. 2 hide behind a wooden wall and ceiling cladding or media walls. And the tiny AmbienTone plug-and-play speaker can be found in the wall and corner pillars of the AmbienTrack system.
The altogether five centimeters thick miracle transducers can be heard. In the listening test with the HiFi professionals in Frankfurt, which AmbienTech vividly present in the living room studio at the Eschersheimer Tor, the invisible whiteboard integrated flat men of solid background sounding showed quite grown.
Interview: HiFi professional Ernst Schmid about AmbienTone loudspeaker
This was even for higher levels. Everything sounded surprisingly clear and clean and the language comprehension convinced. However, the invisible can not achieve brilliant high-frequency resolution or accurate spatial mapping.
The spaciousness seems rather diffuse, as one knows it from a piano player in the hotel lounge. The AmbienArt loudspeakers are the right choice for listening to the radio and other background music or as an effect speaker for surround sound systems.
In multi-channel operation, the user can use his previous stereo speakers as a front loudspeaker and upgrade the AV system with a pair of AmbienTone panels for the effect channels. With bass management in the setup menu of the AV receiver, the bass can then be redirected to the main loudspeaker.
Because the price for the extreme flatness is a strong decrease in the bass range. Under 80 hertz practically nothing happens. For this reason, installation experts such as Ernst Schmid, Managing Director of HiFi professionals, recommend their customers to use a subwoofer.
This "bassbox" can be easily hidden, because deep frequencies can not be located. And it is a must for more demanding applications where the AmbienTone flat diaphragms are used as the main loudspeaker.
The installation of the stealth loudspeakers requires more craftsmanship, but in the drywall, wall covering with a substructure made of metal profiles and glass wool without tearing the masonry can be achieved. A DVD from the manufacturer clearly documents the installation and operation of the AmbienTech products, which can also be installed by a specialist.
AV dealers such as the hi-fi professionals cooperate with a number of electric installers and carpenters to offer tailor-made solutions to their customers from a single source. On the one hand, customers expect a central point of contact, and on the other hand the strict American directives prevent hi-fi special stores from routing electrical cables or boring them around walls.
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