Audaphon Angara floorstanding loudspeaker in K+T 5/2011new version PA (paper)

Kit without housing, price per speaker

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If you want to listen to music with a loudspeaker in the long term, music that you know from live recordings, then the loudspeaker should not add anything to the reproduced signal.

That's what you'll find with Angara. One of the best tweeters available on the market was selected for this (K+T magazine called it "one of the dream tweeters"), the Audaphon ribbon Neo Pro 5i.

This is accompanied by two mid-woofers that were produced using absolutely state-of-the-art technology: Wavecors WF 182 BD 02. The crossover controls the woofers with a slope of 12 dB/octave.

The tweeter is controlled by a high pass with 18 dB/octave. To suppress a few remaining resonances, there are also suction circuits in the low pass and one in the high pass.

The frequency response of the box is very flat; it hardly fluctuates by 1 dB around the efficiency of 88 dB. If you want the frequency response to be a little flatter at 2-3 kHz, you can bevel the front edges of the housing.

The decay spectrum (waterfall) is very good-natured, and the omnidirectional behavior is absolutely excellent thanks to the ribbon. The non-linear distortions are minimal.

Since Angara is no longer available due to a lack of Wavecor woofers with Nomex membranes, we are offering Angara with Wavecor WF182BD04 here.

Technical data:

• Impedance: 4 Ohm
• Sound pressure level (2.83V/1m): 87 dB
• Dimensions (HxWxD): 1200 x 250 x 319 mm 
• Frequency range (-8dB): 30 - 42000 Hz 
• Crossover frequency(s): Hz 
• Principle: bass reflex box

Highlights

• Audaphon Ribbon NeoPro5i, aluminum, black
• 2x Wavecor mid-woofer WF182BD04, 8 Ohm
• Bass reflex tube HP70, 70x220mm, black
• 3x insulation material made of polyester wadding, 125 g for 20L volume
• Biwiring terminal T122 Au with gold-plated brass terminals
• 3m speaker cable 2x1.5 mm2, transparent
• PE sealing strip, 5x2 mm Pan screws 3.5x17 black, 4 pieces
• Allen wood screws 4x25mm, black 18 pieces
• Construction plan for the kit the crossover components (right), to be assembled on a wooden board.
• Audaphon MKP CAP Superior 2.2 μF / 400 Vdc
• Audaphon MKP CAP Superior 2.7 μF / 400 Vdc
• Audaphon MKP CAP Superior 3.9uF / 400 Vdc
• Audaphon MKP CAP Superior 5.6 μF / 400 Vdc
• Audaphon MKP CAP Superior 10 μF / 400 Vdc
• Audaphon MKP CAP Superior 15 μF / 400 Vdc 0.7 mm
• Mundorf air coil, 0.068 mH 2x 0.7 mm
• Mundorf air coil, 0.47 mH/0.57 Ohm
• 0.7 mm Mundorf air coil, 4.7 mH/2.39 Ohm
• 1.4 mm Mundorf air coil, 1.2 mH/0.33 Ohm
• 3x metal oxide resistor MOX10 2.2 Ohm (red-red-gold)
• Metal oxide resistor MOX10 8.2 Ohm (grey-red-gold)
• Metal oxide resistor MOX10 12 Ohm (brown-red-black)