World first full enclosed horn speaker active system

Matej Isak

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Avantgarde Acoustic Model Zero 1

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Avantgarde Acoustic presented new speaker Model Zero 1. Its completely active driven. Priced around 9000 eur as all in one system. On active listening display there were also legendary trios. Horns are horns. Love them or hate them, but they do bring music alive like few. These year sound was pleasant.

Avantgrade Acoustic CEO Mr. Holger Fromme, gave us a presentation about the horn speaker at general and later on presented the new speaker Model Zero 1.

He approached the benefits of horn based speakers and how important is the size of membrane and why small speakers cannot recreate sound of large event or instruments.

Zero 1 is not only an active amplified system, but includes everything in speaker. The DAC, Amplifier and speakers. So you only need a digital input and you ready to go. Holger Fromme pointed out the simplicity of handling and ready to go instant enjoyment of the music.

Whole article:

http://www.monoandstereo.com/2013/05/avantgarde-acoustic-model-zero-1.html
 

JonFo

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very Interesting. Glad to see more active speakers.

a couple of questions and an observation.

Any active system with a DSP crossover is per-force going to have D/A, one per amplified driver. Therefore it's a DAC.

Now, if it also has USB or SPDIF digital ins, the question of how to manage volume comes in. Did they explain how that's accomplished in this system?

Volume management is a major hurdle that I hope the industry defines a standard fairly quickly, as many more actives with digital ins are appearing, and volume control is a serious challenge.
 

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