AUDIOGRADE specifications

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AUDIOGRADE is a young German high-end manufacturer from Aachen, which produces a worldwide unique loudspeaker 'from a single source' under uncompromising conditions using novel materials and state-of-the-art manufacturing processes. Under the leadership of visionary and chief developer Wolfram Szentiks, an active and a passive loudspeaker with the sonorous name ARDORA has been created in cooperation with internationally leading acoustics specialists, which embodies the central element of AUDIOGRADE 's company philosophy thanks to intensive research and development: while conventional loudspeakers made of wood can impair the original music signal due to their material properties and cause sound losses at the joints of the individual housing parts, AUDIOGRADE relies on a seamless high-density plastic in order to almost completely prevent disturbing housing vibrations and to offer the ceramic speaker chassis from Thiel & Partner an optimal basis for flawless playback qualities. Because, unlike a musical instrument, a loudspeaker housing is designed to prevent any sound leakage through the housing walls and not to produce any disturbing natural vibrations.

For all AUDIOGRADE loudspeakers, further innovations and technical refinements such as the world's first waveguide sound guidance of the renowned ceramic drivers in the mid- and high-frequency range guarantee a particularly homogeneous radiation behavior and an extension of the sweet spot, which significantly simplifies the installation of the ARDORA in a wide variety of rooms. In addition, a tailor-made CNC machine park of the self-built brand and, last but not least, an extensive electronics laboratory, in which all active electronics are developed, tested and matched to customer requirements together with the integrated loudspeaker management system of a renowned partner company in Aachen, also ensures a production depth of almost 100% - including room measurement and correction procedures. Further possibilities for individualization such as the option of an invisible installation of the connection panel on the underside, a wide variety of color and surface treatments and a harmoniously curved housing shape complete the overall picture of the ARDORA, which can rightly be called one of the highest quality and most advanced high-end speakers of its craft.

Visionary and chief developer Wolfram Szentiks is responsible for the development of AUDIOGRADE loudspeakers as a long-time connoisseur and expert of the high-end world, who, due to his passion for the highest quality audio components, has been developing and constructing analog and digital circuits and elaborate loudspeakers since his early youth. For example, many years ago, the hard-earned income from shift work during school holidays was exchanged for noble components at the dealer of the city in order to continuously get closer to the one goal of life and the desire for perfect music reproduction. The many efforts have paid off: After studying electrical engineering and intensive professional experience as a software and hardware engineer in the field of CNC control and other industries, Wolfram Szentiks realizes his dream, bundles his own competencies and, with the support of a highly qualified team of experts, founds his own high-tech manufactory, which has since been able to convince not only metrologically across the board with its exceptional loudspeakers, but above all with its musical qualities connoisseurs and connoisseurs with the highest standards again and again captivates and inspires.

Active floor-standing loudspeakers made of resonance-free PolyGrade™ polymer concrete

Pass ive floor-standing loudspeakers made of resonance-free PolyGrade™ polymer concrete

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ARDORA Active
CALORA Active

CALORA Pass ive

Fairaudo.de 05/2014 – Review ARDORA Pass ive
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Marco Dettweiler, September 24, 2013 – Review ARDORA Active
Hifi Einsnull 04/2013 – Review ARDORA Active
Stereoplay 07/2013 – Review ARDORA Pass ive
AUDIOphile 02/2013 – Review ARDORA Pass ive
LP Magazin 01/2013 – Review ARDORA Pass ive
Hifi Loudspeaker Test Yearbook 2013 - Review ARDORA Active
6moons.com 05/2014 - Review ARDORA Pass ive