The firebird is NOT a horn speaker. Only the tweeter is loaded by horn. The sub starts taking over at 60hz. The sensitivity of the speaker is 100db achieved by new woofer developed in house. Many like high sensitivity of horn but don’t like the dominating aesthetic. Firebird resolves these issues.
The first pair will arrive in August. It is a special edition. The cabinet is conventional closed box design. The cabinet of the Wagner on the other hand is a horn.
The most challenging issue of making the FMR EE power are the male and female AC connectors.
They are costly and extremely time consuming to develop. They are the first power connector made for audio from ground up. All other AC connectors are modifications from industrial designs - trying different materials on conductive pins with casing made by plastic or metal.
This approach severely compromises quality because the amount of conductive material can be used is structurally limited. For example, the FMR EE power contains an absolutely absurd amount of conductive material - a 2m power containing 800g of silver. No other after market AC connectors can house such amount of materials.
Moreover, Argento HAS NO METAL PARTS at all outside of the conductive path. To compare , manufacturer F grounds all metal parts not in the conductive path as the solution.
Argento uses PEEK to build the connectors (Manufacturer F uses Nylon). PEEK is one of strongest polymer materials ever made. It has very low dielectric constant with temperature tolerance close to 300 degrees Celsius measured continuously. Yet flammability is low. They are also easy to machine thereby improving parts precision during the manufacturing processes.
Argento uses unplated pure silver (plating is a form of coloration) as contact material and “bronze springs” in the female connector to increase contact pressure.
There is not a single part/element in the entire FMR EE power cable made of iron. As a result, there is no magnetic influence whatsoever on the power cable.
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https://www.monoandstereo.com/2018/06/new-cessaro-firebird-speaker-system.html?m=1
There is art deco user in Hong Kong.
So the Art Deco has been launched already.
Would you please share more info on it with us?
Is it smaller and ranked lower than the Wagner I?
Thank you again.
The chassis of Arcadia looks so special!
Has Javier revealed the tricks applied on it?