Audiovector, a decades-old home audio company, has announced the launch of its new Trapeze Reimagined loudspeaker in North America. This new speaker the company says, combines classic design elements with the latest audio technology to deliver high levels of performance to every genre of music.
Looking back, the Danish company points out that in 1979, Audiovector’s founder, Ole Klifoth, launched the Trapez—his first commercial speaker. The mother of all future Audiovector speakers, the Trapez was designed to reproduce the sound of a concert hall. The new Trapeze Reimagined follows that very same principle, featuring modern technologies, while paying homage to the company’s very first loudspeaker. Audiovector stresses that its latest product embodies 45 years of passion and love of music.
“I am very proud of our new loudspeakers. The Trapeze Reimagined takes all of Audiovector’s design heritage and combines it with the latest audio principles to create something truly special,” says Mads Klifoth, managing director, Audiovector. “These speakers bring elegance to any room and, most importantly, are a whole lot of fun to listen to.”
The company suggests the Trapeze Reimagined loudspeaker is engineered to transport listeners to the heart of a live event. Going beyond that experience, Audiovector continues, the new speaker’s classic Danish styling is intended to help ensure the product makes an impression that goes far beyond the sound. Due to its unique design the European manufacturer boasts, the front of the speaker is angled towards the listener, while the rear of the speaker remains parallel to the wall to help provide an elegant complement to any room. Audiovector also points out the Trapeze Reimagined loudspeaker’s cabinet is hand-veneered for a sleek fit and finish, and generously braced for low distortion and coloration.
Internally, the speaker employs a proprietary Audiovector 5-inch midrange driver that uses a strong Neodynium magnet for maximum power and control. The company says distortion is extremely low thanks to a patented distortion-shorting cap in the magnet. The light membrane features a corrugated ‘concertina’ surround for the performance required to blend with the AMT treble driver.
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Audiovector explains the speaker’s proprietary linear phase crossover incorporates precision components, each specifically manufactured for its intended purpose. Just as the original Trapez used a 6 dB per octave linear phase crossover topology, which the new Trapeze Reimagined also utilizes.
This approach the company alleges is the only way to achieve a perfect step response and deliver clear, natural sound. Other in-house technologies the speaker incorporates include cryogenically treated tin flash/copper capacitors, air-cooled, metal-housed resistors for bass and midrange, an array of film resistors in the treble to avoid induction distortion, and precision-wound coils, all falling within ± 1% tolerance levels.
Going deeper into the Trapeze Reimagined loudspeaker, Audiovector also incorporates an in-house bass driver that features a 12-inch membrane and a 4-inch voice coil the company that is said to deliver low distortion and clean bass. The driver includes a rubber ‘concertina’ surround, and Audiovector also says the bass driver is fast enough to blend seamlessly with the speaker’s midrange driver.
Inside the cabinet, Audiovector’s Diffraction Absorption Control, a thick layer of natural felt around the mid and treble drivers, absorbs reflected energy, allowing the drivers to function as point sources. The shape of the angled cabinet eliminates standing waves and ensures optimal conditions for the speaker’s drivers.
In addition, the company concludes, the Trapeze Reimagined use double mechanical decoupling, a 2-layer aluminum plinth incorporating built-in decoupling via carbon steel ball bearings and stylish Audiovector spikes. This combination the company emphasizes, reduces distortion, optimizes the speaker/floor interaction, and delivers a clean, precise performance.
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