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A spec sheet listing a single balanced XLR input and nothing else is either an oversight or a statement, and with Amphion it's clearly the second one. The new A15 is a compact two way active with no wi-fi, no Bluetooth, no HDMI, no USB, no app. Just amplification and an analog input.
The internals are lifted almost wholesale from their One15 studio monitor: 1-inch titanium tweeter, 5.25-inch aluminium woofer, a 5.25-inch aluminium passive radiator instead of a port, 1,600Hz crossover, same 12.44 x 6.3 x 10.43 inch cabinet. The difference is that the A15 has its own amplifiers, 125 watts on the bass and 22 on the treble, and it weighs 20 pounds a side. Amphion quotes 55Hz to 40kHz at -6dB, which is honest of them and also tells you a subwoofer isn't optional.
I like this more than I expected to. Every active speaker with a streaming board inside it is on a clock, and when the board stops being supported the speaker becomes a paperweight with good drivers in it. Take the board out and the thing outlives three generations of streamer.
The catch for anyone here is the input. One XLR each means no AVR unless yours has balanced pre-outs, no TV without something in between, so this is a two channel desk or listening room product wearing hi-fi clothes. No price was listed in what I read, and that number will decide everything. Anyone running XLR-only actives with a TV in the chain, what did you use to bridge it?
The internals are lifted almost wholesale from their One15 studio monitor: 1-inch titanium tweeter, 5.25-inch aluminium woofer, a 5.25-inch aluminium passive radiator instead of a port, 1,600Hz crossover, same 12.44 x 6.3 x 10.43 inch cabinet. The difference is that the A15 has its own amplifiers, 125 watts on the bass and 22 on the treble, and it weighs 20 pounds a side. Amphion quotes 55Hz to 40kHz at -6dB, which is honest of them and also tells you a subwoofer isn't optional.
I like this more than I expected to. Every active speaker with a streaming board inside it is on a clock, and when the board stops being supported the speaker becomes a paperweight with good drivers in it. Take the board out and the thing outlives three generations of streamer.
The catch for anyone here is the input. One XLR each means no AVR unless yours has balanced pre-outs, no TV without something in between, so this is a two channel desk or listening room product wearing hi-fi clothes. No price was listed in what I read, and that number will decide everything. Anyone running XLR-only actives with a TV in the chain, what did you use to bridge it?
