A new Reference Speaker from Alta Audio

A new Reference Speaker from Alta Audio

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MELVILLE, NY, January 24, 2024 โ€“ Alta Audio, the company that combines advanced technology and outstanding aesthetics to create industry-leading home audio loudspeakers, today announced Aphrodite, a four-way floor-standing speaker that heralds a new era for the brand.

โ€œAphrodite is the ultimate statement of Alta Audioโ€™s approach to a no-compromise speaker,โ€ says Michael Levy, Alta Audioโ€™s Founder, CEO, and Product Designer. โ€œFrom the ground up, Aphrodite represents a new level of product design for Alta Audio, with newly designed elements that add up to a musical speaker that is equally at home in a multi-channel A/V system.โ€

Aphrodite, which will ship in late February at a suggested retail price of US$ 50,000/pair with a 15% up-charge for pantone colors other than black, includes a custom-designed four-way driver complement, featuring one (1) titanium former 10โ€ woofer with Alta Audioโ€™s patented XTL bass tuning; one (1) hex cone 8 3/4โ€ titanium former lower midrange; two (2) hex cone 6โ€ upper midrange drivers; and one (1) amorphous core transformer, high output ribbon tweeter.

Updates and stand-out features in the new Aphrodite speaker include:

  •  Titanium formers with hybrid neodymium/ferrite magnet structures, magnesium baskets, and free airflow structures for maximally linear response on all drivers.
  • All drivers in the midrange and mid-bass use low distortion high speed carbon fiber/rohacell/carbon fiber composite sandwich cones for enhanced detail and a precise, accurate soundstage.
  • The ribbon tweeter boasts a powerful magnet structure, with an amorphous core transformer, resulting in it being lightning fast with unmatched accuracy and excellent dispersion.
  •  The Aphrodite includes a high speed 8 3/4โ€ mid-bass coupler driver for smooth coherent imaging through the midrange into the bass.
  •  A true Dipole/Dโ€™Appolito (Dipolito) driver layout with an open-back design, with the crossover created specifically for the Aphrodite, the drivers are arranged MTM (midrange on top and below the ribbon tweeter) to create a precisely synchronized pulse.
  •  The dipole midrange drivers and mid-bass coupler boast enhanced linear response for unerring accuracy.

In addition, Aphrodite includes the updated — and now, patented — XTL transmission line. The XTL II hybrid transmission line is a ported enclosure design that greatly increases power handling, lowers distortion, and extends bass frequencies. Also, Alta Audioโ€™s DampHard TM construction eliminates resonances while remaining lossless to maximize the dynamic range.

Aphrodite is available in Alta Audioโ€™s super high-gloss black onyx finish with other colors available upon special order.

Adds Mr. Levy: โ€œAphrodite is the culmination of a long career focused on the most memorable listening stereo and multichannel listening environments. And itโ€™s only the beginning of what promises to be an event-filled year for Alta Audio.โ€

For further information, visit https://altaspeakers.com.

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About Alta Audio

Representing over 30 years of designing and building audiophile-grade speakers, Alta Audio products consistently provide exceptional reproduction of live and in-studio recordings. Alta Audio loudspeakers are painstakingly refined to reproduce the realism, balance, and dimensionality of both live and studio recordings, with a design aesthetic that enhances any roomโ€™s dรฉcor.

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