The flagship Item open-baffle speaker expresses without compromise everything that makes such speakers distinctively enjoyable. 

Resolution is elite-level, courtesy of multi-driver planar arrays for midrange and treble. Imaging is broad but constrained within a listening window that minimises ceiling and floor reflections.

It is a true dipole at all frequencies. It is extremely phase-coherent and has near-perfectly flat impedance.

Above room frequencies all its drivers are air-gapped for complete vibration isolation.

It is a four-way design with a separate open-baffle subwoofer, crucially enabling the lowest frequency generators to be located with reference to the room, while allowing the upper frequency generators to be position to create a listening triangle. Any speaker that cannot be split in this way is profoundly compromised. Three subwoofer designs are available: one suitable for installation in-wall or in an engineered ‘infinite’ baffle. All are tied together with programmable DSP, delays and room correction.

Aeolus is the sound of drivers vanishing and music air-borne.

 

Aeolus One: £7,999

Specification:

Subwoofer: LR12 crossover at 80Hz:
2x 15-inch high-excursion neodymium drivers
LF extension to 32Hz ±3dB (free air). Typically <25Hz in room.
Optionally supplied for infinite baffle installation
Hypex 500W amplifiers with DSP / room correction

Main Speaker: LR24 crossovers at 350Hz / 1250Hz
2x 12-inch low-mass neodymium cast aluminium woofers
2x planar midranges
2x planar tweeters
Hypex 2x 250W + 1x 125W amplifiers with DSP / room correction
Frequency response: 80Hz–20KHz

 

Aeolus Octet: £9,999

Specification:

Subwoofer: LR12 crossover at 80Hz.
2x 18-inch high-excursion drivers.
LF extension to 28Hz ±3dB (free air). Typically <25Hz in room.
Optionally supplied for infinite baffle installation.
Hypex 500W amplifiers with DSP / room correction.

Main Speaker: LR24 crossovers at 350Hz / 1200Hz
1x 15-inch low-mass neodymium cast aluminium woofer.
4x planar midranges.
4x planar tweeters.
Hypex 2x 250W + 1x 125W amplifiers with DSP / room correction.
Frequency response: 80Hz–20KHz.

From £9,999