Sonus Faber updated Amati Futura Speakers

From tradition to a "new standard" for the future

Listening to music is ecstasy, seduction, rapture and intense pleasure; never should it be constriction or nuisance. This is the basis of our belief that natural and fatigue free listening are the keys to obtaining ideal sound reproduction: suggestive and sensual..

Amati futura aspires to be an expression of tomorrow. A new standard made possible through the patented technical solutions gathered through the years that have brought us to the creation of our flagship (“the Sonus faber”)..

The development process began by gathering the best of Amati Homage and Amati Anniversario: an aptitude reflected in the particular attention given to the choice of drivers and the following optimisation of their membrane composition. The next step was to take advantage of the most recent Sonus faber technology, both in terms of innovative loading systems and in terms of the newest filtering systems, arriving at the implementation of a differential distribution of the low frequencies..

The new and original nature of the design architecture forced us to carry out a radical redesigning of the acoustic case that, while it defines itself in its structure and the distribution of volume, it takes advantage of innovative solutions linked to the combination of different materials, thus exalting the proverbial virtue of the violin shape.The new project confirms and modernises another strong foundation of Sonus faber: a musical instrument lives within an environment and becomes part of it, carrying out the functions of both musical source and furnishing..

The design choices, the finishes of the new materials, the enhanced quality of manufacture and the extreme attention to every little detail are equal to the sound output, the exalting of this concept and the testimony of our perennial values are not only firmly rooted in the present but they look towards the future..

Technical Specs

SYSTEM
3.5 way, low spurious vibration optimized suspension, stealth reflex para-aperiodic loading, staggered low frequency floorstanding loudspeaker system.

CABINET
Lute shape design, multilayer, constrained-mode damping, enclosure formed using hand selected wood layers, quality graded and oriented for carefully optimized resonances control.Sub-structural ribs are strategically placed for absolute rejection of spurious vibrations. New Era avional (from The experience) exosqueleton clamp structure with The Tuned Mass Damper inhibiting the residual resonances of the wooden structure.

TWEETER
29 mm ultra dynamic linearity classic Ragnar Lian moving coil driver, Sonus faber vibration optimized mechanical interface.

MIDRANGE
179 mm, ultra dynamic linearity driver. CCAW/Kapton eddy current free voice coil. Dynamically linear magnetic field motor incorporating triple Kellog/Goeller rings. Real time air dried and non pressed cellulose fiber cone. Designed synergistically with its optimized acoustic chamber.

WOOFERS
220 mm, lightweight elastomer foam damped Aluminium/Magnesium alloy cone driver in an acoustically amorphous stealth reflex chamber. A long-throw motor system with a 1,5" controlled eddy current voicecoil is implemented for high speed, performance and linearity. Special coaxial anti-compressor are used, designed to remove cavity resonance and distortions.

CROSS-OVER
Non-resonant progressive slope design, optimized amplitude/phase response for optimal space/time performance. Paracross topology on the tweeter hi-pass. The response at low frequencies is controlled for a clear amplifier friendly performance. Dual staggered transfer function low frequency/room interface optimized filtre. Highest quality is used in terms of the components: Mundorf Supreme capacitors, Jantzen inductors. Cross-over: 80Hz – 220 Hz-3200Hz.

FREQUENCY RESPONSE
25 Hz – 30.000 Hz, Stealth reflex included

SENSITIVITY
90 db SPL (2.83V/1 m)

NOMINAL IMPEDENCE
4 ohm

POWER HANDLING
30W – 300W, without clipping

DIMENSIONS
1160 x 405 x 635 mm (HxWxD)

WEIGHT
111 Kg per pair – net weight
145 Kg per pair - shipping weight

Product info: www.sonusfaber.com