Source: Press Release, Last Accessed: 2016/04/13

Aequo Audio is a Dutch loudspeaker manufacturer situated in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. The area is also known as Brainport: one of the smartest high-tech regions in the world. The company, experienced in building high-end custom loudspeakers, has now used their knowledge to develop its first loudspeaker to be produced in series: the Ensis.
The Ensis is a modestly sized, truly full-range floor-standing loudspeaker. Its stylish shape resembles a music note. The fully closed enclosure is built with in-house developed materials. According to the press release, it features a three-way driver line-up, engineered to achieve exceptional precision and cleanliness in sound reproduction. For the low frequency part of the spectrum, the system uses an active 10-inch subwoofer, controlled by an on-board amplifier and an analog hardware system for deep and natural lows. The hardware also provides a smart room size and speaker placement correction system.
The middle and high frequency section of the loudspeaker remains passive. Specified as 8 ohms nominal and highly sensitive, it is made to work well with a wide range of amplifiers. The five inch driver is responsible for very open, or pleasantly detailed, midrange frequencies without coloration, the company says. It is accompanied by a tweeter system with a concentric dome and ring moving-surface, as well as some new dispersion-improvement technologies. The two drivers are time-aligned by the carefully sloped cabinet, and wideband phase-aligned by the low-order crossover network.
A unique thing about Aequo Audio, other than the shape of their loudspeaker and its technologies, is their design-approach. It is driven by a model created over the years: the Octagon Model. This model is used to evaluate the performance of loudspeakers in general, and more importantly: to design new ones! The model describes eight areas in quality for a loudspeaker. Like Room Acoustics or Dynamics, with many aspects involved. Aequo says their mission is to build loudspeakers that excel in all eight aspects of the Octagon Model, a mission not taken lightly, as it is integrated in the company’s logo.

For more information: http://www.aequoaudio.com/

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