Silhouette

The latest version of the Silhoutte is now in production and ready to audition at our Chicago area store!

Here are some details on this, our statement loudspeaker:

Each speaker uses two custom designed 6.5” Kevlar woofers with dual voice coils, as required for the Ambient recovery feature.

The tweeter is a Scanspeak Revelator, modified with Sorbathane to lower the usable low frequency to perfectly match with the woofers at the crossover point.

The crossover is a series design, with only four high quality components in signal path. 2- 12 gauge foil coils, Clarity PUR capacitors, Mundorf’s Ultra resistor. The input terminals are WBT Next Generation. Only the best parts!

We are particularly proud of the special cabinet design.  The top woofer is loaded into a small completely sealed compartment for tight midbass and midrange. The lower woofer is in much larger chamber; effectively a quasi- transmission line; the back wave coming from the woofer goes into a large loading chamber then goes through a 24” compression chamber that exits at the bottom back. The result is a quality of the lower frequency content that must be heard to be believed.

During assembly of the crossover, all contact points are first crimped, then soldered with WBT lead-free silver. All wiring is point-to-point (no circuit boards). All crossover elements are rubber mounted to isolate them from the cabinet for improved dynamics and clarity. This attention to detail shows throughout the Silhoutte, from the cabinetry to the specially designed drivers, to the terminals. Like all of our speakers, the Silhoutte employs ambient recovery technology, explained in more detail in a paper we have available here.

Frequency response 30 to 20k
Efficiency 88 db
Impedance 7.2 ohm
Weight 70 lbs
Dimension 46H" x 9.8W" x 15D"
Finishes available include Walnut and Mahogany, but can be built with pretty much any hardwood desired, depending on availability of materials.
Retail Price $13,600

So how does it sound?

Well...we know that you have heard the term "breakthrough" enough times to be somewhat cynical, but this circuitry really works. The combination of the ambient recovery circuitry, custom designed drivers, painstaking attention to detail, and hours of listening tests have produced an outstanding result. This is a speaker that is wonderfully detailed, yet non-fatiguing, and produces a wide soundstage and a much larger than usual sweet spot. At  88db, low level listening is a revelation But put them in a bigger room, turn it up, and they kick ass when the source material calls for it!