WILSON BENESCH
Loudspeakers
The Actor
Post Cubism!
The Actor Loudspeaker is a direct descendent of the radical A.C.T.
One Loudspeaker the World’s first floor standing loudspeaker to
incorporate fully curved panels.
The distinctive form is functional and attractive and incorporates
many of the basic high quality components used in the A.C.T. One.
The Actor concept is quite different in many ways from the
hundreds of speakers with which it might be compared. It is hand
built from materials that are unique to Wilson Benesch loudspeakers.
The curved panels are a particle composite developed by Wilson
Benesch from the benchmark standards of the Advanced Carbon
composite Technology panels that are used in the flagship designs.
An outline of some of the more important aspects of the design will
assist in understanding the alternative approach to loudspeaker
design and manufacture.
The Background
High performance loudspeakers cannot ignore the importance of low
frequency information. High performance sources and amplifiers
demand good quality transducers and the range between 30 to 60
Hz represents a whole octave of eight tones sixteen semitones etc.
This range is extremely important to the speed and neutrality of the
upper bass range and it underpins all the frequencies above. Some
have argued that in fact this range is more important than the
frequencies above 8 Khz, since these are all harmonics. Integrating
an accurate and musical low frequency response with an equally
impressive mid range is a very complex balancing act that can only
be achieved with the very best drive units.
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