KARLMANN MONOLITH Karlmann transforms listening to music into a personal festival. He delivers an extra portion of everything that makes music enjoyable. Drawing from full potential he grabs the listener by the senses. It is no longer possible to just listen to the music - it always becomes an experience. Anyone who experiences this acoustic richness will furthermore want to listen in no other way. Sonic luxury has many facets: for some it is finely woven, airy, magical spherical sounds. For others, it is the gripping realism of perfect clarity and definition, or the fascination of the so rarely achieved three-dimensional sonic imaging. For still others, it is the majestic acoustical size and dynamics of a reproduction. Until now, different and sometimes exotic loudspeaker concepts were needed to realize each of these qualities without compromise. KARLMANN finally combines all of them in one elegant, home-friendly system.
- Category: Active Loudspeakers
Description
Concept:
Dynamic, 3-way plus backside ambience planar tweeter, ported
bass, triple fully active class D amplification with DSP signal processing
and integrated pre-stage. Main/secondary configuration
with digital interlink.
Recommended Room Size:
25 - 150 m2 (assuming normal living space height up to 2.8 m)
Recommended Listening Distance:
2 - 6 m
Recommended Distance to Rear Wall:
At least 0.6 m (with acoustical room adjustment from 0.4 m)
Frequency Response:
20 - 42.000 Hz (room dependent)
Enclosure:
Housing made of solid mineral cast stone, 105 l volume, additional
inner walls, reinforcements made of complementary material,
multi-component sound chamber insulation, internal Helmholtz
absorbers in walls and base. Speaker enclosure finish: pure white,
honed or polished (at an extra charge).
Dimensions:
45 cm x 115 cm x 45 cm (W x H x D), baseplate dimensions 48 x
48 cm.
Weight:
115 kg
Transducers:
Front tweeter Accuton® Cell® C30 solic ceramic 30mm inverted
dome in waveguide.
Midrange driver Accuton® C168-990 solic ceramic dome 7“.
Woofer 18Sound® 15" Tetra-Coil.
Diffuse field tweeter magnetostatic planar driver GRS 8".
Electronics:
Per speaker 2 x 500 w and 1 x 100 w amplifiers NCore® 4th
generation. Multi-channel Hi-Res DSP with integrated, remote
controllable preamplifier for digital and analog sources (firmware
updateable). Alphanumeric OLED front display.
Internal Wiring:
High-purity copper OCC in matching diameters for each channel.
Input Interfaces:
AES digital XLR (via main speaker)
SPDIF digital RCA coax (via main speaker)
Toslink digital fiber optic (via main speaker)
XLR analog balanced (each right / left)
RCA analog (‚Cinch‘) (each right / left)
Acoustical Customizing:
Up to three custom sound presets after expert calibration in
the listening room (option at extra cost). E.g. additional presets
for older sources, historical recordings or cinematic sound with
virtual center.
Included Items:
Aluminum remote control for controlling all functions incl. source
selection and sound presets; 2 x power cord; 4.5 m Lyra-Link
SPDIF interlink cable main / secondary speakers; dust covers;
user manual.
Warranty (EU):
3 years on electronics, 5 years on mechanics (speaker drivers),
10 years spare parts availability. Within Europe, on-site service is
mostly possible.
Product Variants:
KARLMANN D with solid diamond dome tweeter BD 30.