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The cutting edge speaker. Getting to the core of the music

Premiered at the Montreal Show 2005 and enjoying its US debut at HE 2005, the Black Swan is our new state-of-the-art loudspeaker. It features a patent-pending nested cabinet design wherein the bass module is completely separate from the head unit yet visually perfectly integrated. The bass module can be slightly moved front and aft to create perfect time alignment at the listening position.

In a full-range speaker, all frequencies (low, mid and high) are reproduced by dedicated drivers mounted on the same enclosure. This can contribute to a poor stereo image and lack of clarity in the vocal and treble ranges.

Some speakers use a separate subwoofer that is placed arbitrarily in the room. Because of the physical design, it is not possible to time-align the bass with the mid and high frequencies.

Our new SSAS -- Separate Sub Alignment System -- in the Black Swan speakers is designed in such a way that the high and mid frequencies have a separate enclosure that stands on its own and forms a bridge-like super-enclosure to accommodate the discrete bass enclosure underneath that bridge. This maintains the time alignment between the two enclosures yet prevents resonance from the bass module to interfere with the performance of the mid and high frequencies. This guarantees a clearer sound, higher micro-detail resolution and more precise and stable three- dimensional imaging.

The Swan's S.S.A.S. patent-pending design addresses all the weaknesses conventional box speaker designs suffer. Our bass enclosure is completely separate from the mid and highs so those are as free from cabinet resonance as possible while maintaining minimal baffle area around the tweeter and midrange for best dispersion - and, the speaker retains all the benefits of proper time alignment.