Scansonic-hd Mb3.5 Floorstanders W

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SCANSONIC-HD MB3.5 Floorstanders w/ ribbon tweeter, 2x4.5"mid, 2x6.5"bass RC 12 SF MB35 NZ$6,750.01 pr (incl. GST) "These MB3.5 speakers are great".... kind regards, Richard (new owner) The MB-3.5 is a slim floorstander with two 4.5” carbon-coned drivers, a sealed ribbon tweeter and two 6.5” woofers.The MB-3.5 works as a 2.5-way speaker, where the two midrange-woofers are supported by two 6.5” aluminium coned woofers. The two carbon midrange-woofers are run in series for increased power handling. "Scansonic MB Series. Scansonic hates being called the “poor man’s Raidho,” but I view that description as being both accurate and highly complimentary. The two companies share the same designer, Michael BØrresen, but not the same gag-reflex-inducing price tags. Case in point, this new series ranges from a mere $2500 for the entry-level bookshelf MB1 to US$9,000 (excl tax) for the MB6 floorstander." For that you may not get ceramic or diamond drivers, but you do get a carbon-fibre midrange, side-mounted aluminium-coned woofers, and a ribbon tweeter. In my audition, the MB 3.5 captured more than a little Raidho magic, with astonishing imaging, excellent tonal balance, and high resolution. ...........Alan Tafel TA The Absolute Sound The MB-3.5 cabinet is heavy, braced and curved, with carbon reinforcements. The speaker is crossed over at 3.5 kHz and the two added side woofers assist up to 200 Hz. The MB-series features high quality crossover with top quality components. The filter has been carefully tailored to linearise the frequency region where cone and cabinet geometry play a role and also to carefully tune the speaker to a natural sounding frequency response Scansonic is owned by the same parent company of the fabulous Raidho speakers, Dantax A/S in Denmark. They are designed by Michal Borensen, the same designer of the Raidho speakers and therefore have much of the Raidho DNA and magic that Raidho is known for. They sell for a fraction of the cost and offer superb performance for their prices. Michael Borreson - Raido designer says: "Having worked with Raidho speakers for more than 12 years, I found myself faced with a completely new challenge when I was asked to design a new range of high-performance speakers for the Scansonic brand". From the start, I was very focused on building on all the experiences and strengths obtained from designing the Raidho speakers. At the same time, I also had to be aware of the long heritage and the Nordic design tradition of the Scansonic brand. This time, the task also came with a budget and a desire to create the very best possible within financial limits. It was clear to me from the very beginning, that some core techniques from the Raidho speakers would be of importance: The speakers had to be designed around a ribbon tweeter that works with at super lightweight diaphragm that is sealed around the edges to allow for a seamless transition to the midrange region. Furthermore, they needed to be designed and developed with a speaker driver with a ridged, pistonic-type membrane". WEIGHT LOSS FOR RESOLUTION TRANSIENTS AND SUPERB LEADING EDGES The MB ribbon tweeter has a membrane with an extremely low mass. It is formed by a Kapton-aluminum sandwich that is only 20 um thick, and the resulting mass is app. 0.03 g., which is approximately 50 times less than any conventional textile, ceramic, [email protected] +64 7 838 8661 www.audioreference.co.nz Page 1/4 beryllium or diamond dome. The lower mass translates directly into higher resolution and less material coloration. WEAVED CARBON CONES FOR STIFFNESS AND LOW COMPRESSION For the MB-series, we have developed a ridged, dustcap free, carbon membrane. By carefully optimising the shape and stiffness, we have succeeded in making a very quiet woofer that blends beautifully with the ribbon tweeter. The woofer has an overhung magnet system, with long linear stroke and excellent bass performance. Specifications Size: (WxHxD) 178 x 1138 x 286 mm Weight: 20,8 kg Freq. response: 30 Hz - 40 kHz Impedance: > 6 ohm Crossover: 3.5 kHz 2. order acoustic slope 250 Hz 1.order slope Enclosure: Curved, heavily braced, ventilated box design with front loaded port and adjustable aluminium feet Drive units: 1 sealed ribbon tweeter with kapton / aluminium sandwich membrane 2 carbon coned 4,5” bass/mid driver with overhung magnet system 2 Aluminum coned 6,5” bass drivers Finish: Black-silk or White-silk Amplification: We recommend high quality amplifiers >50W Review SCANSONIC MB3.5 & MB1 STEREO review (German / English translation) The German distribution, up to now rather in the segment of the HiFi pieces of furniture and the accessories at home, explains, in any case, self-confidently, it is a purpose, in the price range of the still affordable boxes to about 4,000 euros the field aufzumischen? Yes, geht?s then still? A look in the small print shows that the name Scansonic may be a quite blank sheet in Germany, however, the mother rma Dantax, in the Danish Pandrup resident, an old established enterprise is under whose roof such noble High final plants prosper like the Raidho loudspeakers which enjoy internationally a high respect and also been convincing in the stereo hearing rooms quite several times and collected test laurel. If one has found out this, the track is laid to the abbreviation mb with which this loudspeaker row is decorated: Behind it Michael Borresen, for more than twelve years spirit Rector is hidden with Raidho. Borresen received the meadow rise to develop a boxing series, against the place deer of the set up dimensions like B*W, Canton, DALI, Focal, Heco, magnate, Nubert und Co. more than should be competitive and not give up, besides, the technical independence of the Raidhos. Booklet was Pfl icht Thus was certain for Borresen from beginning that the complete series had to be provided absolutely with a booklet in the sealed case, as it is in the Raidho loudspeakers to nden. The advantages as regards quickness, meadow ösung and discolouration freedom are too big from his view compared with all other materials and forms. Only 20 micrometers of thin layer of cape tone and aluminium with theirs only about 1 / 50 stel of a conventional calotte amounting mass of 0.03 grams brings at least theoretically the best basic conditions to reach the put purpose. Because the Scansonic loudspeaker are much more favourable than the big Raidho brothers and sisters, the Danes must have attached somewhere the Rotsti. Borresen betrayed us that he has completely constructed the chassis, indeed, the manufacturing in comparatively big numbers of pieces, nevertheless, in Taiwan instead of nde, just as with the middle and the Tie önern. An other economy measure was due with the magnet material, here for the neodymium otherwise usual with Raidho the budget did not reach. The fact that one carries out the assembly completely in Denmark, is positive for the purposes of the added value absolutely. If you are probably quiet The smallest model of the class MB-1 is conceived as a two way loudspeaker and was sketched immediately with an optical and acoustic suitable stand – also if one can acquire the boxes without stand, we urgently advise the acquisition of the complete unity. Here combined Borresen the booklet with a langhubigen cirque voucher-Tie öner which gets by with costly magnet system and without dust protection calotte and was developed after the maxim „ easily, but stiffly “. Big ema for the Danish developer also is for many years, that are "quiet his loudspeakers must go what he understands by, that they show not only no Partialschwingungen, but also no noises of themselves give which point to her effective doing. Silence stood also in the Lastenhe for the forwards shining Bassre exö nung which was optimised in her course inside especially on the prevention from [email protected] +64 7 838 8661 www.audioreference.co.nz Page 2/4 current noises Practically oriented development One laid a special attention in Denmark also to be able to position the boxes in wall nearness without letting the bass ouch lähen or pulling other essential Eigenscha en in Mitleidenscha. The stand is firmly screwed together on the box and stands on very respectable, height-adjustable aluminium feet. The manufacturing quality and optical creation of the cases available in Black and white is very high-quality and suited for living space; to the additional stiffening the crooked case was provided with a cirque voucher cover plate. As connection clips a pair serves more high grade, kunststo of covered and gilt sockets. A cover is not available, so that the technical grace is preserved anyway Booklets, cirque voucher and aluminum We had loaded the top-of-the-line model from the mb series, 3.5, likewise to the test. It concerns a slender column with a height of about 115 centimeters whose booklet tweeter is framed by two Tiefmitteltönern and is supported, in addition, in the deep positions by a pair at the side of right 16.5 centimetres measuring Tie öner with aluminium membranes. Height-adjustable spikes in screwable together interpreters also belong here to the self-image. The points thought up by Borresen are equipped high grade. Circuit-technically she holds some distance of the current apprenticeship what one also recognises by the deep, but very much schmalbandigen burglary with approx. 100 hertz in the frequency way diagram. The other measuring data of both test persons left joy ouch ommen with lab leader Uli Apel. In particular the distortion values are very low, the efficiency with both models moderately, but not critically. 3.5 should get not only a well sounding, but as far as possible also not to low-performance amplifier as a play partner, nevertheless, she needs for an adequate listening volume more than 20 watts – what is to be seen than price for in view of her volume far down reaching frequency way. We tried it at first with a Marantz 7005 full amplifiers which may count in the 1000-euro-price range as a hot tip and was appreciated in IN STEREO 12/14 accordingly. As a spring, on this occasion, served Pioneer PD-30, (IN STEREO 8/12) counts as a very musical beginner's player, the wiring consisted of Chord, HMS and van the Hul For the entrance that was no bad choice. The spatial picture in width and depth fitted, the timing was so exact, at least that a Mitwipp-E ekt started. There was really pitiful De zite already in this constellation barely, even if in the details yet everything did not stand to the best. Thus we missed an exact Fokussierung – for instance, from Johnny Cash – just as a really full and, besides, controlled bass area. In smaller MB-1 almost as expected, however, 3.5 could still win no advantage, on the contrary to themselves in this constellation: She sounded rather listlessly as jumping, and the tonale balance was away a good piece to kindle storms of enthusiasm. Because to us was, however, just after cheering, we changed the set-up and made sure on number. With the Symphonic Line RG9 MK IV almost every loudspeaker is served more than well than signal supplier served now a musical Fidelity Disk drive in combination with the Bricasti converter which we describe from page 48 in this issue. Now the wiring took over the in price celestially situated set from Ansuz in whose development Borresen has likewise decisive interest. More purely – more out Now the sound events blossomed. Now from supposition about musical intentions certainties, from tender indications became clearly recognisable structures. If in the SWF radio play „ the sky covers everything with silence to the " knarzende door was moved, the slightly synthetic reminiscence which was perceived before had given way to an illusion rather close to reality. Slamming a door sounded more than both boxes so without beginning that one winced involuntarily, even if smaller MB-1 allowed to miss of course something in foundation. The bigger sister MB-3.5 accepted these and other dynamic challenges naturally much more calm and more naturally. We had decided, by the way to let radiate outwardly her at the side right basses what must not necessarily be in your concrete residential situation, however, like that. To experiment something is worthwhile – like actually always when one liked to get out the last of an available chain. The next touchstone were mighty, respect imperious organ tones as they are a stereo-CD to nden with Camille Saint-Saëns "Symphony No.3" on the spectacular Living. Besides, the deepest registers must not even hold out to make clear that the state box can clearly score here. With the picture sharpness, for instance, of a guitar, however, points MB-1, why Komgroße fan municipality have. So plastically and with firmly outlined like Rodrigo y Gabriela her cabinet little pieces here present this what already has. However, we looked for an in price fitting solution for the loudspeakers, because quite honestly: Who combines already loudspeaker for just 2500 respectively 4,000 euros with an arrangement all around which devours more than 20,000 euros? Payable in the nirvana [email protected] +64 7 838 8661 www.audioreference.co.nz Page 3/4 We found a realistically sounding and payable combination in the ex-bottom sura 3010 amplifiers (IN STEREO 3/13) and Cambridge azure 851C CD player (IN STEREO 9/12) as well as a wiring of Chord Cable. To enjoy tension, meadow ösung, precision and control also in the bass, a tänzerische ease and enough steam, around also sometimes Yello in "household noise level" – so loud that one can well hear the music in all rooms. Indeed, the losses compared with the luxuriö sen set-up were audible, but to sort venial sins “ and with it as rather insignificant and gettable over quite unambiguously under the column „, because the general view remained consistent: Cash's voice in "One" is fragile which differentiates guitar clearly. Livingston Taylors "Isn?t She Lovely" comes with the right serving of fervour and emotionalism, but without sinking into complete kitsch. No doubt, the Scansonic brothers and sisters did joy. That the ability in the Aufdrö-seln of details, besides, never in the direction of Lästigkeit abdri ete, verhil to them with the assessment point Long time suitability likewise to a Bestnote. For whom is the Mehrausgabe worthwhile now by the state loudspeaker MB-3.5, and who is served with the compact model MB-1 very well? The 3.5th offers as expected dynamically and in the Tie onbereich more, however, needs vernün ige Aufstellbedingungen and a better and krä igeren amplifier if she should show her extra qualities in practice. The Homogenität and Tonalität as well as the timing are convincing with both models. ........Michael Lang Link http://www.audioreference.co.nz/product/scansonic-hd-mb35-floorstanders-w-ribbon-tweeter-2x45mid-2x65bass [email protected] Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org) +64 7 838 8661 www.audioreference.co.nz Page 4/4