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Speaker Type: Active, Soundbar Frequency Range: 48 - 22,000 Hz Maximum SPL[dB]: 2 x 103 Crossover Frequency[Hz]: 3,000 Crossover Principle: DSP based digital IIR, 2. order High Frequency Driver: 2 x 25 mm Soft Textile Dome Low Frequency Driver: 2 x 5,25" Wood Fibre Cone Enclosure Type: Closed Box Power Output[RMS watt]: 4 x 25 Input Impedance[Ω]: 25k Connection input(s): 3.5mm mini jack, RCA, Optical (Toslink), USB (Micro) Wireless Input(s): BlueTooth™ Apt-X Connection output(s): SUB out Amplifier Type: Fully digital Class D Magnetic Shielding: No Dimensions(HxWxD)[mm]: 162 x 980 x 102 Weight[kg]: 9.6 Accessories Included: 3mm Allen Key, Mains Cable (1.5m), Manual, Remote Control, Rubber Bumpers Optional Accessories: Interchangeable Grilles Finish: Black Grille, Ice Grille, Red Grille
Output power: 2 x 130W RMS (8 Ohm) and 2 x 250W RMS (4 Ohm) Dimension (W x D x H): 430 x 401 x 119 mm Weight: 14 kg Power consumption: 350W Power supply: 220V-240V AC Frequency response: 10Hz – 30kHz (±0,5dB) Input sensibility: 285mV/47Kohm Signal/noise ratio: > 104dB (A weighted) Channel separation: > 50dB THD: 0,003% (3W/8ohm)
Digital to Analogue Converter: Wolfson WM8728 Power output: 40 watts RMS per channel (into 8 Ohms),
47 watts RMS per channel (into 6 Ohms),
55 watts RMS per channel (into 4 Ohms) Connectivity: Network music playback (Wi-fi & Ethernet), 16-24-bit 32-96kHz
3 x USB media inputs, 16-24-bit 32-96kHz
TosLink input, 16-24-bit 32-96kHz S/PDIF input, 16-24-bit 32-96kHz BT100 Bluetooth receiver: A2DP plus aptX 2 x RCA analogue in 3.5mm analogue input Headphone output Speaker outputs, 2 x 40W RMS Subwoofer output Digital formats supported: ALAC, WAV, FLAC, AIFF, WMA, MP3, AAC, HE AAC, AAC+, OGG Standby power consumption: <0 .5w="" br="">Max. power consumption: 300W ColourGloss: black or gloss white Dimensions (HxWxD): 3.5 x 10.6 x 11.2” Weight: 5.8kg
Enigma is Flagship Product of French Company Apertura for almost 20 years.
The cabinet uses Apertura special
shape: two curved sides of different length and no symmetrical faces.
The heterogeneous nature of the different panels imply a non –uniform resonance distribution and a reduced sound
radiation for the most excited ones.
Enclosure panels consist of multiple thin layers of high density MDF, pressure molded to reach final thickness of 28 to 44mm. This sandwich structure allows to break and attenuate vibration waves
inside the material. The aim is to drastically improve cabinet damping.
The Enigma uses two custom-design 8’’ bass/mid range drivers. The “Isotactic Matrix” cone is a new type of composite material (woven polypropylene). This cone material exhibits stiffness, lightness and good damping properties, which makes it essential for our new designs.
These drive-units benefit of an “Excel” powerful motor: 134mm ferrite,
long voice-coil on titanium former and a copper ring on the pole piece. The implementation of an original loading architecture brings the
benefit of a real synchronized operation of the two mid-woofers. This is
mostly not the case with common design.
The high frequency drive unit is a professional ribbon tweeter.
It uses an aluminum/ polymer sandwich diaphragm for improved linearity.
The drive unit effective piston area is twice as the Onira one’s, and
four times the area of ordinary dome tweeters, for a moving mass of only
88mg. The high powerful Neodynium magnet and high sensibility allow a low cutting frequency.
This way we can spread the well-known sound qualities of ribbon tweeter over a wider frequency range.
PMC is a UK based, world-leading manufacturer of professional monitor
and audiophile speaker systems. PMC designs feature its uniquely
engineered Advanced Transmission Line (ATL™) technology.
PMC speakers are the best speakers I have heard so far. You will have to listen to these once in your life.
PAL - System of video transmission used in Europe and many other countries internationally
Pan and Scan - A procedure where a 4:3 image is taken from a widescreen source by clipping the edges.
Pixels - A Picture Element - the smallest element you can see on a monitor or television display. The more pixels an image contains, the higher its resolution.
Premiere - Video editing software packed created by Adobe Systems.
Progressive - Non-interlace full-frame footage or display device, so-called because a progressive image is displayed in one fast sweep, unlike interlaced images which are displayed in two passes, each pass displaying every other line.
Psychoacoustics - The theory of how the brain interprets audio.
Pulldown - This is the process of making multiple fields from frames in order to change the framerate of a source. Film footage is converted from 24fps to 30fps by creating 3 Fields out of the 2 fields usually contained in a single frame (i.e. 3:2 pulldown). PAL footage uses 2:2 pulldown where 2 fields are kept as 2 fields.
Quicktime - Software developed by Apple for the compression/decompression of video. Contains various codecs including Sorenson and recently Apple's own mpeg4 implementation.
Rainbow Artifacts/Moire - The yellow, purple (and other) coloured artifacts sometimes found on sharp black edges in video footage.
Resolution - The width and height of an image or display in pixels.
RGB - Red Green Blue, a method of storing video data by its red, green and blue components which combined make any colour of light you can see.
Ripping - the process of extracting (usually video) data from a file/format that is dificult to access/alter by normal methods. In particular in reference to the decryption process involved in extracting video data from DVDs. Also used to describe the same extraction process for CD audio and video or audio from games.
Sample Rate - The amount of audio samples every second in an audio stream. CDs are sampled 44100 times a seond.
Saturation - Related to chroma, you can think of saturation as how a colour looks under certain lighting conditions. For instance, a room painted a solid colour will appear different at night than in daylight.
SBC - Smart Bitrate Control, a method of accessing the Fast-motion and Slow-motion aspects of the DivX3.11a codec in order to allow variable bitrate encodes. Pioneered by Nando in his program Nandub.
Scanlines - the horizontal lines that comprise one video frame.
SECAM - System of video transmission used in France, similar to PAL - also plays at 25fps but has a different chroma carriers.
Sorenson - A compression codec available in Quicktime.
Spatial - To do with the 2d space element (i.e. the contents of a single frame) of video. For example, a spatial smoother smooths out blemishes that occur within an area of pixels.
Stereo - Audio that contains two audio channels, a left and a right.
Temporal - To do with the time dimension of video, i.e. the changes of the contents of a video in time. For example, a temporal smoother smooths out blemishes that occur on an individual pixel within a range (period) of frames.
Timecode - The method of interpreting frames in time for use in video editing within given standards (such as NTSC, PAL, Film etc) see also Drop-Frame Timecode.
Video for Windows - The main backbone for video compression codec within windows.
Virtualdub - an open source Windows program for capturing and doing simple editing/compressing of avi files.
VirtualdubAVS - an adpatation of Virtualdub by Belgador to allow easy access to AVIsynth scripts.
Wave - Another term for a (usually) uncompressed audio stream as it can be graphically represented by a waveform.
YUV - A method of storing video information that gives priority (more bits of data) to the luminance of a sample.
Baffle - a board or other planar surface used to mount a loudspeaker.
Bandwidth - the range of frequencies reproduced by an Amplifier or transducer.
Band-Pass Enclosure - type of enclosure used for subwoofers where the driver is completely inside the enclosure and all of the output emerges through a port(s). This configuration is usually designed for high output volume with importance of accuracy/fidelity being less emphasized.
Band-Pass filter - an electric circuit designed to pass only midrange frequencies. This filter acts as high impedance to frequencies out of the pass band.
Bass (low frequencies) - The low end of the audio frequency spectrum between 0Hz to about 200 Hz.
Bi-amping and bi-wiring - some higher performance speakersinclude dual sets of connectors, usually the type known as "binding posts," Models with dual connectors almost always also feature a special type of crossover with separate "high-pass" and "low-pass" sections. These connectors may also be shunted together with jumpers to accommodate conventional hook-ups.
Bi-wiring - low and high frequency sections of the loudspeaker are separated electrically at the cross-over. Each driver unit has its own filter section and connection terminals. Both sets of terminals are connected to one amplifier.
Bi-amping - an extension of bi-wiring in that a separate amplifier is utilized for each of the two sets of connectors from the cross-over.
Bipole - A speaker design which generates equal amounts of sound both forward and backward, with the two sounds being "in phase".
Acoustic suspension – It is a sealed or closed box speaker enclosure, also referred to as an infinite baffle. Acoustic suspension speaker systems are generally less efficient than Bass Reflex or Transmission Line designs, but may offer greater accuracy with respect to bass tightness and reproduction.
Acoustics - the science or study of sound.
Alternating (AC) Current - currents that have harmonic time dependence.
Ampere (A) – Ampere is the unit of measurement for electrical current in coulombs per second.
Amplifier - an electrical circuit designed to increase the current or voltage of an applied signal.
Amplitude - the relative magnitude of a signal.
Anamorphic - This term is used, and often misused, in a variety of ways. To the laymen it is most easily described in terms of a DVD or image that has been condensed horizontally in order that the source component or output device can make use of more, or all, of the available pixel data on the source media (typically a DVD or HD-DVD). Anamorphic or CinemaScope lenses can work in conjunction with a dedicated video processor to render a constant height image properly onto a 2.4:1 screen.
Aspect Ratio - This refers to a ratio between the width and height of a display or image. Typical aspect ratios include 4:3 (also called 1.33:1), 16:9 (also called 1.78:1), 1.85:1 and 2.4:1.
Attenuation - the reduction of an electrical signal.
Audio frequency - the acoustic spectrum of human hearing, generally regarded to be between 20 Hz and 20 kHz.
