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T+A Solitaire S 540 Floor-Standing Speakers
T+A Solitaire S 540 Floor-Standing Speakers
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The S 530
We place great faith in proven technologies, but also embrace the advantages of carefully conceived evolution. Our Cylinder Wave Technology was originally developed more than ten years ago for the ground-breaking Solitaire CWT models of that time. Then and now, Cylinder Wave Technology is used to avoid detrimental room reflections and allow for an undisturbed listening experience. The Mag850 and the seven mid-range drivers join forces as a Line Source and Line Array, respectively. As every point on Mag850’s diaphragm is moved simultaneously, it constitutes nothing short
of a perfect Line Source, creating a planar dispersion characteristic. The oval shape of the seven mid-range units allow the individual units to be positioned much closer to each other. This arrangement creates a flat sound wave whose greatest power is directed forward into the listening area, in front of the loudspeaker. Radiation towards the ceiling and the floor - which generate the major part of harmful reflections - is prevented before it can develop, and in this way the musical reproduction becomes significantly more authentic and pure.
Like few other loudspeaker drive units, the design of bass systems suffers from a paradoxical problem: the higher their performance, the greater their potential to transmit vibration to the cabinet as a whole. Bass drivers are usually positioned on the front of the cabinet, but the Solitaire S 530 and S 540 feature two opposed long-throw bass drivers installed in the solid side panels of the cabinet. The cabinet sides are coupled to each other at this point by additional braces. This form of installation allows the drivers to balance each other out exactly, thereby eliminating vibration and resonances: the cabinet itself remains totally unmoved at all times, and exhibits no tendency to resonate even at extremely high sound pressures. Thanks to these characteristics the speakers form a harmonious unit, delivering an unbelievably dry, clean, high-pressure bass combined with mid and treble ranges utterly devoid of interference. High sound pressures not only make very special demands on the cabinet, but also on the drivers themselves: if they are not designed from the outset to satisfy these requirements one hundred percent, harsh non-linearities can easily occur very quickly. That is why our drivers are equipped with the StarStabilizer
principle, as well as a new high-performance suspension which allows enormous travels. The reward for this additional refinement is apparent above all when the speakers are driven very hard: they are much more stable, and any non-linearities occur with far softer transitions. Like the Solitaire S 430, the S 530 is equipped with two newly developed long-throw bass units with a diameter of 22 centimetres. The large cross-section bass reflex system, calculated precisely to match the cabinet volume and the driver parameters, provides superb deep bass reproduction as well as a highly dynamic bass range overall, harmonising superbly with the ultra-agile mid-range system. The relatively large internal volume of the S 540 has allowed us to fit no fewer than four long-throw bass units of 22 centimetre diameter, whose parameters are optimised for the closed cabinet principle. The transient response of an enclosed system is superior, and permits an extremely clean, highly dynamic bass response, capable of handling ultra-high levels. The S 540 demonstrates the limit of what can be achieved with a passive system.
The Solitaire S speakers are equipped with very complex, double-sided Fast Signal Response (FSR) three-way crossover units. These extraordinary crossovers play a crucial part in the outstanding imaging and dispersion characteristics of the system as a whole. The earth has a dedicated layer in order to ensure that even very high currents and large signals can be processed without distortion. Accurately calculated and optimised for superb transient and transmission behaviour, they effortlessly process even extremely high levels, and ensure that all three frequency ranges are
correctly driven. The filter stages and bandpasses are optimised for phase and group timing. We even employ special cable for the internal speaker drive unit connections. Since the magnetostats are capable of handling more than 50 kHz, we use our own co-axial cable which can reproduce even the highest frequencies without losses. Bass, mid and treble ranges can be fine-tuned by means of switches. Since the circuit boards for the bass and mid-range areas are completely separate from each other, the Solitaire S is ideal for use in bi-amping arrangements.
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Na listę załóżmy dziesięciu największych i najważniejszych firm głośnikowych – czy to współczesnych, czy w perspektywie historycznej, bez względu na przyjęte sensowne kryteria – trudno byłoby wpisać T+A. Pewnie zmieściłaby się w pierwszej setce. Tylu wokół głośnikowych tuzów, którzy zdobyli pozycję i renomę nie tylko techniką i brzmieniem, ale też agresywnym marketingiem, roztaczaną wokół siebie high-endową aurą albo sukcesem na rynku masowym, że nawet bardzo porządne, solidne firmy muszą pogodzić się z pozostawaniem w drugim szeregu. Kiedy jednak przeczytałem w jednym ze znanych magazynów specjalistycznych recenzję mniejszego modelu S 530, którą otwierało ”wyznanie”, że jej autor nie zdawał sobie do tej pory sprawy, że T+A ma w ofercie również… zespoły głośnikowe (wcześniej miał do czynienia tylko z ”elektroniką”), poczułem się niemal osobiście dotknięty, a zarazem wiedziałem już, jak zacząć swój test.
A Radically Different Approach to Loudspeaker Design
The T+A Solitaire S 540 isn’t another minor variation on the three-way dynamic loudspeaker. Rather, it is a radically different approach with is 33.5" planar-magnetic tweeter and line array of seven tiny oval midrange drivers. The resulting cylindrical radiation pattern significantly reduces sidewall and ceiling reflections and their deleterious effects. The S 540’s timbral purity and ultra-precise soundstag
The T+A Solitaire S 540 injects some new ideas into the loudspeaker category, delivering a combination of virtues you simply don’t hear in conventional box speakers. If you’re in the market for a speaker in this price range, I encourage you to audition the S 540. You may find it as musically compelling as I did.
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Dieser Lautsprecher ist fordernd. Er kostet 45.000,- €, braucht eine leistungsstarke, stabile Endstufe und einen Hörabstand von rund 3,5 Metern. Wenn die Voraussetzungen stimmen, zeichnet er Klangbilder, die an Weiträumigkeit und Detailpräzision ihresgleichen suchen, tonal alle Facetten darstellen und im Bass die Vorteile kontrollierter, urgewaltiger Kraft demonstrieren. Gibt man den T+A Solitaire S 540 das passende Umfeld, ist das nicht bloß ein Schallwandler, sondern reine Magie.
