Reference 3
The Reference 3 incorporates all our technological expertise in loudspeaker design.With the Reference Series we’ve sought to improve upon every aspect of current speaker design to create a true, balanced, dynamic, wide-bandwidth and minimal colouration loudspeaker.
Cabinet: Constrained laminate layer construction for maximum resonance damping. A specially designed 7mm MDF/3mm high density rubber/5mm MDF sandwich material is used throughout the cabinet enclosure to minimise resonance and external cabinet noise.
Bass Drivers: Twin long-throw motor assembly drivers for maximum linear accuracy and control. The motor system comprising twin-wound aluminium voice-coils is thermally bonded to the aluminium cone for absolute minimum distortion and long-throw pistonic accuracy.
Mid Driver: Huge underhung motor assembly for maximum linear accuracy and control. The motor system comprising twin-wound aluminium voice-coils is thermally bonded to the aluminium cone for absolute minimum distortion and long-throw pistonic accuracy.
Tweeter: The now well-established Vifa Ring-radiator tweeter is used here in our own custom, upgraded specification. Coupled to our DXT® Lens assembly for improved in-room response and dispersion matching to the bass driver, this is one of the finest tweeters in use today.
These features wrapped into a compact, elegant floorstanding design and luxuriously finished with real piano ebony lacquer mark the new Reference Series as the pinnacle of current loudspeaker design.
Technical Specifications
Tweeter: | 32mm ring-radiator tweeter with DXT™ waveguide |
Mid Driver: | 110mm underhung magnet aluminium cone |
Bass Drivers: | Twin 130mm ‘pure piston’ aluminium cones with twin-wound aluminium voice-coils |
Frequency response: | 33Hz – 40kHz @ +/-3dB |
Power handling: | Amplifiers rated up to 300 watts into 8 Ohms |
Maximum SPL: | 116dB |
Sensitivity: | 90db for 2.83V at 1m |
Nominal impedance: | 6 Ohms |
Finish: | Piano ebony or piano black |