Introducing a new compact horn speaker from Volti Audio, RIVAL, big horn speaker performance In a smaller footprint
(Los Angeles, Ca – April 26, 2017) Volti Audio, makers of the highly acclaimed Volti Vittora horn loaded loudspeaker system, will introduce the Volti Rival, a 3-way, horn-loaded loudspeaker that offers high sensitivity, wide bandwidth and superb cabinetry in a compact and affordable format. It can be heard in Room 346 at the LA Audio Show, June 2-4.
Following in the tradition of all Volti Audio loudspeakers, the Rival is both highly sensitive and wide bandwidth – with a frequency response of 32Hz – 20Khz and a sensitivity of 100db/W enabling glorious, full range, tactile sound produced from as little as a handful of amplifier Watts.
Borrowing heavily from its larger and more expensive brother, the Rival uses many of the same internal components found in the Vittora, so the characteristic “Volti Sound” remains intact, but in a loudspeaker that is 1/3rd the size and 1/3rd the cost of the Vittora system.
The Rival offers the outstanding dynamic response that you expect from a horn loaded loudspeaker but with none of the colorations that are normally associated with horns. The Rival, like the Vittora, accurately captures the timbre of real instruments with the same smoothness and great tone.
When listening to the Rival, you will experience pinpoint imaging in an expansive soundstage with dynamics and micro-dynamics that will make you believe there are singers and instrumentalist’s right in your room. The Rival conveys the characteristics that make live music compelling and engaging: the tone and timbre of instruments and voices, the drive and force of the tempos, the dynamic swings from soft to loud, and the intensity and excitement of a real live musical performance.
Specs
- 15” high-power and high-sensitivity woofer – bass reflex configuration, ported
- Wooden midrange horn with a known Tractrix flare, 2” throat, designed and built by Volti Audio
- High quality 2” outlet midrange compression driver with a 3-1/2” phenolic diaphragm
- Elliptical tweeter horn with a known Tractrix flare High quality 1” compression tweeter driver
- Custom made crossovers, high quality components, hand-wired , adjustable, final voicing done while comparing directly to a Vittora speaker
- Bi-wire or Bi-amp at the input terminals
- Electrical: 100db sensitivity
- Amplifier Power: Min 3W/ch, max 100watt continuous
- Bandwidth: 32Hz – 20kHz
- Dimensions: 41-1/2” tall, 19” wide and 16” deep
- Weight: 125lbs/each
The Rival is room-friendly, and can be positioned against a wall, in a corner, or pulled out into the room. It is front ported, which allows the greatest flexibility in placement, since the port does not rely on, nor is affected by walls behind or beside the speaker.
Powerful and highly directional, the Rival is capable of filling a very large room, but will also work in an intimate, near-field setting.
Adjustments to the crossovers allow the user to tailor the sound of the speaker to their system, room, or liking. Easy rear-panel access allows you to insert various high quality resistors in an L-Pad configuration to attenuate the midrange and the tweeter. By simply moving a wire, you can choose a softer or sharper upper midrange tone. The tweeter capacitor is easily changed out to adjust the tone of the high frequencies. Also, the port is tunable, by removing a plate, accessed through the port opening.
Volti Audio offers custom upgrades for the Rival speakers, including feet/plinth and grill options. For more information regarding pricing contact Greg Roberts at Volti.
Contact:
Greg Roberts, Volti
207-314-1937
voltiaudio@gmail.com