About The Sonus faber Olympica Nova Centre II
We can dance around this, but the Sonus faber Olympica represents the right answer to an increasingly important question in audio: Can we have style AND substance? The usual answer is to dismiss anything that looks good with a wave of the hand, mumbling something about 'style over substance' in the process. The Olympica Nova range makes a strong case for the importance of both.
Olympic Theatre: it is design, planning, harmony, proportions, acoustics, sensitivity, search for beauty, wonder, expert processing of materials, emotions. One of the greatest works of the Master and chief architect Andrea Palladio created before his death as a perennial gift to Vicenza, enriching it further with another precious gem and a universal example of beauty and ingenuity. True and exemplary values that all can enjoy and make their own thanks to their glorious and radiant presence. And Sonus faber created in this beautiful and fortunate land could not but make this teaching and principles its own since its very beginning, inextricably linking them to their own history and then applying them in its Musical instruments which proudly resonate with the harmony of the city and the art that inspired them. In acknowledgement of the unique legacy of Andrea Palladio, Sonus faber has decided to create Sonus faber Olympica Nova, a sincere homage to the Olympic Theatre, temple of geometric pleasure in the voice of Music, the container in which sound seamlessly expands and an accurate reference model of acoustic enhancement.
The Project
Sonus faber wanted to create a family of speakers rich in content but also evocative of those visual and tactile emotions that have always characterized its production. Thus, wood, leather timeless craftsmanship values of careful and passionate production, able to make anyone understand the sincere love for their work and Music. The Sonus faber Olympica Nova project is made up of a new family of passive acoustic speakers that will add to the existing catalogue of the Arcugnano factory, aesthetically characterized by the use of two iconic Sonus faber noble materials, walnut wood and leather.
With this new project Sonus faber has been able, with great balance, to unite their quintessential style with the introduction of significant elements of technological innovation, therefore combining modernity with the classic stylistic canons of Sonus faber. This has been possible thanks to the creative teamwork of the R&D department, headed by Paolo Tezzon and Livio Cucuzza and the significant growth in terms of manpower and resources. The new Sonus faber Olympica line also represents the desire of the Vicenza house to offer its clients a range of models so that everyone can find the right solution in terms of use (two channel or home theatre) and in terms of space (bookshelf or floor-standing in various dimensions) forever ensuring the historic Sonus faber quality in relation to materials implemented, design features, performance and of course the exclusive charm of a speaker designed as a musical instrument and entirely produced in Italy. The Olympica Nova Center is the element that completes the collection. The natural completion of a high end system where high level of accuracy, elegance and performance work together to reach a wonderful sound and design.
In its classical shape, this three way speaker includes a technology specifically developed that features only tailor made components. Olympica Nova Center II allows you to achieve a top level sound system in any multichannel or home theatre configuration. It maintains the Sonus faber standards even while watching a movie or enjoying a Blue-ray of a concert.
Tweeter: The 28 mm silk soft dome tweeter features the DAD technology (Damped Apex Dome) that enhances the smoothness and extension in the high frequency by applying local dampening to the apex typically responsible for anti-phase behaviour of soft dome diaphragms. The DAD™ structure has been totally redesigned, a solid piece of aluminium die-cast includes both arch and ring on the dome to increase the strength and accuracy of the system.
Midrange: The midrange is completely designed and developed in Sonus faber laboratories. Its cone is realized cooperating with Kurtmueller and represents the most advanced stage of the traditional Sonus faber recipe: an air dried non pressed blend of cellulose pulp and other natural fibres: kapok and kenaf. This natural drying process gives the diaphragm a slightly rough surface of varying density and contributes damping and distributing cone resonances while guaranteeing a natural sound, increased transparency and details. The precious phase-plug enhances the mid-hi frequencies emission while proudly stating that the Olympica Nova collection is "Made in Italy
Woofer: The woofer cone has been developed in cooperation with Kurtmueller and it's based on an exclusive sandwich construction technique: two external layers of cellulose pulp are combined with a layer of hi-tech syntactic foam in between. This low mass and hi-rigidity cone construction allows for a perfect reproduction of the low frequencies while guaranteeing absolute tonal coherence with the midrange. This transducer is assembled in Italy.
Wood: Just like the rest of the cabinet, the front baffle is made in the walnut or wenge hand-finished natural wood. The Sonus faber designers wished to pay homage to the most representative material of Sonus faber, making it even more of a standard-bearer.
Structural Rigidity: Similar to the Homage Tradition and Reference Collections, the walls are made with eight layers of bended wood, providing the cabinet with extreme rigidity. Inside the cabinet, carefully placed structural ribs are used as reinforcement to reduce vibration and to handle the overall power of the transducers' movement.
Natural Leather: The natural leather embellishes the tweeter and the pair of midranges and enriches the aesthetic rings ground the woofers. Genuine Italian leather that, as per the brand's tradition, is applied by hand in the production department in Vicenza.
Reflex Port: The solid piece of extruded aluminium that complete the Stealth Ultraflex™ system, an extremely low-turbulence porting system, is inherited from Homage Tradition models. Favouring the profile of sea waves, the structure facilitates airflow through the duct while controlling its speed and reducing the distortion-causing turbulence.
Crossover: The crossover network implements Paracross Topology™, making the crossover less sensitive to radio-frequency interference, improving transient response and lowering noise floor. The filtering topology features new exclusive Clarity Cap capacitors, customized for Sonus faber.
Supports: The centre channels have been designed with new custom Aluminium extruded stands that feature a cable guide, to hide the speaker cable in the column.
Main Features & Specifications
- Design: 3 way Centre Channel Speaker
- Tweeter: 28 mm silk dome
- Midrange: 2 x 150 mm cones
- Woofer: 2 x 180 mm cones
- Floor Stand: Sonus faber Olympica Nova Centre Stand available as an optional extra
- Crossovers: 250 Hz & 1,550 Hz
- Frequency Response: 35 Hz – 35,000 Hz
- Sensitivity: 90 dB SPL
- Nominal Impedance: 4 Ohms
- Suggested Amplifier Output: 50W – 300W, Without Clipping
- Finishes: Walnut, Wenge & Piano Black
- Dimensions (WxHxD): 866 x 278 x 460 mm
- Weight: 29 kg
- Manufacturer's Warranty: 5 Years
Note: Features & Specifications Subject To Change Without Notice. E&OE