This exquisite and impressive newly designed 3-way, 5-speaker bass-reflex center speaker is the highest level solution for reproducing dialogue and front ambience effects proposed by the Olympica Nova range from Sonus Faber . A range that adopts the values that inspired its celebrated predecessor – the Olympica – while adding a spectacular amount of latest technological developments.
Thus, the panels used in the Olympica Nova Center I are made with eight layers of bent and pressed wood that provide extreme rigidity to the enclosure, inside which carefully placed structural ribs are used as reinforcement to reduce vibration and handle the entire of the acoustic power generated by the movement of the speakers.
The front panel is made from hand-finished natural wood to enhance the entire enclosure, and genuine leather covering has also been applied around the tweeter and mid/bass speakers. In addition, the outer part of the exclusive Stealth Ultraflex bass-reflex port, characterized by exhibiting an extremely low level of turbulence, has been manufactured from a solid block of extruded aluminum.
Regarding the electroacoustic technology used, the Olympica Nova Center I mounts a silk dome tweeter with DAD ("Damped Apex Dome') technology from the Italian brand accompanied by two mid/bass speakers derived from those used in the Homage Tradition collection, having introduced several significant changes. In the case of the 'midwoofers', let us highlight that they mount a cone that benefits from a sophisticated sandwich structure in which two sheets of cellulose pulp flank a core of latest generation syntactic foam.
This set of speakers is managed by a frequency divider filter based on Sonus Faber 's exclusive 'Paracross Topology', which allows the sensitivity to radio frequency interference to be substantially reduced, improving the response to transients and reducing the background noise. Let us finally point out that the Olympica Nova Center I can optionally be placed on the elegant dedicated Nova Stand.
Characteristics:
- Reference central speaker with 2-way/3-speaker configuration.
- Exclusive Sonus Faber “Stealth Ultraflex” bass-reflex port.
- Midwoofers with cellulose pulp cone and other natural fibers.
- Anti-resonant filter with impedance compensation at low frequencies.
- Enclosure made with panels made up of eight layers of pressed wood.
- Enclosure with asymmetrical geometry to facilitate placement and tune the bass.
- Entirely manufactured and finished by hand in Italy.
- Frequency response: 45 - 35,000 Hz.
- Sensitivity: 90 dB/W/m.
- Nominal impedance: 4 Ohm.
- Amplification power between 35 and 250W RMS.
- Dimensions/weight without stand: 616 x 242 x 398 mm (W x H x D) / 18 kg.
- Dimensions/weight with stand: 616 x 689 x 398 mm (W x H x D) / 26 kg.
- Nova Center Stand dedicated floor stand available optionally for €750;.
