Quad Artera Solus Play + Sonus Faber Sonetto I

The Artera Solus Play is a multi-tasking hi-fi system packaged in a single elegant and sophisticated enclosure, combining a CD player, DAC, preamplifier and power amplifier in a single compact chassis, with extensive connectivity options including Bluetooth and DTS Play-Fi.

The smallest of the bookshelf/stand-mount monitors in Sonus Faber 's Sonetto “collection” uses a 2-way, 2-speaker configuration with bass loading via a rectangular bass-reflex port – and therefore with laminar airflow, easier to control than that generated by a circular section port - located in the lower area of the front panel. As far as the speakers used are concerned, they have been designed specifically for the Sonetto range by Sonus Faber . First of all, we have a 29 mm diameter silk dome tweeter with DAD (“Damped Apex Dome”) technology and viscoelastic decoupling from the front panel. This tweeter is complemented by a 150 mm diameter “midwoofer” with a cone composed of a special natural fiber and a mixture of air-dried unpressed paper pulp, which provides extreme linearity and very low dynamic compression. The set, mounted in an enclosure with the iconic Sonus Faber lute shape, is managed by a frequency divider filter of anti-resonant design with optimized amplitude and phase curves to obtain the best possible performance both spatially and temporally. Made with audiophile grade components and tuned by ear, this filter allows the Sonetto I to reproduce frequencies of the order of 50 Hz with hardly any loss and support attack powers of up to 150 watts, which provides it with great versatility in both High Fidelity like multichannel audio or Home Cinema.

Artera Solus Play Features:

• Integrated 75W RMS amplifier at 8 ohms.
  
• Internal 32-bit/384kHz DAC type ESS9018.
  
• DTS Play-Fi compatible.
  
• Compatible with audio files such as ALAC,WAV, FLAC, AIFF, WMA, MP3, AAC, AAC+, HE or DSD256.
  
• Bluetooth aptX low compression wireless link.
  
• CD player.
  
• Digital inputs: 1 x USB type B (PC or MAC), 2 x RCA coaxial and 2 x Toshlink optical.
  
• Digital outputs: 1 x RCA coaxial and 1 x Toshlink optical.
  
• Analog inputs: 2 x stereo RCA.
  
• Analog outputs: 1 x stereo balanced XLR and 1 x stereo RCA.
  
• Front socket for 6.3mm stereo jack type headphones.
  
• Frequency response: 20Hz to 20kHz.
  
• Total harmonic distortion: Less than 0.009%.
  
• Signal/noise ratio: Greater than 110dB.
  
• Channel separation: Greater than 82dB.
  
• Dynamic range: 98dB.
  
• Measurements: 320 x 320 x 105mm.
  
• Weight: 11.84 kilos.

Sonus Faber Sonetto I Features:

• Compact monitor with high performance and exceptional quality/price ratio.
  
• 2-way/2-speaker bass-reflex system.
  
• Textile dome tweeter with special coating (DAD technology).
  
• Mid/bass speaker with cone composed of natural fibers.
  
• Lute-shaped enclosure with aluminum trim.
  
• Frequency divider filter with exclusive Paracross topology from Sonus Faber .
  
• Great versatility High Fidelity/Home Cinema.
  
• Dedicated kickstand available optionally.
  
• Frequency response: 45 - 25,000 Hz.
  
• Sensitivity: 87 dB/W/m.
  
• Nominal impedance: 4 Ohm.
  
• Recommended amplification power: 30 - 150W RMS.
  
• Dimensions: 219 x 359 (1,090 with optional stand) x305 mm (W x H x D).
  
• Weight: 5.5kg.

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