Description: Three-way, sealed-cabinet, floorstanding loudspeaker. Drive-units: horn-loaded, AC-powered, ionic plasma tweeter with its own class-A amplifier; horn-loaded, 2" soft-dome midrange unit; two 11" treated paper-cone woofers in separate enclosure with one internal 11" treated paper-cone woofer. Tweeter sensitivity: 1.5V. Tweeter amplifier input impedance: 600 ohms. Tweeter high-pass filter slope: 12dB/octave. Crossover frequencies: 800Hz, 5kHz. Frequency range: 26Hz–40kHz. Nominal impedance: 8 ohms. Sensitivity: 93dB/2.83V/m. Recommended amplification: >15W. Power handling: 200W (peak handling of 1000W at 10ms with no distortion).
Dimensions: 64" (1626mm) H by 19" (483mm) W by 27" (686mm) D, including horn. Weight: 308 lbs (140kg) per speaker.
Finishes: Bass cabinets available in piano black or piano white; midrange horn available in any automotive finish at no extra cost. (Buyer supplies paint color code from Mercedes, Porsche, Ferrari, etc.)
Serial Numbers Of Units Reviewed: 9062103, 9062104 (tweeters); 011, 012 (midrange horns & woofer cabinets).
Price: $80,000/pair. Approximate number of dealers: 7.
Manufacturer: Acapella, Duisburg, Germany. Web: www.acapella.de/en/. US distributor: Aaudio Imports, 4871 Raintree Drive, Parker, CO 80134. Tel: (720) 851-2525. Fax: (720) 851-7575. Web: www.aaudioimports.com.
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COMMENTS
Yeah, they might sound great, but they sure are ugly.
Looks like it came out of the 1930's.
Just sayin'.....
Looks like something granny would put in her ear.
"What's that you say sonny? Licorice whips and penny whistles?"
;)
I listened to the Acapellas in Atlanta at AXPONA. I think the initial review was more accurate as I couldn't stay in the room for more than a few minutes with the set-up in what should have been a great room.
"That ionic tweeter offers a high-frequency clarity that is rarely equaled by conventional drive-units, but even at the factory setting, its sensitivity is a little too high for a completely neutral on-axis response."
For all their qualities, I cannot keep from thinking why not audition these speakers with Tact's excellent Room Correction preamplifier, the RCS 2.2x or xp. Granted speakers at this price level ought to perform without it, but if they don't the RCS is made so that tweaking can be made without exchanging amplifiers, cables and such and then really get to evaluate what the speaker could be capable of.
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