Audio First Designs : Fidelia Bookshelf Speakers KIT, Tear Down

[daniboun]

Hi Amigos,

I have finished assembling my Fidelia by Audio First Designs speakers.
I wanted to share some pictures and I will also make some measurements this next weekend. I think most of you are familiar with this Fidelia kit, which is now available in an "RTR" (ready to run) version. Personally, I made the purchase in two stages because I wanted to test the Crossover on another project.
Also note that the cabinets have a raw, sandblasted finish and are made of birch wood.
The Fidelia speakers were tested by Erin and are in the top 3 of the best bookshelf speakers he tested; their directivity and bass reflex port performance are exemplary.
They are quite simple to assemble and the online tutorial is very easy to follow. This kit is really well made; you can see that Harry designed the cabinets with a lot of ingenuity, and the crossover is impressive in both size and quality. (The size of the crossover is 118 mm x 234 mm.)
I'll probably treat the cabinets with Danish oil as soon as I have some free time so that the wood grain really stands out.

In the meantime, here are some photos taken during the assembly.
Full review :

Audio First Fidelia (Kit Speaker) Review

Audio First Fidelia Review

www.erinsaudiocorner.com

 

[Ktacos]

Would you just look at that round over on the inside of the woofer mount, well thought out.

 

[daniboun]

I took some Full range measurements with my SVS1000 Pro subwoofer integrated. (my amplifier is a Wiim Amp Pro.)
It's not so bad, especially since I could correct some imperfections with the Wiim's PEQ.

Please note :
Ambient curve = Green > is supposed to show room interaction by gating the response to 8ms
Raw Curve = Yellow > Full FFT, information is displayed without any filtering. Everylittle detail, reflex and phase cancellation is visible
Anechoic curve = Blue > is supposed to remove room interference by gating the response to 4ms.

My living room is 50m2.
The Fidelia speakers are positioned on wall brackets at a height optimized for my listening experience.


Ambient Response (In room)

Ambient / Raw

Superimposed measurements : In room /Ambient / Anechoic

 

[Matias]

I suggest you use the standard 50dB scale on the Y axis, and the peaks and dips will accentuate a lot.
Then overlap with anechoic in room measurement and you can see what is the speaker versus your room influencing.

 

[daniboun]

I suggest you use the standard 50dB scale on the Y axis, and the peaks and dips will accentuate a lot.
Then overlap with anechoic in room measurement and you can see what is the speaker versus your room influencing.

Right, I used the default scale (80db)
Will make a test asap) Thanks