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This looks to be an excellent speaker design. Similar to the Ascilab C5B although DIY construction.
Audio First are local to me so I am tempted to try and get a demo…
Company website says finished products are coming soon, but I’d assume quite an uplift from the kit price making your comment valid.Hard sell compared to the ascilab for me as it's already built for you.
For the sense of musicians being in the room (however inaccurate that might actually be), I’d take the 70 degree dispersion of the Fidelia.![]()
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I would expect those to sound quite different actually.
Wide 70 degree dispersion on the Fidelia, narrow 50 degree dispersion on the Ascilab.
Straight downward tilt for the Fidelia, somewhat scooped in 900 Hz -2 kHz region and and a fairly large treble uplift after 5 kHz on the Ascilab.
Just get me that speaker with a Purifi woofer inside.For the sense of musicians being in the room (however inaccurate that might actually be), I’d take the 70 degree dispersion of the Fidelia.
I would be interested in a floorstander from them with multiple 6.5” woofers crossing to the mid at ~400Hz to mitigate floor bounce cancellation and to, of course, have some proper dynamics and low distortion, deep bassJust get me that speaker with a Purifi woofer inside.![]()
Company website says NFS is coming soon.Great product, however, I can't find any signs of a Klippel NFS being involved.
If there is, then they're hiding it well.
Makes sense. The Fidelia page has the vibe of them making do until they get their NFS. Not criticizing.Company website says NFS is coming soon.
Sorry, didn’t notice!FAO moderators: might be best to merge this with my earlier thread: https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/audio-first-fidelia-on-erin’s-audio-corner.58943/
No need to apologise. I guess we probably both got the YouTube notification bell for Erin’s video, watched it and then were quite excited to share on hereSorry, didn’t notice!
Your thread didn’t show up while I was typing.
Hi,Makes sense. The Fidelia page has the vibe of them making do until they get their NFS. Not criticizing.
Does it though?It seems, that these measurements of the speaker are made with a Klippel NFS.
This looks to be an excellent speaker design. Similar to the Ascilab C5B although DIY construction.
Audio First are local to me so I am tempted to try and get a demo…
You are correct. Harry has commented on Erin’s Facebook post just now:Does it though?
All of their Fidelia graphs seem to come from the Audio Precision software suite, same as what KEF use internally. E.g: https://www.ap.com/blog/improved-polar-plot-utility
They're not from Klippel.
Hence my hunch that they're probably making do with what they got for now, until they receive their NFS (lead times must be crazy, same as the 5128).