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Perlisten A Series

Robert-Hifi

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Perlisten is coming out with the A Series, they're positioned below the current R and S Series lineup.
Models include the A4t and A3t floorstanders, A3m monitor and A2s (surround/height).

Exact pricing is unknown at this point.

Some key highlights:
- A newly developed waveguide paired with a 38mm Teteron composite dome tweeter
- Proprietary 215mm carbon fiber woofers
- A refined acoustic design approach, tailored for flexibility and room integration
- All R&D involves full Klippel documentation

This link is for the PDF with the specs of each model with some measurements.

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The tweeter doesn't look 38mm wide in the images, but that could just be a matter or proportions. The info in each product specific section of the PDF states 35mm.

Reading through the information, a few things I note:
I expected a low crossover point due to large mid-bass and large tweeter, but it looks like it's closer to 1.8-2KHz going by the impedance and directivity data.
Good horizontal directivity
Vertical directivity increases with the MTM designs before the tweeter takes over.
The tower models have a de-tuned bass reflex design, particularly the 2.5-way model.

Will be interesting to see what the price points will be.
 
Pricing (each) in Germany:

Perlisten A4t: 3.495 Euro
Perlisten A3t: 2.495 Euro
Perlisten A3m: 1.495 Euro
Perlisten A2s: 995 Euro
 
Marketing talk about the A series.

 
I will say the Klippel data is EXTREMELY refreshing and all speaker manufacturers that want to be taken seriously should follow suit.
 
Here's the data without the marketing BS:

https://www.perlistenaudio.com/press_downloads/a3m

Change a3m to a4t, a3t, a2s for the other models.
"Without the marketing BS". I'm willing to grant them a little marketing BS if they back it up with the measurements they've provided. No other manufacturer outside of the professional space offers that level of detail that I'm aware of.
 
AsciLAB do,
Keith
Big fan of Ascilab, but let's not pretend that they're competitors. Ascilab is an awesome tiny, niche speaker maker that has 3 models of compact bookshelf speakers. Perlisten is overpriced, but probably 50x larger as a business serving essentially every domestic (i.e. non professional) audio category out there.
 
Big fan of Ascilab, but let's not pretend that they're competitors. Ascilab is an awesome tiny, niche speaker maker that has 3 models of compact bookshelf speakers. Perlisten is overpriced, but probably 50x larger as a business serving essentially every domestic (i.e. non professional) audio category out there.
You should check their roadmap of releases, and soon you will see how much their line is expanding, including active tower speakers, all with the same SOTA measurements.

"Without the marketing BS". I'm willing to grant them a little marketing BS if they back it up with the measurements they've provided. No other manufacturer outside of the professional space offers that level of detail that I'm aware of.
Ascend also provides detailed spins.
 
Yes … Perlisten were founded nine years ago, AsciLAB nine months ago.
Keith
 
Ascendo (Germany) publishes detailed speaker specifications. They even use a recognized 3rd party audio lab for much of the testing.
 
Ascendo (Germany) publishes detailed speaker specifications. They even use a recognized 3rd party audio lab for much of the testing.
As did Australian brand March Audio with the Sointuva AWG sending it to measure at Warkwyn in the US.
 
KEF white papers have detailed measurements.
 
As did Australian brand March Audio with the Sointuva AWG sending it to measure at Warkwyn in the US.
Come on Matias...a forum post 2 years ago on one product? Just the CEA-2034 too, no polar plots, no contour plots or anything.
 
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If you guys are trying to convince me that spins are commonly provided by speaker manufacturers, you're doing an extremely poor job. It's ok to give a larger brand props for providing these measurements...it moves the industry in the right direction.
 
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