EsoterixAltum

ESOTERIX ALTUM

BOOKSHELF
  • Audiophile performance
  • Waveguide precision imaging
  • Ultra-smooth treble, extended bass

This revolutionary new bookshelf speaker presents a delightfully detailed, open soundstage with a tight and punchy bottom end. Designed for two channel stereo listening, this speaker will surprise and excite those looking for the next wave in high fidelity audio performance.

Black Ash Atlantic Jarrah Blackwood

Available finishes

$8495.00 PER PAIR

Black Ash
Atlantic Jarrah
Blackwood

 

Matching Stands
$1655.00 PER PAIR

Black Ash
Atlantic Jarrah
Blackwood

“The aural vista these speakers create is just stunning. Remarkably deep and powerful… simply heavenly imaging”

– Best Buys Audio & AV

“The aural vista these speakers create is just stunning. Remarkably deep and powerful… simply heavenly imaging”

– Best Buys Audio & AV

REVOLUTIONARY

The ultimate bookshelf speaker for esoteric audiophiles. The Esoterix Altum is a refined speaker, designed to truly enhance the full two channel listening experience, whether playing old favourites on vinyl, or enjoying the definition and detail of the latest high resolution digital tracks.

 

In developing this revolutionary speaker, the Krix engineering team paid particular attention to imaging – the meticulously engineered waveguide controls the directivity to present a soundstage much larger than expected. Paired with the renowned Scanspeak Revelator tweeter, the result is an accurate and detailed stereo image, delivering extreme definition with a very smooth response.

 

The bass and midrange are superbly handled by a 165mm driver incorporating leading edge transducer technology, highlighted by an innovative cast aluminium basket and a large neodymium-iron-boron magnet for increased power handling. Perfectly tuned with the cabinet and sizable double-flared vent, the Esoterix Altum is able to produce bass much larger than its size would suggest.

 

Detail isn’t only in the sound. The distinctive fully-mitred cabinets provide a seamless look with no visible joins, while the striking prismatic geometry and optional matching stands ensure these bookshelf speakers will look stunning in any environment.

 

For the ultimate sound experience at home, play it through Krix.

SPECIFICATIONS

Frequency range
40Hz-40kHz in room response

Power handling
20 – 200 Watts RMS recommended amplifier power

Sensitivity
89dB for 2.83 volts at 1 metre

Impedance
Nominally 4 Ohms (minimum 3.2 Ohms)

Configuration
2-way

Enclosure type
Bass reflex, bottom vented

Dimensions
390mm high x 260mm wide x 380mm deep

Low frequency driver
165mm (6 ½”) natural wood fiber cone, innovative cast aluminium basket with 38mm (1 ½”) voice coil and large neodymium-iron-boron-magnet

High frequency driver
26mm (1″) revelator ring radiator design with patented phase plug and large neodymium magnet

Input terminals
Gold plated binding posts

Weight
11kg each

“… throws a soundstage wider than you would think possible from a small speaker, and tonally is just oh so sweet.”

– Marc Rushton [Stereonet]

REVIEWS / AWARDS
StereoNet Australia

 

Get on the end of a pair and the level of neutrality and transparency will keep you listening, and your feet tapping in time with the beat of the music, for hours on end.

Best Buys Audio & AV

 

Wow! That was our very first thought when first we heard the Krix Esoterix Altums in our listening room. We’re prepared to bet that that’s what you’ll think too when you hear a pair for the first time.

StereoNet Australia Applause Award 2018

 

The Esoterix Altum made a big impression on the Stereonet team, and were awarded with the Standmount Speakers of the Year.

“The Altums join the select handful of compact speakers that in our opinion qualify as candidates for the elite grade of their genre.”

Sound+Image Awards 2018 – Winner

 

The imaging, definition and depth of the Esoterix Altum just begs to auditioned. The judges at Sound+Image thoroughly enjoyed reviewing these marvels and awarded them the Standmount Loudpeakers of the Year.

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