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  SOLO
  Avantgarde > Horn Speaker (Stand & wall mount)

Partly in response to consumer feedback for a more compact horn speaker, Avantgarde have done the near impossible and actually introduced a small full-range horn speaker that actually works!

The speaker is a dual concentric design with the tweeter located snugly in the center of the 12 in. woofer and utilizing their famed front mounted circular horns. The speaker itself is mounted on attractive purpose-designed stands to raise it to the proper height.

One unique aspect of the SOLO is the active circuitry used to equalize the frequency response of the speaker to enable it to play full range without the aid of an external subwoofer. It also offers the consumer the option of using it in a normal system set-up driven by any power amplifier, or being connected directly in an active mode to any preamp or surround processor.

Sold singly or in pairs, the all new SOLO is designed for both small room audio applications and high-end home theatre set-ups. Just visualize this - five pieces of SOLO horn speakers directly connected to a surround processor with no ugly or space-consuming power amplifiers in sight!

The Avantgarde SOLO comes with matching stands and a choice of colours for the horns. Wall mounting brackets are also available for surround speaker applications.

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Customer's Installations of Avantgarde's speakers.

Specifications
  • Frequency response - 30 to 20,000Hz
  • Power handling - 250 watts
  • Sensitivity (1 watt / 1 meter) - > 97dB
  • Crossover frequency - 2,000Hz
  • Crossover slope - 6dB/octave
  • Recommended room size - minimum 150 sq. ft.
  • Horn diameter
    • Bass - 18.1 in
    • Tweeter - 3.9 in
  • Horn length
    • Bass - 2.4 in
    • Tweeter - 2.4 in
  • System Size
    • Width - 18.1 in
    • Depth - 17.3 in
    • Height - 18.1 in
    • Weight - 84 lbs
  • Drivers
    • Bass/mid Driver
      • Nominal diameter - 11.8 in
      • Rated impedance - 8 ohm
      • Power capacity - 250 watt
      • Sensitivity (1w/1m) - 97dB
      • Voice coil diameter - 4.0 in
      • Magnetic assembly weight - 19.1 lbs
      • B/L factor - 20.7 N/A
      • Moving mass - 1.36 oz.
      • Max. excursion - +/- 0.195 in
      • Cone material - paper
      • Basket material - die-cast aluminum
      • Voice coil - edgewound copper
      • Overall diameter - 12.6 in
      • Depth - 7.2 in
      • Net weight - 23.7 lbs
    • Tweeter
      • Tweeter throat diameter - 1 in
      • Voice coil diameter - 1.75 in
      • Diaphragm diameter - 1.75 in
      • Nominal impedance - 16 ohms
      • Power capacity - 50 watts
      • Sensitivity - 102 dB
      • Frequency range - 800 to 20,000Hz
      • Magnetic assembly weight - 6.8 lbs
      • Flux density - 1.9T
      • B/L factor - 9.8 N/A
      • Diaphragm - aluminum
      • Voice coil - edgewound copper
      • Voice coil former - Kapton
      • Overall diameter - 5.7 in
      • Depth - 2.6 in
      • Net weight - 7.2 lbs
  • Amplifier
    • 250-watt amplifier - integrated
    • 12 volt remote trigger power activation
    • Avantgarde soft-start turn on circuit
    • Active crossover - integrated
    • Low frequency filter - integrated
    • Bass EQ - integrated
    • Treble EQ - integrated
    • Groundlift switch - integrated
    • Speaker level input - integrated
    • Line level input - integrated
About Avantgarde Acoustics

"The experience of listening to music reproduction from a well designed hornspeaker system is unique. It's as if it were live music. This made me a real enthusiast for this fascinating loudspeaker technology. This "live music" experience is what we based the foundation of our company Avantgarde Acoustic on. We're entirely convinced that the striking sound quality of the horn is unique. For the past twelve years we've dedicated ourselves solely to refining horn technology. We, a small team of dedicated engineers and designers, manufacture the Avantgarde Acoustic Hornspeakers here in Lautertal, Germany...."

Holger Fromme
Managing Director, Avantgarde Acoustic, GmbH
For more information about this product, please visit the manufacturer's website.

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