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We are convinced this loudspeaker will redefine your
listening experience.
The F1 AvantGarde ‘Composite Sandwich Technology’
loudspeaker is a high performance, 3
1
/
2
way, 4th order reflex-
loaded loudspeaker system capable of reproducing music with
outstanding clarity and transparency.The F1 AvantGarde is
ideal for all room sizes, including larger rooms which require
greater sound pressure level to recreate a performance with
realistic volume levels.The combination of a unique enclosure
with lowest distortion drive units and no-expense-spared
crossovers generates sound reproduction at a level of
transparency and clarity which is extremely rare to find. Music
reproduction pushed to a new limit.
Thank you for purchasing the TAG McLaren Audio F1
AvantGarde ‘Composite Sandwich Technology’ loudspeaker.
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A
G McLaren ‘Composite Sandwich
Technology’
TAG McLaren pioneered the use of
composite technology in F1 motor racing
almost 20 years ago, at a time when only
the most advanced aerospace programmes
used carbon fibre composites exploiting
their extraordinary combination of strength
and weight.
The F1 AvantGarde’s loudspeaker
cabinets are constructed using an open
mould system with multiple split lines to
allow the lamination of shapes with complex
curvatures.The enclosure walls incorporate
integrally moulded damping cores with two
composite epoxy skins.The enclosures are
subdivided to provide three chambers.
These chambers are created by two solid
bulkheads dividing the cabinet in such a way
as to provide the required chamber volumes,
brace the cabinet walls and ensure there are
no parallel reflective surfaces.
This construction, which we call
‘Composite Sandwich Technology’ creates a
structurally inert and inherently well
damped enclosure to ensure that the only
acoustic energy generated emanates from
the drive units and not the enclosure.
Preventing the enclosure from flexing and
re-radiating energy reduces distortion and
colouration offering a neutral and accurate
portrayal of the performance.
The resulting sound quality of this rather
complex design process is extremely clear
and transparent, almost like an electrostatic
speaker, but still with the punch which
makes electro-dynamic speakers so
desirable. It is sound reproduction at the
very forefront of technology!
optimised dispersion enclosure geometry
Marrying form and function harmoniously,
the smooth and irregular curvature of the
enclosure has been carefully designed to
F1 AvantGarde loudspeakers
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