Another striking design detail is the artfully and mathematically designed laser-cut grille that serves both to protect and further showcase the diamond tweeter. The Minissimos are shipped securely connected to self-contained stands, but they can also be separated from these and placed on a special dampening mat for shelf or surface mounting.The stands' heavy steel tubes are filled with fine-grain sand and their weight ensures mechanical and sonic stability- indeed, they are said to be resonance-free.
The Minissimos were designed to perform well across a variety of room sizes-from 110 to 1300 square feet or more.
Per the user manual, the former configuration is said to provide a deeper soundstage, while the latter, a soundstage of greater width. Interestingly, the speakers can be placed-as a mirror-imaged pair-with the fuller, rounded parts of the enclosures facing inward or outward for different sonic results, depending on your room and preferences. looks modern and elegant but its smooth shape is more than just whimsical it's also functional, minimizing resonance and facilitating wider dispersion. Its cabinet, which is machined from a single solid piece of metal resin composite, looks modern and elegant but its smooth shape is more than just whimsical it's also functional, minimizing resonance and facilitating wider dispersion. If you've ever seen-and hopefully heard-either the original or the Diamond Edition model of the Arabesque Minissimo, chances are you'd remember or recognize it as much for its sweeping, curvy “comma”-shaped form factor and quartet of unexpected high-gloss color choices-Aquamarine blue, Pearl white, and Solar orange (like a Dreamsicle)-as for its incredible resolution, musicality, dispersion, and “disappearing act”-which make this two-way an allaround standout that defies any number of category expectations. A single Absolute Dream MonoCrystal Jumper Set (JD-1) is also included.
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Other changes include an upgrade to Absolute Dream internal wiring featuring mono- crystal silver conductors, bi-wiring capability via a double set of solid-silver WBT NextGen terminals, internal cabinet damping refinements, and even more rigorously pair-matched mid/bass drivers ( which use a strong neodymium air-optimized magnet structure and a carbon-fiber-reinforced sandwich paper cone diaphragm). First off, this isn't a new speaker per se (see Andrew Quint's review of the original Minissimo in Issue 256), but rather a major update, the centerpiece being a new namesake diamond tweeter. Can't one have the best of both worlds? Certain companies seem to think so (Sonus faber, Burmester, McIntosh, among many others), and this brings us to the inimitable Crystal Cable led by Edwin and Gabi Rijnveld, the husband-and-wife team who are the creative minds behind the Netherlands -based company.Įven their names are apt and clever. Sure, there are many approaches to product development and how budgets get divvied up, just as there are audiophiles who crave not only high-fidelity musical reproduction but also gear that's a pleasure to have around-to look at and live with in their home, to enjoy interacting with it. When high-end audio manufacturers delve into the so-called “lifestyle” category they must tread lightly to avoid giving the impression that they're prioritizing good looks at the expense of great sound. ".an all-around aesthetically pleasing combo displaying a blend of power, strength, and technical abilities tempered by effortless grace and gorgeous musicality." 2017 THE ABSOLUTE SOUND REVIEWS MINISSIMO DIAMOND AND SUBISSIMO
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