Seawave Acoustic AM23, High End Horn Monitor Speaker, incl Massive Aluminium Stands

Seawave Acoustic AM23, High End Horn Monitor Speaker
New price € 23.950,00 per set including solid aluminum Stands
(Non EU Buyers and EU Buyers with a valid VAT nr pay € 19.973,39)

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General: Unique compact monitor, made in South Korea by Bo San and his team, a practicing Buddhist Monk.

Technology: We are familiar with many of the speakers in the world. Usually the technology is broadly the same everywhere. A 2-way or 3-way speaker, a large bass woofer and a smaller midrange driver and a tweeter, housed in a mostly MDF/HDF enclosure. They all sound excellent, the more expensive ones often better than the cheaper ones due to better components. Most components come from a factory somewhere. Units, crossovers, cabinets and everything else. Seawave Acoustic is different. We discovered the brand at the Hifi Deluxe show at the Marriott Hotel in Munich in 2022, and this was the room where we stayed the longest. In the room, the AM23 from Seawave Acoustic was playing. The sound was remarkably beautiful, musical and simply very authentic, very addictive. We decided fairly quickly to bring this brand to the BeNeLux for music lovers here. Truly everything is different about Seawave Acoustic.

First of all, the special enclosure. This enclosure is a solid cast enclosure made of AC4C aluminum. Not standard aluminum but Aluminum combined with Silicon and Magnesium. This creates a very rigid, heavy but also resonance-free enclosure. Of course, it is a complex and expensive undertaking to produce such an enclosure, but the result is truly excellent. It not only looks stunning, but it also sounds extremely good acoustically. Inside the enclosure there are 3 units. A Bass Woofer from Eton, custom produced for Seawave Acoustic. From 1.2KHz, the titanium compression driver in the horn is used, up to around 17KHz, so the entire midrange comes from this unit without phase shifts. It is a small horn turned from a solid wood laminate block. On top of the AM23 sits a Beryllium super tweeter that handles the ultra-high region up to 35.000 Hz, this Beryllium super tweeter radiates upward for extra spatiality.

The cabinet and the units are already very special. But the interchange filter technology is where Seawave Acoustic truly excels. Seawave Acoustic makes everything themselves. The resistors, the coils (inductors) and the capacitors. A normal inductor is a coil made of an enormous length of thin copper wire. A coil with the same value is made by Seawave Acoustic from just 9 meters of flat copper wire. This makes the signal path considerably shorter than in speakers with traditional inductors, and you hear that directly. Ultimately, all these ultra high-quality components are coupled together via NSC, which stands for Non Soldering Connection. Not a trace of solder is used in the entire Seawave AM23. All components are crimped together under high pressure. Even the Litz wires of the units themselves are crimped directly to the internal wiring. We've never seen or heard anything like that. The reason for NSC is that Seawave Acoustic believes that solder connections slow down and distort the current, so dynamics are lost. By using NSC, the dynamics are preserved and the speakers sound much more open. Finally, the included stands are also made of solid aluminium, with blunt plastic spikes on the underside, and hardmetal spikes and coupling pieces between the cabinet and the stands. Technically, the Seawave Acoustic AM23 is a technical masterpiece, and we dare say that the Seawave AM23 is among the most advanced studio monitors on the planet. But good technology is nice, of course, but does it also sound good?

Sound: Setting up the AM23 is quite challenging. The stands are heavy, and the speakers weigh more than 30kg, and getting them onto the 3 metal blocks without being able to see properly is quite difficult. Ohm-Audio BV will help you with this. But once placed and positioned correctly, an enormous musical soundstage unfolds that is very spacious, precise and refined. The bass goes very deep and is very potent, and sounds very precise. Even at high volumes, the control is phenomenal. The transition to the mid/treble horn is inaudible. The bass, midrange and treble regions play together very harmoniously, creating an intriguing listening experience. It takes at least 200 hours to get the midrange horn properly run in, but then you have something special. A musical stage unfolds that we have never heard from a monitor of this size before. A large 3D bubble, very good dynamic reproduction and the AM23 sounds super transparent, but, and that is remarkable, it sounds full and round at the same time. Also remarkable is that, despite the midrange driver being in a horn, you don't experience horn coloration and the sound doesn't have the typical horn speaker character. The Seawave AM23 is a truly musical speaker, which can hit hard when needed, but meanwhile remains very controlled. But the Seawave AM23 can also play at low room volume and then you can still enjoy the entire recording in a refined and musical way.

We at team Ohm Audio are enthusiastic about the Seawave Acoustic AM23 and we cordially invite you to listen to this unique speaker system. Feel free to make a no-obligation listening appointment, click here for our contact details.

Specifications of the Seawave Acoustic AM23:

Brand: Seawave Acoustic South Korea
Model: AM23
Type: 3-Way Monitor Speaker
Warranty Ohm-Audio B.V.: 60 Months
Input Terminal: Single Wiring Inputs
Connectors: Speaker Connections for Spades and/or Banana Plugs
Finish: Available in multiple finishes, inquire about options
Trade-in: Negotiable

Dimensions:

Dimensions: 57cm Height x 31cm Width x 37cm Depth
Weight: 35 kg Net Per Speaker, 30 kg per Stand

Technical Specifications:

Frequency Response: 32Hz – 35,000 Hz
Sensitivity: 91dB at 1 Watt
Impedance: 8 Ohm

Manufacturer Website: Seawave Acoustic AM23