Horning Hybrid Systems Eufrodite Ellipse PM65 NWB (Neodymium) : SOLD to the Netherlands

New Price : € 21.000,00

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General

Tommy Horning from Denmark is originally a speaker designer. Nowadays Horning Hybrid Systems makes more than just speakers, but the most special and successful are Tommy Horning's unique speaker designs. Tommy's first model was the Eufrodite, the predecessor of the current model. Tommy is a true music lover and enjoys live music. Tommy found that the speakers he knew were not dynamic, honest and open enough. Even extremely expensive high-end speakers often sound sluggish, heavy and strongly colored. The big problem according to Tommy Horning is the sluggishness of the speaker units in combination with the extensive filtering that takes place. A typical dynamic speaker usually has an efficiency of approximately 89db at 1 watt, and is simply not fast and dynamic enough to follow the super-fast dynamic jumps in music. One solution is to build horn speakers, but Tommy didn't want that because of the typical horn coloration and directional sound. Tommy Horning found the solution in using just 1 single full range unit that handles almost the entire sound spectrum. A full range driver, which is driven directly without any filtering. Of course, that can give spectacular results, but you can't really expect deep bass from it. And the real top high, right after 10,000 Hz, falls short compared to the super beautiful midrange. Tommy then designed a very special bass section, which also has enormous efficiency. It became a system with 8 woofers in a compound configuration, resulting in a quarter wavelength horn, and the result is unmatched. For bass reproduction, high efficiency is almost impossible without horn constructions or active bass sections, but Tommy is not a proponent of that, hence the solution found. Horning spent 20 years testing and listening to refine this bass section. A very special construction has also been designed for the top high. A paper cone tweeter without spider is used here. All solutions together are unique in the speaker world, and we don't know of any dynamic speaker with such high and therefore favorable efficiency, and without large horns.

The full range driver

The heart of every Horning Hybrid Systems speaker is a heavily modified Lowter unit, one that you can't buy yourself in the store. It's the PM65 drive unit, which is used alone for the range from 100Hz to 10,000Hz. This PM-65 unit consists of a special super-lightweight paper cone, and is driven by a massive Alnico magnet with a strength of 2.45 Tesla. Because of that magnet, this PM65 driver is extremely heavy, but it has a moving mass of only 5.5 grams total. The unit is therefore extremely fast, very controlled, and excellently damped. This very special unit is only used in the Horning Eufrodite Ellipse PM65 NWB and the Agalme PM65 NWB. The PM65 driver is driven directly, so there's no filter construction that could unfavorably affect the efficiency or speed. Only two small notch filters are used to dampen 2 resonance peaks. The current Eufrodite NWB now also sounds very balanced. The efficiency of the PM65 unit in the enclosure is 98dB at 1 watt and therefore requires 8 times less power than a comparable 89dB efficiency speaker.

The bass section

A typical dynamic speaker has 1 or 2 large heavy bass units, which are used for the deepest tones, the bass, or low frequencies. Now most speaker designers don't want these units to also reproduce midtones and or high tones, so large filters are applied to filter out these higher tones. These filters consist of enormous copper coils, through which the entire signal has to struggle. It works, but it comes at the cost of control over the woofers. Tommy does it differently. The vast majority of the Eufrodite Ellipse NWB is taken up by the bass section. At the back, 4 woofers are visible, mounted in reverse. However, on the inside of the Eufrodite PM65 there are 4 more. A total of 8 woofers. The woofer in question is a new unit, used for the first time in the Eufrodite Ellipse PM65 NWB. The woofer is a very fast Beyma unit, made with an aluminum basket and neodymium magnets for efficiency and speed. The visible woofers radiate directly at the back, into the room. A large damping plate has been installed to dampen the slightly audible midtones. The woofers on the inside look into a transmission line, which ends at the bottom, just below the speaker connection. The whole thing has become a super pure, fast and dynamic bass section with an efficiency of 98dB at 1 watt. Exactly the same as the PM65 midrange unit. The old Horning Eufrodite PM65 does not have these special units.

The treble section

For the reproduction of crystal-clear high tones, there are nowadays many systems available. Dome tweeters, inverted dome tweeters, ribbon tweeters, and much more. The most diverse materials are used, including Diamond, Beryllium, Titanium and the like. According to Tommy, all nice and fine, but not suitable for truly dynamic reproduction of ultra-high tones. Too large voice coils, too stiff domes, which often show some harshness, and also often too low power handling. Tommy uses a cone tweeter, made of paper. We haven't seen those in a long time. The unit used by Tommy Horning is a lightweight paper cone tweeter, without spider. This tweeter is equipped with an extra heavy magnet to achieve a 99dB efficiency. The tweeter used works well beyond 20,000Hz and in Tommy Horning's opinion is better than any ring radiator or dome tweeter.

Filter technology

This section is only very brief. Only the tweeter is equipped with a filter, a single Jensen Capacitor, to protect the tweeter against low frequencies. The rest of the filtering of this complex speaker is done entirely acoustically. The bass section provides output from 25Hz to 200Hz, then acoustically rolls off. The PM65 unit comes in at 200Hz and operates up to 12,000Hz, then naturally rolling off at 6 to 12 dB per octave. The tweeter has a 6dB filter at 12,000Hz. The entire Horning Ellipse PM65 NWB thus works full range, from 25Hz to 22,000Hz ±3dB. Very impressive for a speaker with only 1 capacitor in the filtering.

Wiring

The internal wiring is Horning Reference Cable. This cable consists of 300 individually insulated 0.1mm wires. The wires themselves are 99.999% pure copper wire and the insulation consists of pure silk. This cable can also be ordered separately for connecting the Horning speakers to the amplifier.

Speaker connector

The Horning Ellipse PM65 NWB has a Single Wire Furutech connection of very high quality. Suitable for banana plugs and spades.

Enclosure

The enclosure is made of HDF with high internal damping. The sidewalls are curved, and on the inside the bracing panel is the wall of the transmission line for low-frequency reproduction. You will search in vain for damping wool in the Eufrodite Ellipse PM65 NWB, because it's not there. According to Tommy Horning, damping material spoils the speed of reproduction. The enclosure is particularly sturdy and is truly resonance-free.

Listening

Listening to a set of Eufrodites PM65 NWB is a special experience. Everyone who has heard this speaker so far at Ohm-Audio BV is deeply impressed by it. The Horning Eufrodite Ellipse PM65 NWB is a speaker that is very easy on the ear. The reproduction is indeed lightning-fast, but also very passionate. Dynamic contrasts and details are reproduced with incredible ease. The spatial imaging is very large and precisely beautiful. The bass reproduction is also special. It goes deep, but is also very fast. The reproduction of double basses or kettledrums, for example, is extraordinarily good, just really authentic. Just play a CD or record of an orchestra grand piano on the Eufrodites, and you'll immediately understand what we mean. The reproduction of voices is simply unique. Very open, pure and complete. The entire voice reproduction is handled by 1 unit, the direct-driven PM65 unit, and thus also without any form of filtering. The phase coherence is therefore very high. This makes it very easy for our brains to listen to music. Combine the Horning Eufrodite Ellipse PM65 NWB with a good amplifier and Audio Nirvana is one step closer. Ohm-Audio BV recommends a high-quality tube amplifier, Push Pull and also Single Ended, or good Class A transistor designs on the Horning Eufrodite Ellipse PM-65 NWB. We invite you to come listen to this very special speaker, even if you are looking for example an Avalon Eidolon Diamond, Magico S3-2, S5-2, Wilson Sasha 1, 2, or large horn speakers from Avantgarde, Acapella or Blumenhofer. This Horning Eufrodite Ellipse PM65 NWB effortlessly keeps up, and chances are you'll prefer the Horning. We are truly convinced of the enormous qualities of this special speaker system.

Specifications of this speaker :

Brand : Horning Hybrid Systems Denmark

Model : Eufrodite Ellipse PM65 NWB

Technical Condition : 10/10

Visual Condition : 10/10

Frequency Response : 25Hz - 22,000Hz ±3dB

Impedance : 4 Ohm, flat.

Recommended Amplifier Power : 10 Watt to 200 Watt

Efficiency : 98dB at 1 Watt

Dimensions : 122cm high x 33 cm wide and 55cm deep

Weight : 83Kg Net per unit

Finish : Premium Veneer real wood or High-gloss lacquer

Veneer : Tineo Real Wood