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| Bliss Silver | Euterpe | Cantabile Supreme | Cantabile 10th Anniv | Emeraude |
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| The BLISS makes use of the exclusive loading system developed for the OFFRANDE SIGNATURE, giving it the ability to reproduce a sound environment considerably larger than the modest size and architecture of its enclosure would lead one to expect Spontaneous and lively with rich and marvelous tone, it provides a very smooth subjective spectrum of sound and is capable of exploring the very low end without hump or drag effect The BLISS doesn’t pretend to be “too big for its boots” but should suit those who know what real live music is all about | ||||||||||||||||||
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The traditional loading system commonly used (such as reflex system or sealed
box) generates high pressure levels inside the cabinet close to their tuning
frequency, the consequences of which can be easily heard across a very wide
portion of the audio spectrum: sound box effect, lack of speed, and tonal
distortion The four-coupled cavities loading principle used in the
OFFRANDESIGNATURES and BLISS allows a regulation of air flow inside the cabinet,
resulting in lower air elasticity Its expansion profile has been perfectly
tuned, thanks to the use of analog signals to identify the appearance of a flat
wave This double compression chamber, dampened with a viscoelastic compound, gives a very high velocity to the enclosed air, which then reaches the two other uneven internal chambers through a tuned event port These two cavities dampen the air flow at the exit of the compression chamber One of them is tuned by a slimevent port at the frequency resonance of both cabinet and woofer The deep bass which results is tonally pure and distortion free; the establishment of the wave trains is very fast |
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| Specifications: | ||||||||||||||||||
| Power Handling Capacity: | 70 Watts | |||||||||||||||||
| Frequency Range: | 45 Hz - 25 kHz | |||||||||||||||||
| Impedance: | 4 ohms | |||||||||||||||||
| Sensitivity: | 89dB dB/W/M | |||||||||||||||||
| Distortion: | less than 07 % (84 dB level) | |||||||||||||||||
| Connection: | Mono Wiring | |||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions: | 17" tall, 9" wide, 11" deep Weight 10kg | |||||||||||||||||
| Tweeter: |
11" pure silk soft dome, double neodium magnet system, tuned
rear chamber, anti resonant front horn |
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| Woofers: |
7" composite cone made of paper/carbon compound with aquaplast
core, phase plug, 15" moving coil onto high temperature
support, flat spider, anti resonant ABS basket |
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| Crossover: |
12 and 12dB/Octave slope, RC circuitry on the drivers in order
to flatten their impedance curve Air coils and polypropylene
capacitors with tin armature on the tweeter cell Cut off
frequency 3200Hz |
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| Cabinet | Cherry Wood Veneer | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 10kg | |||||||||||||||||
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| JM-Reynaud Bliss Silver - $2650 in Pearl Anthracite, Cherry Veneer on display in my showroom | ||||||||||||||||||
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During one of the musical meetings of La Baule, I was struck by the beauty of
the sound of the quartet of instruments named " evangelists " played by the
Modigliani Quartet These four instruments, made from the wood of one tree by
nineteenth century instrument-maker JB Vuillaume, made me understand how much
harmony could arise from a set of instruments conceived as a set rather than as
individual pieces Moved by the sonic beauty and sublime complementary harmony of these four instruments, I tried to apply a new methodology to the conception and the development of a pair of loudspeakers, designed not as single units but as a pair, to be played with each other for stereophonic listening I saw that what was needed to achieve perfectly harmonious musical results would be an absolute match of the electric and mechanical performance of the pair I thus began the study of the BLISSSILVER, which had to meet these specifications |
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DETAILS OF DESIGN FILTERING The components are sorted and matched to make exactly the same specifications, they are wired "in the air" and sense winding (very important for capacitors) is carefully identified and their positioning relative to each other perfectly optimized The connecting cables have lengths strictly identical and are welded directly to the terminals of components with a silver solder SPEAKERS They are also paired to present identical curves Boomers are secured to the cabinet through an axial attachment and bowl is decoupled from its support by a joint cushioning The magnetic core of the motor shaft is threaded and a stainless steel (non magnetic) is bolted through the cabinet it from side to side and is fixed by constraining the bottom of the cabinet This technique allows complete privacy while the bowl of the loudspeaker with its seal insulation with mechanical forces uniformly distributed The threaded rod also allows the tensioning of the front and back of the chamber with a mechanical reference absolutely stable speaker removing harmful micro displacement always has an excellent transient response The branches of the bowl are themselves treated to eliminate their own sound color |
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| DETAILS OF THE CONCEPTION | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Components are sorted and coupled to present absolutely identical technical characteristics, they are point to point wired, the direction of winding (very important for capacitors) is carefully chosen, and their location with regard to the others components is perfectly optimized The silver interconnection wires have strictly identical length and are directly welded to the components with a silver weld | ||||||||||||||||||
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They are also paired to yield identical curves Woofers are affixed to the
cabinetwork by means of axial binding and their baskets are decoupled from the
support with a damping joint The magnetic core is threaded and a stainless
steel, non-magnetic rod is screwed into it; it crosses the cabinet throughout
and is bolted to the bottom face of the cabinet This technique allows a
perfect connection of the loudspeaker’s basket to its isolating joint, thanks to uniformly distributed mechanical efforts The threaded rod establishes a tension between the facade and the bottom of the cabinet offering an absolutely stable mechanical reference to the loudspeaker, eliminating micro moves that always inhibit excellent transitory response The branches of thebasket are covered with damping compound to eliminate their appropriate sound color |
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| CABINETWORK | ||||||||||||||||||
| To channel all the energy reflected by the inner walls of the cabinet (the energy can’t be absorbed but can be channeled), the inside of the cabinet is dressed in strategic places with a visco-elastic damping material Thanks to this technique, the vibratory energy is thus transformed into heat | ||||||||||||||||||
| PERFORMANCE | ||||||||||||||||||
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The tight integrity of the sound, the very high speed of transmission of the
signal, the absence of box sound, and the harmonious coherence of the sound
spectrum delivered by a pair of BLISSSILVER allows them to reproduce a very
beautiful sound stage and rich tone, freed of the technical artifacts too often
present in less accomplished systems The Bliss Silver is the fruit of a very demanding design and supremely accurate work, where nothing is left at random during all the stages of its manufacture |
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| Power Handling Capacity: | 70 Watts | |||||||||||||||||
| Peak Power: | 120 Watts | |||||||||||||||||
| Frequency Range: | 45 Hz - 22,000 kHz | |||||||||||||||||
| Impedance: | 4 ohms | |||||||||||||||||
| Sensitivity: | 89 dB/W/M ( 283 volts) | |||||||||||||||||
| Distortion: | less than 07 % (84 dB level) | |||||||||||||||||
| Connection: | Mono Wiring | |||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions: | 17" tall, 9" wide, 11" deep Weight 10kg | |||||||||||||||||
| Tweeter: |
11‘’ pure silk soft dome, double neodium magnet system, tuned
rear chamber, anti resonant front horn with plastiflex coating |
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| Woofers: |
7’’ composite cone made paper/carbon compound with aquaplast
core, anti vortex phase plug Axial binding to the bottom face
of the cabinet thanks to a stainless steel non-magnetic rod |
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| Crossover: |
12 and 12dB/Octave slope, RC circuitry on the drivers in order
to flatten their impedance curve Air coils and polypropylene
capacitors with tin armature on the tweeter cell Cut off
frequency 3200Hz |
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| Cabinet | Cherry Wood Veneer | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 10kg | |||||||||||||||||
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| JM-Reynaud Euterpe - $3495 Cherry Veneer | ||||||||||||||||||
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Using the same drivers as the JM-Reynaud BLISS, the EUTERPE was conceived with the same
exacting standards and spirit as the most ambitious products of our range Its
performance is outstanding, especially in the very low end frequencies, which it
explores with ease and acuteness and without humps or drag effects While easy to drive, it will reveal the range of its abilities most effectively when associated with high performance electronics with sufficient power supply |
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| Power Handling Capacity: | 70 Watts | |||||||||||||||||
| Peak Power | 160 Watts | |||||||||||||||||
| Frequency Range: | 40 Hz - 25,000 Hz | |||||||||||||||||
| Impedance: | 4 ohms | |||||||||||||||||
| Sensitivity: | 90 dB/W/M (283v) | |||||||||||||||||
| Distortion: | less than 07% (84 dB level) | |||||||||||||||||
| Connection: | Mono Wiring | |||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions: | 36" Tall, 8" wide, 13" | |||||||||||||||||
| Tweeter: |
11" pure silk soft dome, double neodium magnet system, tuned
rear chamber, anti resonant front horn |
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| Woofers: |
7" composite cone made of paper/carbon compound with aquaplast
core, phase plug, 15" moving coil onto high temperature
support, flat spider, anti resonant ABS basket |
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| Crossover: |
12 and 12dB/Octave slope, RC circuitry on the drivers in order
to flatten their impedance curve Air coils and polypropylene
capacitors with tin armature on the tweeter cell Cut off
frequency 3200Hz |
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| Cabinet | Cherry Wood Veneer | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 20kg | |||||||||||||||||
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| JM-Reynaud Cantabile Supreme - $4800 Cherry, $5100 Flat Black/Ivory Pearl/ Antracite Gray Lacquer | ||||||||||||||||||
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Review: Positive Feedback http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue25/reynaud_cantabile.htm "JM-Reynaud Cantabiles are a transmission line design, with a slotted front port at the bottom and a silk dome tweeter that sits on top of the main cabinet. A transmission line is a rather complicated bass-delivery system that involves a long line coiling its way through the main cabinet and to the port. Some manufacturers play fast and loose with the term, but a true transmission line design is difficult and costly to manufacture. When it's done correctly and well, as it is in the Cantabiles, the resultant bass has a tightness, tunefulness and musical "rightness" that make most conventional woofers sound a bit wooly". |
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2 1/2 - WAY HIGH END LOUDSPEAKERS SYSTEM Careful optimization of acoustic loading and mechanical parameters, electrical and geometric quality of components -- particularly handmade drivers -- all contribute to remarkable results in terms of musicality, airy and natural The loudspeaker units and components of the crossover are strictly sorted and paired, guaranteeing an absolute match of the technical and musical performance of each pair produced The axial fixation of the woofers allows the tensioning of the cabinet’s panels and provides mechanical stresses evenly distributed between the woofer’s basket and its support, which dramatically improves the transient response of the system The use of an internal viscoelastic damping compound transforms vibratory energy into heat without loss of micro-information The unbaflled tweeter is capable of very high energy that is conserved for several meters from the speaker both in and out of its axis The optimized dynamic phasing of the units ensures accurate time group propagation, the fundamentals and harmonics of the musical signal reconstituting themselves in perfect concordance Exactness of the timbres is perfectly respected Equally at ease on both rock & roll and chamber music programs, the Cantabile Supreme demonstrates unequivocally that a performance loudspeaker is inherently versatile |
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1” pure soft silk dome giving a very flat and smooth response
Double neodymium magnet system Non ferrofluid air gaps thanks
to a double tuner rear chamber insuring perfect damping of the
dome during transient attacks Horn front frame and wave guide for minimum lateral directivity and perfect conservation of energy at a distance of several meters Solid wood enclosure which geometry optimizes the polar diagram |
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2 x 5.2” Anti-resonant zamac basket Flat ventilated spider
Hypergraph carbone/Kevlar cone with perfect internal damping
Anti vortex phase plug for the medium driver and soft textile central dust cap for the woofer Peripheral surround with High compliance and high damping giving strong and firm bass response 1” moving coil wounded inside and outside a kapton support Shielded magnet Getting tension through a stainless steel threaded rod bolted to the center of the magnetic core and substance of the cabinetry |
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6, 6 and 18 dB/octave Cut of frequencies 600 and 3800 Hz The
two woofers are working together under 600 Hz Air coil with very low resistance (typicaly 025 ohm) and low tolerance tin and polypropylene capacitors Non inductive resistors Circuits R / C in order to give a benign impedance throughout the useful band |
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Triangular transmission line, anti noise front event port
Medite material machined to 075” thickness veneered with real
natural cherry veneer All edges rounded in order to limit
diffraction effects Steel spikes Assembly under press guarantees a completely inert structure Lower chamber may be partially filled with dry sand to improve the damping of the triangular line end and lower gravity center of the enclosure |
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| Power Handling Capacity: | 90 Watts | |||||||||||||||||
| Peak Power | 170 Watts | |||||||||||||||||
| Frequency Range: | 35 - 22,000 Hz | |||||||||||||||||
| Impedance: | 4 ohms | |||||||||||||||||
| Sensitivity: | 91 dB/W/M (283v) | |||||||||||||||||
| Distortion: | less than 06% (level 84 dB) | |||||||||||||||||
| Connection: | Mono wiring or bi-wiring | |||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions: | H: 40.5” L: 8” D: 12” | |||||||||||||||||
| Cabinet | Cherry Wood Veneer, Pearl Ivory and Satin Black | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 30kg | |||||||||||||||||
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JM-Reynaud Cantabile 10th Anniversaire- $6000.
Piano Black
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To celebrate the JM-Reynaud 10th anniversary of
this many times acclaimed and award-winning model, we offer a
limited edition of Cantabile in an optimized version. The optimization work focused on the internal damping of the cabinet to obtain the cleanest possible results in terms of pulse response. Through the use of visco elastic compound at strategic locations in the cabinet, we have been able to curb many vibrations and pressure surges harmful to the perfect transparency of the signal. The unbafled tweeter is housed in a solid aluminum extruded enclosure with a weight of about 800g, which guarantees a perfect inertia and it prevents micro displacement while avoiding parasite vibration transmission from the cabinet. The transient response is greatly improved, the treble are very rich with beautiful finesse, without dryness or harshness and free of unpleasant projection phenomenon often present on hard dynamics. It is equipped with our best components, including silver capacitors using our cable HP216B as a. All electronic and electrodynamics components are sorted very precisely to ensure a perfect similarity of the technical and musical performances for each pair made. The internal wiring has been doubled on the woofers for a better supply of current on high pulses while maintaining a very good damping. Dressed in a beautiful 7-layer polished glossy piano lacquer the Cantabile 10th anniversary is an object of great elegance and beautiful simplicity. It will delight fans of live music by its propensity to generate a very wide stereo image, very well built and has the light and tone richness of the finest products in our range. The fluidity of his message and its extreme musicality make the Cantabile 10th anniversary a model a part that will remain for a long time the faithful companion of those who seek above all the . |
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