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Loudspeakers

The speakers or loudspeakers are the last link in the reproduction of the sound of our music equipment and are responsible for converting the electrical signal sent by the amplifier into sound. In this category we can find bookshelf speakers (also called monitors), floor speakers (columns), ceiling and wall speakers (recessed speakers), and outdoor speakers.

We have for you a selection of the best speakers on the market. We have selected the most exclusive loudspeaker brands, both in terms of features and design, such as Sonus Faber, Lowther, Peachtree, Tannoy, Vienna Acoustics, Boston Acoustics, etc.

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Frequent questions:

Guide to choose HIFI speakers:

How to choose the most suitable speaker for my hifi system? What do I need to know?

To choose the best hi-fi speaker for our audio equipment, several factors must be taken into account:

What use will you give the speaker?: Types of speakers

There are different types of hi-fi speakers. We can distinguish between:

Bookshelf (monitor-type) speakers: Bookshelf or monitor speakers are often placed on feet or on top of furniture. They are recommended speakers for intimate listening and/or for small spaces. Its biggest advantage is its small size and that it can be used in rooms where loud bass cabinets cause problems.

Floor speakers (standing or columns): They are named for their structure and design. They are usually placed directly on the ground, on their own base or on uncoupling spikes.

Ceiling or wall speakers: These are speakers that are usually used for home theater or in those cases where architectural integration is necessary. They usually require installation and once installed they go completely unnoticed. They are a good option for home theater systems, to avoid having the entire listening room full of cables and speakers.

How is your listening room? (size, materials, acoustics, insulation)

It is important to choose suitable speakers for the size of the room and depending on where you are going to place them in the room. The loudspeakers are made to cover a given room cubicle, so you should avoid putting small monitors in a 70m2 room and large columns for a 15m2 studio.

Wall and floor materials: Hard surfaces are enemies of sound. It doesn't matter how good the sound is coming out of a speaker, as long as there are a lot of big smooth surfaces where that sound can reflect. If your room has a lot of reverberation or echo, you should add furniture, curtains, rugs, plants... anything that breaks the smooth surfaces. You can also add acoustic material specially created for these cases to your room.

If you are going to place your speakers on furniture, you should avoid buying reflex speakers or woofers because of the bass that will cause undesirable resonances to be generated.

To also avoid this problem with bass, it is advisable not to locate your speakers in the corners. This can create standing waves that muddy the sound from your equipment or even cause bass to be cancelled.

What music do you hear? Does it do it with high or low volume? Technical characteristics of the speaker:

The impedance: This value is measured in Ohms and determines the resistance to the passage of electrical current through the speaker. This means that the lower the impedance, the easier the electric current to pass and the power generated by the amplifier in watts is higher (a 4Ohm speaker will sound louder than an 8Ohm speaker with the same amplifier). You have to look for a good synergy between the impedance of the speakers and the ability of the amplifier to generate that power without distortion.

Sensitivity: This figure is measured in decibels (dB) and indicates the maximum volume that our speaker is capable of reaching. A reasonable limit is 100 dB, which is the usual limit that all speakers and players usually have, above that figure we could damage our ears with prolonged exposure.

Frequency range: The human ear is only capable of hearing sound waves that have a frequency between 18 or 20 Hz and 20,000 Hz (20 kHz). The bass sounds are located in the range that goes from 10 Hz to 256 Hz; the middle sounds are between 256 Hz and 2,000 Hz; and the treble goes from 2,000 Hz to 20,000 Hz. When a loudspeaker is capable of approaching its minimum frequency response to 20 Hz and its maximum to 18-20,000 Hz, then it is a full-range loudspeaker capable of reproducing the entire audible musical spectrum.

Output power: It is the one that determines the maximum power (RMS) that a speaker can withstand before the sound that is produced is distorted excessively or begins to deteriorate, if a speaker works above that power it can be damaged, by not being able to dissipate the heat produced by the electric current that circulates through the coil, and this being able to melt the insulator that covers the copper wire.

Number of ways: Thanks to the use of filters (crossover), a loudspeaker can distribute the sound waves of the low frequencies (10 Hz to 256 Hz); the mids (256 Hz to 2,000 Hz) and the treble (2,000 Hz to 20,000 Hz) to different types of drivers prepared to be used in each different frequency range. If a speaker uses a specific driver for all three ranges, then it will be a three-way speaker, if a speaker uses two drivers for all three ranges (a tweeter for treble and a mid-bass driver for low and mid frequencies) then we will have a two-way speaker.

Closed or reflex enclosure: Closed enclosure speakers are those that have their drivers inside a hermetic acoustic enclosure to keep the air inside, so that the inside air becomes part of the woofer's own suspension, In a speaker Bass Reflex enclosure has a port (opening) that allows air to flow between the inside and outside of the box.

How to place the Hi-Fi speakers?

If you want to know about the placement of speakers, you can access our YouTube video tutorial.