{"id":161789,"date":"2024-01-14T07:40:23","date_gmt":"2024-01-14T07:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=161789"},"modified":"2024-01-16T01:14:11","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T01:14:11","slug":"seawave-am-23-bookshelf-speakers-with-beryllium-super-tweeter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/speakers\/seawave-am-23-bookshelf-speakers-with-beryllium-super-tweeter\/","title":{"rendered":"Seawave AM 23: Bookshelf speakers with beryllium super tweeter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The South Korean company\u00a0SeaWave\u00a0Acoustics has introduced\u00a0Seawave AM 23\u00a0shelf monitors\u00a0equipped with a proprietary beryllium super tweeter that extends the acoustics operating range to 35 kHz.\u00a0The body of the novelty is made of aluminum alloy AC4C, which ensures its complete inertness and stylish design, emphasized by the proprietary horn.\u00a0As a result, the Seawave AM 23 looks as good as it sounds and sounds as good as it looks.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/133_techweek.webp\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Combining two qualities &#8211; exceptional lightness and high rigidity, beryllium is an ideal material for high-frequency radiators.\u00a0Beryllium cones provide the extreme acceleration, deceleration and re-acceleration required for super tweeters.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/134_techweek.webp\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Each electrical connection point inside the AM23 speaker is made using Seawave Acoustic&#8217;s patented solderless (NST) technique.\u00a0All solder is based on lead, which interferes with the passage of an electrical signal, causing a voltage drop, which negatively affects the sound quality.\u00a0In the manufacture of Seawave AM 23 monitors, crimped and twisted sealed connections are used, devoid of these disadvantages.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/135_techweek.webp\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The crossover circuit uses proprietary ceramic resistors, Kapton inductors with nickel alloy cores and capacitors also based on Kapton film.<\/p>\n<h3>Technical characteristics of acoustic systems Seawave Acoustic AM 23:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Type: passive 3-way bookshelf speaker<\/li>\n<li>Drivers:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Super Tweeter &#8211; 20mm beryllium dome driver, 50mm horn compression tweeter, 200mm Eton Hexacone mid\/bass driver<\/li>\n<li>Crossover frequencies:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01.2 kHz, 18 kHz<\/li>\n<li>Frequency response:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a032Hz &#8211; 35kHz<\/li>\n<li>Sensitivity:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a091 dB<\/li>\n<li>Rated impedance:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a08 ohm<\/li>\n<li>Body material:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0AC4C aluminum alloy<\/li>\n<li>Single speaker dimensions (H\u00a0x\u00a0W\u00a0x\u00a0D):\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0370 x 310 x 570 mm<\/li>\n<li>Single column weight:\u00a027 kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The South Korean company\u00a0SeaWave\u00a0Acoustics has introduced\u00a0Seawave AM 23\u00a0shelf monitors\u00a0equipped with a proprietary beryllium super tweeter that extends the acoustics operating range to 35 kHz.\u00a0The body of the novelty is made of aluminum alloy AC4C, which ensures its complete inertness and stylish design, emphasized by the proprietary horn.\u00a0As a result, the Seawave AM 23 looks as [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/speakers\/seawave-am-23-bookshelf-speakers-with-beryllium-super-tweeter\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":161790,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[646],"tags":[779],"class_list":["post-161789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-speakers","tag-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161789\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}