Sonus faber AIDA loudspeaker

The Italian speaker manufacturer Sonus faber is one of the most revered companies in the entire world of specialty consumer electronics. The brand, which has been distributed in the U.S. by Sumiko for a number of years consistently produces products for the two-channel audio market, and to a lesser extend the home theater channel.

Recently the company introduced its latest product, the newly launched AIDA freestanding loudspeaker. The new loudspeaker is described by the Italian manufacturer as a product that is "as grandiose as a Guiseppe Verdi opera ... able to radically renew and at the same time express the unchanging Sonus faber values." Defining this statement in real-world terms the AIDA is a 3.5-way loudspeaker that incorporates a pair of the company's W22 XTR-12 woofers that are set up for mid-bass frequencies. Located above these drivers on the speaker's baffle plane is a single Sonus faber M18 XTR-08 midrange driver and above this driver is a single Sonus faber Arrow Point DAD 29 XTR-06 tweeter. Augmenting this driver array is Sonus faber's integrated SW32 XT-8 infra woofer, and this multi-driver array is controlled by the company's complex, non-resonant Paracross topology design crossover network.

All of this audio technology is housed in the company's furniture-grade cabinetry that's highlighted by the enclosure's Lyra shape dual-side curvature design. Sonus faber says the 4-ohm speaker is 92dB sensitive and it provides users with a frequency response of 20Hz to 35kHz.