Description

Performance and musicality

Ascendo The Black Swan Pro Active EXT Reference Cinema

The extreme performance of the THE BLACK SWAN ACTIVE EXT RC with two 15″ woofer units sets with its maximum sound pressure level of 140 dB (Mid / Low) new standards.

Each BLACK SWAN channel is capable of incredible SPL levels, but also the more impressive dynamic contrasts from whispering dialogues to explosive effects. The volume ranges your home theatre speakers needs to be able to handle without audible distortion is huge, especially if you look for a reference level director’s cut performance – this level difference from softest to loudest sounds is called ‘dynamic range’. The THE BLACK SWAN RC reproduces every possible dynamic range with ease. Even the most complex film passages with extreme dynamic requirements are reproduced at the highest clarity and lowest distortion. Imagine a life-like drum solo rendered exactly to the point by hearing and feeling the tremendous dynamic leaps of a bass drum and snare, while at the same time the humming of the cymbals fading away airily into the dark silence of the room giving way to the tiniest fine details.

This very precision lets the listener immerse entirely into the direct and intense visual action. Whether film or music – this sonic experience is not distinguishable from reality anymore. The expertly engineered 4” mid-high unit is arranged next to the 15-inch mid-woofer units. All drivers are driven by a separate (not included) DSP-controlled three-channel amplifier. Their results merge perfectly and allow for a time and phase-coherent lifelike reproduction of all acoustic events with reference level in every seat. The brain can therefore relax and stop trying to process the timing and phase errors far too common in other speaker designs.

SPECIFICATIONS

Speaker type
4″ compression driver with proprietary ellyptical horn and 2 x custom built 15″ midwoofer

Principle
Vented

Passive / Active
Active, 3Ch DSP + 3Ch Amplifier are required

Recommended amplifiers
2 x low-mid amp channels with 85 Vrms, 120 Vpk, 10,6 A; high 44 Vrms, 62Vpk, 5,5 A; equivalent to 1 x LF 900W@8Ω, 1 x HF 240W@ 8Ω

SPL
Calculated data
137 dB cont. / 140 dB peak

Frequency range
Calculated data
55 Hz – 25 kHz

Woofer
2 х Custom built 15″

Mid / High
4″ dome, with ultra high pecision diaphragm centering system and BEM optimized 4-slot phaseplug design (horn)

Directivity horizontal x vertical in Deg°
90° x 45°

Output terminal horn
Neutrik Speakon

Input terminal horn
Neutrik Speakon

Input terminal woofer
Neutrik Speakon

Enclosure
Internally braced birch ply and MDF

Width
35,43 ” | 900 mm

Hight
53,54″ |1360 mm

Hight with feet
54,53″ |1385 mm

Depth with plug
22,83 ” | 580 mm

Depth without grill
22,83 ” | 580 mm

Weight
252,43 lbs |114,5 kg