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Aria 2 MHT Center Speaker Kit

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    SKU: V-5947-Aria2MHT-Center Aria 2 MHT Center Speaker Kit

    $1,495.00 each without cabinets - special order
    Brand: Visaton
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    Visaton Speaker Kit - Aria 2 MHT Center
    Art. No. 5947

    Visaton Aria 2 MHT Center - shown assembled with suggested cabinets, not supplied.
    Visaton Aria 2 MHT Center - shown assembled with suggested cabinets, not supplied.

     

    Characteristics and Sound Properties
    The ARIA 2 MHT CENTER is equipped with the popular combination of drivers consisting of the TI 100 - 8 Ohm and the MHT 12 - 8 Ohm. As a result of this choice of drivers and the linear frequency response, it is ideally suited as a complementary centre speaker in conjunction with the VOX 253 MTI or TOPAS, for example, to produce a high-end home theatre system. As already seen in the ARIA 2, the magnetostat is positioned in the middle of the slim-line baffle and is flanked by the two titanium mid-bass units.

    In contrast to centre speakers featuring a genuine D'Appolito arrangement, the ARIA 2 MHT CENTER is well suited to horizontal positioning e.g. above or below the television set, because it does not have anything like the same beaming effect. The sophisticated 2.5-band crossover circuitry is responsible for this feature.

    The crossover separates one of the two mid-bass units at 1800 Hz while the second is not separated until 4500 Hz is reached, to leave the higher frequencies to the magnetostat.

    This deliberate individual treatment of the two TI 100 - 8 Ohm prevents noticeable directivity which, in a vertically placed D'Appolito arrangement, would be intentional but in a horizontally placed centre speaker must be avoided at all costs to ensure that all the seating positions in the home theatre are treated to the same volume levels.

     

    Technical Specifications

    Rated power 80 W
    Maximum power 120 W
    Nominal impedance Z 4 Ohm
    Frequency response 58-40000 Hz
    Mean sound pressure level 86 dB (1W/1m)
    Cut-off frequency 1800 / 4500 Hz
    Principle of Housing Bassreflex
    Net volume 8 litres
    Outer dimension height 160 mm
    Outer dimension width 396 mm
    Outer dimension depth 210 mm

     

    Frequency and Impedance Response

    Frequency Response and Impedance Graph
    Frequency Response and Impedance Graph

     

    Exploded Cabinet Drawing

    Exploded Speaker Box Drawing
    Exploded Speaker Box Drawing

     

    Assembly
    All the cabinet panels are cut from 16 mm chipboard or medium density fibreboard, butt-jointed and glued. After that, the openings for the driver and terminals are cut out and any necessary recesses cut. The chamfer on the outer baffle can be made either before the cabinet is glued together or afterwards.

    Since the cabinets are relatively small, it is hardly possible to mount the crossover inside the housing. The PCB can, however, simply be wrapped in damping material and placed inside the speaker if the rear wall is not removable.

     

    Internal Damping
    The damping material is loosely pushed into the cabinet. The space immediately behind the bass reflex tube must remain free.

     

    Component Parts List for Each Box - Supplied with Kit
    The kit comes with all necessary components (see list below for one box), one set if the speaker is an each, or two sets for a pair, see price above for details.

    Tweeter MHT 12 - 8 Ohm 1 pc.
    Woofer TI 100 - 8 Ohm 2 pcs.
    Crossover Aria 2 MHT Center 1 pc.
    Bass reflex tube BR 6.8 (full length) 2 pcs.
    Terminal ST 77 1 pc.
    Damping material Polyester wool 0.5 bags
    Wood screws 3.5 x 19 mm 12 pcs.
    Countersunk screws 3.5 x 25 mm 4 pcs.
    Cable 2 x 1.5 mm² 1 m

     

    Speaker Cabinet Material List to Make 1 Box - Not Supplied with Kit

    Parts for One Box (not supplied) Size (mm) Quantity
    Material: 16 mm chipboard or MDF recommended
    Front and rear panel 160 x 396 2
    Top and bottom panel 178 x 396 2
    Side panels 178 x 128 2

     

    Speaker Cabinet Dimensions

    Loudspeaker Box Construction Diagram - all dimensions in mm.
    Loudspeaker Box Construction Diagram - all dimensions in mm.

     

    Crossover - Supplied with Kit Already Assembled

    Speaker Kit Crossover Circuit
    Speaker Kit Crossover Circuit