Ara TeXtreme®
A 2-way bookshelf kit with a slanted baffle for time-coherence and separate internal chambers, built around Satori TeXtreme thin-ply carbon drivers.
2-way bookshelf loudspeakers with Satori TeXtreme® drivers
A two-way bookshelf: one 6½″ Satori MW16TX midwoofer under a 29 mm TW29TXN dome, both TeXtreme, both on neodymium motors. Slanted baffle for time coherence, six finishes with magnetic grilles.
The Ara TeXtreme® is the two-way Ara bookshelf with a Satori TeXtreme cone and dome in place of the Papyrus-and-beryllium set.
Key features
- Advanced TeXtreme High End Satori drivers
- Elegantly inclined cabinet for time alignment
- Faceted baffle and optimized tweeter position for reduced diffraction
- Slanted internal partition for reduced standing waves
- Large low noise rear firing vent
Specifications
- Tweeter: Satori TW29TXN-B-8
- Midwoofer: 6.5 inch Satori MW16TX-4
- Frequency Range
- 45 – 32000 Hz
- Sensitivity ( 2.83V / 1m )
- 87 dB
- Nominal Impedance
- 4Ω
- Max SPL
- 105 dB
- Recommended Amplifier
- 40 – 150 W
- Crossover Frequency
- 2500 Hz
- Enclosure Type
- Bass reflex
- Port tuning Frequency
- 36.5 Hz
- Cabinet material
- 18 mm MDF
- Dimension (HxWxD)
- 391 x 190 x 388 mm
- Net weight
- 9.6 kg
WHAT are Satori TeXtreme® drivers?
Satori TeXtreme drivers are made of Thin Ply Carbon Diaphragms (TPCD). Thin-ply carbon is a novel type of material that is used in applications that require the absolute highest performance in combination with ultralight weight - allowing the diaphragm to reproduce sounds with extreme clarity.
why use Satori TeXtreme® drivers?
It boils down to physics. Heavier, thicker cones have more mass, which requires more energy from the voice coil to move. Heavier cones also have more inertia, they cannot start and stop moving quickly.
Exceptional Handling
If you have a car, It is exactly like accelerating and braking. A car with shorter acceleration and braking times are well-regarded in the automotive industry as to have ‘exceptional handling’.
Cars like these are sought after as they accelerate and stop exactly where you want it, without overshooting, sliding, or crashing head-first into a car in front of you, when you least expected it.
That’s why car chassis are now made with lighter, stronger materials, so the engine doesn’t have to work as hard, while keeping passengers safe in an emergency.
Reducing drag and flexing
TeXtreme is used in the audio loudspeaker industry due to its high specific stiffness, which allows it to retain shape under high loads. The speaker cone is subject to high stress due to their continuous back-and-forth movement in producing sound.
TeXtreme is lightweight, which helps to reduce the overall weight of the cone, reducing drag and flexing, leading to tighter, cleaner transient response.
How does TeXtreme compare to Beryllium?
Beryllium and TeXtreme are two ways of solving the same problem: a dome stiff enough to stay pistonic, light enough to start and stop quickly. Beryllium is the lighter and stiffer of the two. TeXtreme — thin-ply carbon woven by Oxeon in Sweden — gets close on both counts using a very different material. Which one you prefer is a listening decision, and we keep both here so you can make it with your own ears.
Wouldn’t TeXtreme sound lean and harsh as it is so stiff?
Stiff materials are needed to re-create audio as accurately to the source as possible. This is why SB Acoustics’ Satori TeXtreme tweeters and midwoofer drivers are well reviewed. Despite the stiff material, sounds appear life-like, with good imaging and body, with virtually no harshness.
Here at Artisan Acoustics, we have a limited run on the TeXtreme Edition speaker kits in Malaysia and Singapore. We think you will appreciate how they sound, so WhatsApp us to arrange a demo session, and have a listen yourself to decide!
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TeXtreme® is a brand name for a line of carbon fibre composite materials manufactured by Oxeon, a Swedish company that specialises in advanced textile materials. TeXtreme composite materials have found great use in automotive, industrial and Aeronautics sectors for their strong, lightweight and durable properties.
SB Acoustics brings an alternative to the high-end transducer market. Marrying the design talents of Danesian Audio (Denmark), a company filled with industry veterans while being responsible for many well known and revolutionary designs with manufacturing expert Sinar Baja Electric (Indonesia), a vertically integrated company with more than 40 years of transducer manufacturing experience.
Tweeter — One Satori TW29TXN-B-8 per cabinet
A 29 mm dome of the same TeXtreme spread-tow carbon used in the cones, on a neodymium motor behind a two-part aluminium faceplate. Using one material from the bass to the top is the whole idea of the TeXtreme range.
| Parameter | Value | Parameter | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominal impedance | 8 Ω | Force factor, Bl | 4.1 Tm |
| Free air resonance, Fs | 680 Hz | Voice coil diameter | 29 mm |
| Sensitivity (2.83 V / 1 m) | 93.5 dB | Voice coil height | 2.1 mm |
| Total Q-factor, Qts | 0.52 | Air gap height | 2.5 mm |
| Mechanical Q-factor, Qms | 1.63 | Linear coil travel (p-p) | 0.4 mm |
| Electrical Q-factor, Qes | 0.77 | Magnetic flux density | 1.5 T |
| Effective piston area, Sd | 9.6 cm² | Magnet weight | 0.1 kg |
| DC resistance, Re | 6.2 Ω | Rated power handling | 80 W |
| Voice coil inductance, Le | 0.04 mH | Net weight | 0.4 kg |
| Moving mass incl. air, Mms | 0.49 g |
Free air resonance 680 Hz and 93.5 dB, on a moving mass of 0.49 g. A low resonance for a 29 mm dome is what lets it be crossed low without being asked to work near it.
Midwoofer — One 6.5″ Satori MW16TX-4 per cabinet
A 36 mm voice coil, a TeXtreme spread-tow carbon cone, a rubber surround, a neodymium motor and a cast aluminium chassis.
| Parameter | Value | Parameter | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominal impedance | 4 Ω | Force factor, Bl | 5.2 Tm |
| Free air resonance, Fs | 29 Hz | Compliance, Cms | 2.39 mm/N |
| Sensitivity (2.83 V / 1 m) | 90.5 dB | Mechanical resistance, Rms | 0.46 kg/s |
| Total Q-factor, Qts | 0.27 | Voice coil diameter | 36 mm |
| Mechanical Q-factor, Qms | 5.0 | Voice coil height | 17 mm |
| Electrical Q-factor, Qes | 0.29 | Air gap height | 5 mm |
| Equivalent volume, Vas | 48 L | Linear coil travel (p-p) | 12 mm |
| Effective piston area, Sd | 119 cm² | Magnetic flux density | 1.17 T |
| DC resistance, Re | 3.4 Ω | Rated power handling | 60 W |
| Voice coil inductance, Le | 0.15 mH | Net weight | 1.01 kg |
| Moving mass incl. air, Mms | 12.6 g |
90.5 dB at a Qts of 0.27, with 12 mm of linear travel and 60 W rated power handling.
The cabinets arrive finished
Every cabinet in the photographs on this page is what turns up on the pallet. They are cut, assembled and finished at the same works that makes the drivers, on the same machines, to the same tolerances — so the job in front of you is the acoustics: mount the drivers, wire the crossover, fit the damping.
Six finishes are drawn up for the Ara TeXtreme: white satin, white high gloss, black satin, black high gloss, red high gloss and orange high gloss. Magnetic grilles are part of the set, and the set covers two cabinets.
Tell us which finish you want when you enquire and we will confirm it against the current factory list before anything is ordered.
Artisan Acoustics was founded with a passion for high-end High-fidelity audio in Singapore, and now distributes SB Acoustics products in Asia outside of Indonesia. Here at AA, we want to bring the masses to enjoy, and appreciate the art of music and audio, and the amazing engineering that goes behind audio systems.