American Sound Works ALPHA Series loudspeakers
American Sound Works will be introducing their new ALPHA-Series of loudspeakers at the upcoming CES 2010. According to the company, the ALPHA-Series can be used as a “pair of audiophile stereo loudspeakers, as a multi-channel audio system and as a home theater system.”
The series is made up of:
ALPHA 57 compact speaker:
- Frequency Response: 74 Hz – 25 kHz
- Power handling: 70 W rms 140 W Peak
- Sensitivity, 1W at 1M: 88 dB
- Nominal Impedance: 8 Ohms
- High Frequency Driver: 1” hand coated soft dome tweeter
- Low Frequency Driver: 4” damped polymer composite cone woofer
- bass – reflex design
- Measures 12 x 7.5 x 10 inches and weighs 14 lbs
ALPHA 88 mid-sized loudspeaker:
- Frequency Response: 64 Hz – 25 kHz
- Power Handling: 100 W rms 200 W Peak
- Sensitivity, 1W at 1M: 86 dB
- Nominal Impedance: 6 Ohms
- High Frequency Driver: 1” hand coated soft dome tweeter
- Low Frequency Driver: 5” damped polymer composite cone woofer
- bass – reflex design
- self resetting circuit breaker on high & low frequency driver
- Measures 14 x 8.5 x 12.5 inches and weighs 18 lbs
ALPHA 119 speaker:
- Largest and most sophisticated of the series
- Frequency Response: 60 Hz – 25 kHz
- Power Handling: 125 W rms 250 W Peak
- Sensitivity, 1W at 1M: 88 dB
- Nominal Impedance: 8 Ohms
- High Frequency Driver: 1” hand coated soft dome tweeter
- Low Frequency Driver: 6” damped polymer composite cone woofer
- bass – reflex design
- Measures 17 x 10 x 12.5 inches and weighs 25 lbs
ALPHA 238C center speaker:
- Frequency Response: 60 Hz – 25 kHz
- Power Handling: 125 W rms 250 W Peak
- Sensitivity, 1W at 1M: 88 dB
- Nominal Impedance: 4 Ohms
- High Frequency Driver: 1” hand coated soft dome tweeter
- Low Frequency Driver: (2) 6” damped polymer composite cone woofer
- Measures 9 x 22 x 13.5 inches and weighs 32 lbs
ALPHA S335 compact powered subwoofer:
- Frequency Response: 25 Hz – 200 Hz
- Amplifier Power: 500 W rms < 1% THD
- Low Frequency Driver: 10” Kevlar, Nomex and glass fibers reinforced paper cone woofer with very high linear excursion
- sealed design enclosure design
- L/R line –level and LFE line-level RCA jack inputs
- fully parametric equalizer
- Measures 14 x 14 x 13.25 inches and weighs 50 lbs
ALPHA S507 powered subwoofer:
- Frequency Response: 18 Hz – 200 Hz
- Amplifier Power: 1000 W rms < 1% THD
- Low Frequency Driver: 12” Kevlar reinforced paper cone woofer with very high linear excursion
- sealed design
- L/R line –level and LFE line-level RCA jack inputs
- fully parametric equalizer
- Measures 17 x 17 x 16.25 inches and weighs 74 lbs
The speakers are available now – here’s the price list:
- ALPHA 57 – $1899 for the pair
- ALPHA 88 – $1299 each
- ALPHA 119 – $1799 each
- ALPHA 238C – $2199 each
- ALPHA S335 – $1399 each
- ALPHA S507 – $1999 each
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