Triangle Magellan Cello fortieth

To have a good time its fortieth anniversary, French transducer producer Triangle is treating itself and its followers to one thing small however very particular. One of these audio system that you’d take to a desert island. Incidentially, this thought sheds an attention-grabbing mild on the bizarre mannequin identify.

He wished to sail all over the world, he sought the legendary Northwest Passage to the Spice Islands – and he paid for his nice dream together with his life and the lives of most of his crew: Fernando de Magellan. Born round 1485, the Portuguese set off on his voyage in 1519, and after a couple of 12 months he truly discovered the Strait of Magellan, which was later named after him, and have become the primary European to cross the Pacific Ocean together with his males. On the Philippine island of Mactan, he was killed by offended tribal warriors. His journey was tangible proof of the Earth’s spherical form. When the French loudspeaker producer Triangle calls its fortieth anniversary speaker “Magellan Cello”, it ought to positively be understood that the identify says all of it: The firm is on the lookout for new methods to attain higher sound.

Not that the family-run firm Triangle must show something to itself or others. The French firm has lengthy since left its mark on the highest league of audio system, and the Triangle Magellan Cello fortieth continues on this established custom. To correctly arrange the audio system – which, whereas strikingly slim and simply over a meter tall, weigh in at at least 39 kilos apiece – within the FIDELITY listening room, Jürgen Reichmann, the person liable for the German distribution of the French gems, commissioned Markus Brogle, a confirmed technical connoisseur and loudspeaker professional. And he fed us so many particulars concerning the design and building in a relaxed, chatty method that a lot of them can solely be touched on right here. These beauties, clad in high-gloss zebrano veneer – you usually solely discover this many layers of clear lacquer (twelve!) in piano manufacturing – are one of many cleverest designs we have now examined in latest a long time. Triangle left nothing, completely nothing, to likelihood within the “fortieth anniversary” field.

This begins with the ingeniously devised process for eradicating the Magellan Cello from its field. Although I strongly suggest getting at the least one sturdy individual that can assist you unpack the Magellan Cello fortieth, it may be carried out and not using a “sidekick” if needed, as gross sales skilled Markus demonstrated with a assured grin. Because even the packaging is designed with such scrutiny that dealing with the Cello will not be a pleasure quite than burden.

And issues proceed in the identical vein. The slim speaker could look as elegant as a mannequin – along with zebrano, there are different veneers in addition to high-gloss black and white – however at no time does the stylish little factor behave like a catwalk magnificence. This begins with the sensitivity, which at 90 decibels at one meter additionally permits for the usage of much less highly effective amplifiers. During the lengthy and pleasing listening session, we switched from our highly effective T+A pre-/energy amp combo to the small Audio Note I Zero, a tube built-in amplifier that conjures up simply eight watts of sine wave energy per channel from 4 ECL82 tubes, simply to see what occurs. On the Triangle speaker, this was not solely ample for ranges that have been already threatening listening to injury, but additionally sounded fully undistorted. The tubes additionally introduced extra tonal colours into play, which the Triangle Magellan Cello fortieth projected into the listening room as a panorama that was as broad because it was deep.

Incidentally, Markus Brogle listened persistently with materials from vinyl records, and the “demonstration bundle” he had delivered to Ismaning contained a couple of glorious black disks from totally different eras. These included nostalgic 80s pop, which one would have thought had every part however the potential for pleasant listening experiences.

If you need to discover out why even such mediocre music produced by the Triangle nonetheless gives a sure aha impact and plenty of enjoyable, you need to return a lot additional in hi-fi historical past than the aforementioned 4 a long time, to when full-range drivers have been the place it’s at in loudspeaker building. No, I don’t imply these dull-sounding issues that blared away within the alibi audio system of low cost compact programs, however quite the full-range artworks that had the tough activity of genuine sound copy within the days when difficult crossovers have been usually omitted as a result of the mandatory digital parts weren’t (but) accessible as inexpensive mass-produced items.

The genes of the full-range drivers might be discovered within the Triangle Magellan Cello, although it’s a real three-way speaker. The midrange driver can single-handedly cowl frequencies from 70 hertz to 4 kilohertz, i.e. round 4 octaves of the musical spectrum.The cone is constituted of cellulose fibers, or in regular parlance, very secure paper, and is held in place with a relatively inflexible folded fabric encompass to forestall any likelihood of undesirable lifetime of its personal. Because the chassis kind of single-handedly takes over the realm that’s significantly vital for vocal copy, the bass and treble frequencies might be coupled to the midrange utilizing filters with a lot shallower slopes than comparable designs – the sound is audibly extra homogeneous, and you’ll look in useless for crossover and edge distortion with the Magellan Cello. In the middle of the chassis, a polypropylene cone coated with damping latex acts because the modern definition of a section plug. The large magnet of this midrange driver might make many a member of the woofer faction envious – at Triangle that is simply one other trick to mix low distortion with effectivity.

The dome tweeter is a French connoisseur’s delight, because it embodies one thing of a French trademark: a horn building which, because of its rigorously calculated form, ensures that the tweeter performs at virtually the identical stage because the midrange driver.”This means we don’t have to regulate the extent on the crossover, which advantages the dynamics and liveliness,” explains Markus Brogle. A section plug within the tweeter additionally ensures that no stray sound parts intervene with the sounding tuned for for readability. The welcome reward for the hassle is the ethereal transparency of the Triangle and a spatiality that you’d anticipate from a two-way standmount speaker.

As a rule, individuals who need to fill considerably bigger rooms with music and are additionally fascinated about a profound bass vary purchase a floorstanding speaker. The Triangle Magellan Cello fortieth doesn’t make the most of one giant woofer, however quite two 16.5 cm diameter bass drivers, which aren’t solely simpler to manage by way of vibration, but additionally assist to attain the best of a slim baffle. The wider the baffle of a loudspeaker, the larger the chance of interference forming at its edges and impairing the sound. Triangle’s woofers are constructed as a three-layer cone sandwich. A honeycomb construction product of cellulose is framed by layers of glass fiber, which, in line with the producer, ought to guarantee “an optimum ratio between mass, damping and stiffness within the reciprocating meeting”.

The consequence proves the builders proper: within the backside finish, the Triangle Magellan Cello fortieth reveals very cultivated and ultra-clean habits, marching right down to 35 Hertz when required and avoiding sponginess and thickening within the decrease mid-range – thanks partially to the exactly outlined cooperation with the mid-range driver. Even with music that could be very energetic at low frequencies, similar to Johann Sebastian Bach’s D minor Toccata and Fugue, the French speaker doesn’t hit its limits, even at viciously excessive ranges, particularly as a front-firing bass reflex tube helps the bass vary freed from airflow noise.

However, I wouldn’t consider misusing the Triangle Magellan Cello fortieth as a rock’n’roll speaker, as a result of it really works greatest when fed with acoustic materials of any provenance. This might be a classical chamber trio, a reside jazz ensemble and even the Russian-Greek conductor Teodor Currentzis, who hurries by Ludwig van Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony together with his orchestra MusicAeterna. The Triangle masterpiece is equally adept at all-encompassing tutti pressure as it’s at effective pizzicato filigree, and this distinctive loudspeaker additionally reproduces the dynamic distinction between very quiet and tremendous loud in an correct and seamless method. Among different issues, this requires a really secure cupboard building – though no strong wooden is used, “you couldn’t raise the speaker if it was,” grins Markus Brogle.

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A multi-layer construction product of so-called HDF (High Density Fiberboard), which is bent into form over weeks till it now not needs to bend again once more, is bolstered with an internal skeleton that may do credit score to any skyscraper.This building ensures that the cupboard, which avoids standing waves because of its “spherical corners”, doesn’t vibrate when the drivers are working. The rear connection panel permits single and bi-wiring connection, the crossover will not be merely screwed in behind the terminals, however is nicely insulated and stowed away from infrasound within the cupboard.

The middle spike, which is clearly seen from the entrance, ensures a safe three-point positioning of the speaker, which feels most snug at a ample distance from the aspect and rear partitions and, when barely toed in, absolutely demonstrates its excessive potential for proper spatial imaging. That leaves the worth, which at 12,000 euros per pair is relatively cheap in view of what’s on provide. Above all as a result of no further fortune must be invested in amplifier electronics to make the Magellan Cello shine and sound. And to take it on a musical voyage all over the world. Bon voyage!

Accompanying Equipment

Network participant/DAC: Esoteric N-01XD | CD participant: Mark Levinson No. 390S | Turntable: Clearaudio Innovation Compact, Artkustik Seismograph | Cartridges: Clearaudio Da Vinci and Jubilee MC, Denon DL-103R | Phono amplifier: Clearaudio Balance V2 | Preamplifier: Cambridge Audio Edge NQ, Mark Levinson No.38S, T+A DAC 200 | Integrated amplifier: Mark Levinson No. 5805, Aavik U-380, Trigon Exxceed | Power amplifier: Cambridge Audio Edge M, Mark Levinson No. 27, T+A P 200 | Speakers: Infinity Kappa 7.2 Series II, SoundSpace Systems Aidoni | Cables: from Sommer Cable, in-akustik, AudioQuest and Silnote Audio, amongst others

Loudspeaker Triangle Magellan Cello fortieth

Concept: 3-way floorstanding loudspeaker, bass reflex | Configuration: 2 x 16.5 cm woofer, 16.5 cm midrange driver, 25 mm horn tweeter | Efficiency (1 W/1 m): 90 dB | Nominal/music load capability: 250/300 W | Frequency vary: 35 to 30,000 Hz | Crossover frequencies (12/24 dB/oct.): 350/2500 Hz | Nominal impedance: 8 Ω | Dimensions (W/H/D): 37/114/43 cm (incl. stand) | Weight: 39 kg | Finishes: piano golden oak, piano shadow zebrano, piano house black | Warranty interval: 2 years | Price per pair: round €12,000