{"product_id":"leak-hifi-system-silver-walnut","title":"Leak HiFi System - Silver\/ Walnut","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eExperience superior sound quality with the Leak HiFi System. Our innovative Leak Sandwich Speakers deliver crisp and clear audio, making you feel like you're at a live concert. The sleek silver and walnut design adds a touch of elegance to any room. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFirmly re-established as a Hi-Fi mainstay, the LEAK product portfolio is expanding with the new LEAK STEREO 230 – a high-performance, high fidelity integrated amplifier designed for the modern-day audio and movie enthusiast.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBuilding upon the class and style that made the STEREO 130 a rip-roaring success, the LEAK STEREO 230 adds more power, more functionality and more substance for the discerning audiophile.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDesigned to be the perfect match for a wide variety of sources and provide higher levels of amplification, the LEAK STEREO 230 offers a 115w per channel output.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIt also offers a newly developed HDMI ARC connectivity function to realise the highest quality audio in AV applications, for a fully equipped integrated amplifier to meet the demands of modern audiophiles and cinephiles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe LEAK STEREO 230 can be connected to a host of analogue and digital sources, thanks to its diversity of inputs. A built-in Moving Magnet (MM) phono pre-amplifier allows for direct connection to turntable record players.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTo fully accommodate the modern-day music enthusiast, much effort has been made to ensure the LEAK STEREO 230’s digital circuitry delivers the level of quality one might expect of a high-performance standalone D\/A converter, let alone an integrated amplifier solution.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYou can also stream music to the LEAK STEREO 230 from any Bluetooth device, such as portable music players, tablet PCs or smartphones, via the built-in aptX and AAC Bluetooth codec. One can therefore enjoy CD quality audio over the Bluetooth wireless connection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCarefully designed in line with the LEAK ethos of performance, reliability and craftsmanship, the LEAK STEREO 230 matches contemporary performance with stand-out, classic LEAK styling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Leak Sandwich 150 and 250 are the pinnacle of innovation that commenced in 1961 with the original Leak Sandwich.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThose technological advancements are implemented with the utmost regard for tradition, as well as the continual aspiration to forge sound reproduction equipment of the highest quality, accessible to every discerning audiophile.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThroughout the history of broadcasting and recording, certain exceptional developments have become milstones in the progress of sound reproduction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne such milestone was the world’s very first low distortion amplifier – the famous original Leak Point One, in 1945.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnother was the pioneering major breakthrough with the invention of the fantastically rigid Leak sandwich cone diaphragm – which was demonstrably of great strength and many times stiffer than all conventional forms of cone, of its time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo understand the impact of this innovation, one must remember that to obtain low distortion, the movement of a loudspeaker diaphragm, or cone, should follow as accurately as possible the waveform of the signals applied to its voice coil.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe ability of the current to follow these impulses accurately depends upon the lightness and stiffness of the cone assembly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMany conventional cones: paper, impregnated fabric, plastics, aluminium etc all generally suffer from low stiffness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis results in significantly larger areas of the cone vibrating in motion, uncontrolled by the voice coil.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese uncontrolled emotions produce transit “hangover”, amplitude distortion (peaks and troughs in the frequency response) and intermodulation distortion (lack of clarity of spurious tones).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThose shortcomings are inherent in almost all direct radiator loudspeaker systems using conventional cones, irrespective of cost.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll of these shortcomings are overcome by the Leak Sandwich construction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginally presented in 1961, the Sandwich used engineering and design principles applied to airframe construction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow, reintroduced and re-engineered with modern-day learnings, the new Leak Sandwich cone comprises of a stiff aluminium skin for the outer surfaces (where the stresses are greatest) bonded to a thick core of a polymethacrylimide (PMI) based structural foam, often used aerospace and the automotive industries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis applied, precision-engineered use of the most suitable materials in optimum proportions and dispositions gives immense rigidity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis means the Leak Sandwich cone reproduces the signal applied to the voice coil, totally free from mechanical break-up and its associated distortions. The result is a remarkably smooth frequency response, free from violent peaks or troughs over a very broad frequency range, indicative of an excellent, transient response.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is not often sufficiently realised how profound the influence of the loudspeaker housing (the cabinet) is on the overall acoustic performance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIts design requires a great degree of electroacoustic knowledge as a design of the motor units themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe new Leak Sandwich cabinet benefits from 60 years of technological development since the original.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe structure consists of a composition of MDF and composite board, thus creating a second ‘sandwich’ reference, with the boards layered for optimum cabinet strength.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile the new cabinet fuses intelligent bracing with this ‘sandwich’ of materials, it also maintains a specific front-rear bracing, with the distinct, visible countersunk screw on the rear – a famous trait of the original.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe technology found within Leak audio devices presents science and innovation in abundance, yet the industrial design often draws favourable attention.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJust like the warmly received Leak Stereo 130 and 230 integrated amplifier models, the new Leak Sandwich 150 and 250 loudspeaker models maintain the understated, classic Leak styling. Finished in a sumptuous walnut, real-wood veneer, the cabinet is decorated with an aluminium trim insert matched and finished to the same exemplary standards of the driver trims and cone materials.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe decorative grille cloth is purpose chosen to match the classic Leak styling with a specification for maximum acoustic transparency.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA keen eye will also notice that the new Leak Sandwich 150 and 250 are supplied in perfectly matched pairs with a ‘handed’ array presentation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMuch more than continued industrial design traits, the meticulous placement of each driver is considered to the nth degree, thus enabling a projection of a truly precise stereo soundstage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith the Leak Sandwich 150 and 250, the high-frequency driver has been developed, incorporating a rear chamber damped to absorb the output from the back of the dome.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis innovation not only isolates the HF unit from the rest of the loudspeaker, it has the added benefit of reducing the resonant frequency of the treble unit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTaking the resonant frequency below the crossover region means the audible spectrum of the bass, mid and high frequencies can be sewn together with an added dimension of detail and harmonics, eliminating the requirement to harshly adjust the definition of the high-frequencies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd that very sewing is conducted by a crossover of the highest order, developed over thousands of hours of listening, not just simulation as is the tendency in modern loudspeaker design.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Leak Sandwich 150 comes in the format of a 2-way standmount loudspeaker with a combination of 6.5” (170mm) low-frequency ‘Sandwich’ driver and a 1.2” (30mm) coated textile dome high-frequency driver.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LEAK","offers":[{"title":"Silver","offer_id":44903936983294,"sku":"","price":2425.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Walnut","offer_id":44903937016062,"sku":"KRO34564758564346","price":2607.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2222\/0805\/files\/leaksystem.jpg?v=1711723289","url":"https:\/\/www.kronosav.com\/en-ie\/products\/leak-hifi-system-silver-walnut","provider":"Kronos AV","version":"1.0","type":"link"}