El Hefe HiFi Reviews: Audio Perfectionist Launched Audiovector R and QR Series Speakers

Wednesday, 17 August 2022

Audio Perfectionist Launched Audiovector R and QR Series Speakers

The Arrete R6 paired with Aavik electronics

On 17th August 2022 marks another spectacular milestone for our local hifi outfit Audio Perfectionist as they welcome Mads Klifoth, CEO of Audiovector to grace their official launch event of both the R and QR speakers series. During this event, the models were introduced are the R6, R3 and QR7.

Yes, you are correct! AUDIOVECTOR is not a new name in Malaysia but Audio Perfectionist have just been appointed as the new official distributor for Malaysia. Exciting times indeed for them.

WHAT IS NEW WITH AUDIOVECTOR?

The R - Series

Treble Drivers - Their Signature Soft dome designs have always been ahead of their time. Featuring a silk done which is supported on its rear side by a pressure regulating accelarator, a no compression driver - due to its open back which is carefully adjusted to work in their unique Soundstage Enhancement Concept (SEC).

The Avantgarde & Arrete Air Motion Transformer treble drivers are probably the fastest treble drive construction you can find. Based on the original and revolutionary technology invented vy Dr. Oscar Heil, their AMT tweeters have no mass to accelrate or decelerate. It can reach up to more than 52 KHz with perfect dispersion on both horizontal and vertical planes.

The AMT features ultra strong Neodymium magnets, lightweight precision coated mylar membranes and are mounted and decoupled from the cabinet in 3 points, a proprietary concept, No Energy Storage (NES). The tweeters are open to the front and to the rear, being able to move freely due to the SEC.

The Freedom Grounding Concept addresses the movement induced distortion of and between the drive units in the loudspeaker. The currents running between the chassis are being processed and dealt with through a new separate crossover which routes the signal to the ground terminal of the wall socket or grounded mains distributor. These currents cause coloration and distrotion between drive units. By balancing and filtering these through a dedicated spearate filter and by offering the possibility of connecting them to earth/ground, a cleaner and accurate sound can be achieved with lower noise floor.

The QR Series

The QR-7 paired with McIntosh electronics

This is the entry level of Audiovector that offers hyper dynamic, neutrall sounding loudspeakers with big and open soundstage. The concept is classic designs with a twist that out perform competition in this segment.

The goal has always been to offer the most advanced technology in a perfectly finished and proportioned high end package. The sound is big, bold and dynamic yet subtle and detailed when required.

Due to its gentle impedance load and high efficiency, it is an easily driven speakers with either solid state or tube amps.

The QR Air Motion Transformer Treble (AMT) Driver are the fastest high frequency drivers available now and can reach up to higher than 40 KHz with fine dispersion in both horizontal and vertical plane.

By using high precision components in combination with their in house designed drive units, they can use a target function filtering which uses minimal components to achieve a high precision roll-off profile on all drivers resulting in better dynamics, lower loss and less heat build-up.

This series was also designed to handle power transients with precision and low distortion with all genres of music. There is just one Xover component in series with each driver which allows for an easy amplifier load.