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30 YEARS AGO - IN 1979 - I COULD NOT FIND THE SPEAKER OF MY DREAMS. SO I HAD TO BUILD IT MYSELF. WITH THE R11 ARRETÉ, THE SITUATIONIS EXACTLY THE SAME. APART FROM LIVE MUSIC, I COULD NOT FIND ANY REFERENCE SPEAKER.SO I HAD TO BUILD IT MYSELF. THE R11 ARRETÉIS OUR GOALPOST FOR SOUND QUALITY FOR THE NEXT DECADE. AND IT IS THE SPEAKER I HAVE BEEN DREAMING OF FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

OLE KLIFOTHFOUNDER AND CHIEF ENGINEER

THE DESIGN AND ENGINEERING OF THE R11 ARRETÉ HAS BEEN UNDER WAY FOR MORE THAN 4 YEARS. THE ARTISTS AND EXPERTS INVOLVED ARE:

OLE KLIFOTH

AUDIOVECTOR FOUNDER, CHIEF ENGINEER AND DESIGNER: ACOUSTICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING PLUS GENERAL DESIGN IDEAS.

LARS MATHIESEN

PELIKAN DESIGN. 5 TIMES WINNEROF THE DANISH ID-DESIGN AWARD:R11 ARRETÉ DESIGN SUPERVISOR.

JACOB TRYDE

DANISH DESIGN ACADEMY AWARD WINNER: AUDIOVECTOR R11 ARRETÉ OVERALL DESIGN.

“THE R11 ARRETÉ IS THE MOST AMBITIOUS DANISH SPEAKER EVER. IT WILL SET THE STANDARD FOR AUDIOVECTOR FOR THE NEXT10 YEARS”. OLE KLIFOTH LARS MATHIESENJACOB TRYDE

POWER, BEAUTY AND SOUL

ALL AUDIOVECTORS SINCE THE START IN 1979 ARE CHARACTERISED BY THE SAME INTELLIGENT PERFORMANCE PHILOSOPHY:AN UNRESTRICTED SOUND WITH NO LOSS OF DYNAMICS FROM LESS POWER INPUT

IN THE R11 ARRETÉ WE HAVE TAKEN THIS CONCEPT BEYOND THE EXCISTING BORDERS.

AUDIOVECTOR HAS PIONEERED THE LOW COMPRESSION CONCEPT TO ENSURE ABSOLUTE MUSICALITY AND TRANSPARENCE AT AL LEVELS.

IT ALL STARTS ON A PAPER NAPKIN..

THE FIRST BASIC SKETCHOF THE R11 ARRETÉCONCEPT AND FUNCTION

JACOB’S FIRST EXPERIMENTAL SKETCHES

MORE EXPERIMENTAL SKETCHES

A CORNER SCREW IS (ALMOST) BORN

WE DECIDED TO DESIGN A DOUBLE AVANTGARDE AMT TREBLE DRIVER IN ORDER TO IMPROVE DETAIL RETRIEVAL

AN EARLY SKETCH OF THE HIGH TECH TITANIUM VCF EVOTECH DRIVER

THE FINEST MATERIALS AVAILABLE

TI 22 TITANIUM SPACE AGE HIGH DENSITY MATERIAL FOR VOICE COIL FORMERS

NRFB SUPER HDF HI DENSITY CABINET MATERIAL MADE FROM PLANTATION HARDWOOD. EU 1 CERTIFIED

MAGNESIUM FOR OPTIMUM LIGHTNESS AND STRENGHT IN DRIVER CHASSIS’

CFC SANDWICH CARBON FIBRE COMPOSITE CONES

AL 05 SI 2 ALUMINIUM FOR BAFFLES AND PLINTHS. ABSOLUTE VIBRATION CONTROL

NANOPORE HI-TEC, HI PRECISION INTERNAL BROADBAND DAMPING MATERIAL

VISHAY HIGH QUALITY, HIGH PRECISION CAPACITORS AND RESISTORS (1%)

TESLAPLUS RARE EARTH NEODYNIUM AND FERRITE MAGNETS FOR DRIVERS

0.99999999 NCS PURE COPPER ASYMMETRICAL FREEZE TREATED INTERNAL WIRING

SURGICAL STEEL USED FOR SCREWS AND BOLTS

LACQUER ALL PIANO LACQUER SPEAKERS HAVE A TOTAL OF 10 LAYERS OF PAINT

CERAMIC STRENGTH ALL ALUMINIUM PARTS HAVE AN ULTRA HARD CERAMIC SURFACE

24K GOLD PLATING THE BEST ANTI CORROSION TREATMENT ON CONTACTS AND CONNECTIONS

ULTRA STRONG CARBON FIBRES ARE AN IMPORTANT INGREDIENT IN THE MEMBRANES

ALL COPPER PARTS HAVE BEEN CRYOGENICALLY TREATED FOR LOWER RESISTENCE AND BETTER CRYSTAL STRUCTURE

OLE KLIFOTH AND MECHANICAL ENGINEER RASMUS HOLTZE WORKING ON A PROTOTYPE

HAND ASSEMBLY AND VISUAL INSPECTION BY TOOL MAKER JØRGEN HEINRICHSON

A PRECISION MILLED 8 MM CHROME PLATED SPIKE

ALL ASSEMBLY IS CARRIED OUT BY HAND AND BY MECHANICAL ENGINEERS

THE CORNERS SCREWS ARE MADE FROM MAGNETIC STAINLESS STEEL ESPECIALLY FOR AUDIOVECTOR R11 ARRETÉ

THERE IS A LONG WAY FROM A LOOSELY MADE HAND SKETCH TO A CAD DRAWING

THE REAR BAFFLEIS EXTRUDED FROMALUMINIUM ANDCNC - MILLEDTO PERFECTION

THE ALUMINIUM PLINTH IS MADE FROM 3 DIFFERENT PIECES OF PRECISION MILLED SOLID ALUMINIUM

”WAS IT TOUGH TO LISTEN SO INTENSIVELY? YES! WAS IT FUN? YOU BET! AS ALWAYS. THE JOB IN THIS PHASE IS LISTENING, LISTENING AND LISTENING UNTIL WE REACH A RESULT WHICH WE THINK IS 110% CORRECT.”PETER STENBERG · SALES DIRECTOR

AN IMPORTANT MEMBER OF THE AUDIOVECTOR LISTENING TEAM

THE R11 ARRETÉIN MADRONABURL VENEERWITH INTARSIA

A CLOSER LOOK AT THE MADRONA BURL VENEER, WHICH IS COVERED WITH 12 LAYERS OF HIGH GLOSS LACQUER.

THE FINAL RESULT.THE NEW AUDIOVECTOR R11 ARRETÉ.ONE OF THE WORLD’S BEST SPEAKERS.

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