Edition 2013
ARCHITETTURA SONORA Applied Acoustics
Innovation inspired by Nature
ARCHITETTURA SONORA
Architettura Sonora was born in 2009 when the visionary and innovative intuitions of the Sound&Experience Design team joined forces with the professional audio market leader B&C Speakers: the multi-sensory approach in architectural spaces and experiences design, combined with the state of the art in loudspeakers engineering and manufacturing, giving birth to a new paradigm for the design of SOUND IMMERSIVE SPACE DESIGN. The strength of A.S. resides in the MULTIDISCIPLINARY approach and in the variety of skills and competencies of its team: acousticians, architects, sound designers, musicians, electroacoustic and mechanical engineers. All with one goal to pursue: enhancing the distinctive qualities of any architecture, both indoors and outdoors. Our collections of SOUND MODULES, characterized by unconventional shapes and specific acoustical behaviors, can be combined as an orchestra of music instruments, with the overall goal of transforming the spatial perception, favoring a DYNAMIC EXPERIENCE of the human habitat. A strong commitment to SPACE DESIGN, conceived as a living and environmental whole, where the expressive power of music is turned into architectural experience.
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CONCEPT
Architettura Sonora designs immersive audio systems. The goal of Architettura Sonora is primarily to redesign the EXPERIENCE OF SPACE through a wise sound diffusion, that should be diverse as diverse are the different functions, styles and practices of living. This key objective drove our designs, both in terms of variety of shapes, molded by electro-acoustics and emission directionality principles, and in terms of the many aesthetic values, mimesis and material/ environmental integration, offered by the A.S. sound modules collection.
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Architettura Sonora takes you into a new dimension of SOUND SPACE DESIGN. The variety of music and of the living functions associated to the use of music today, are offering A.S. the opportunity for a radical reconsideration of the integration between SOUND and ARCHITECTURE. A radical reconsideration that ranges from the hardware -the aesthetics of our sound emission forms and their peculiar spatial arrangement practices - up to the music selection, the sound design and the adaptive sound space software design – A.S. custom designs music contents, either selected or originally composed. A.S. can also design sitespecific automatic multichannel SPATIALIZATION software, able to simulate immersive and surround sound spaces, starting even from a normal music piece. The sound space design principles driving Architettura Sonora are intended to break the static listening culture (the stereophonic one, related to the controlled reproduction of the “concert” experience) and to strongly introduce the IMMERSIVE and MULTI-CENTRIC praxis of listening to “within a space” as a central condition of the architectural experience.
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Architectural Sonic Modules
ARCHITECTURAL SONIC MODULES
The distinctive shape of A.S. architectural sonic modules is conceived to be electro-acoustically efficient and capable of focusing, projecting and “interplaying” with specific architectural dimensions and materiality. Combining different sonic modules and their different directional properties allow us to fully redesign the ACOUSTIC EXPERIENCE of any architecture, both indoors and outdoors. The suspended modules’ inner reflecting surface (i.e. Drop or Helmet) allows them to achieve a highly DIRECTIONAL sound emission. Varying and adjusting their orientation/placement can drive people’s attention and movement towards certain directions, exploring and redesigning specific architectural features, or creating multiple and independent micro-areas within a wide main space. The richness of tones and radial diffusion characterizing our OMNIDIRECTIONAL modules’ sound emission (like Cylinder and Sphere) resembles the one of a natural sound source. Approaching such a sound module in a natural environment, makes you sense a smooth and regular increase of sound pressure level and feel the profound wideness of the sound source, such as when approaching a waterfall or a fountain. In an indoor context, their unpredictable omnidirectional reflections are even more intriguing, because they fully interact with the architecture, EXCITING the “architectural game” of space discovery. The A.S. collection of sound modules, designed by Lorenzo Brusci with the support of Alessandro Genovese’s electroacoustic design, has been enriched with the new VD line, designed by landscape architect Vladimir Djurovic. The sensibility and design philosophy that drove the creation of his renowned POETIC LANDSCAPES around the world is fully recognizable in these stunning new pieces: craftsmanship and materiality together reconnecting with what is ESSENTIAL and NATURAL.
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CUBE designed by Vladimir Djurovic
400
2 way full-range floorstanding sound module High SPL capabilities Full and warm tonal balance Omnidirectional sound emission
Speaker type
two way 6� coaxial
Nominal impedance
8Ί
Frequency range (-10 dB)
400
570
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35 - 18.000 Hz
Sensitivity (1 W/1m)
89 dB
Nominal power handling (IEC)
100W
Recommended amplifier power
200W
Dimensions (LxHxW) Weight Material
400 x 400 x 570 mm 125 kg (marble)
marble, travertine, granite, base in brass, stainless steel or gunmetal
CYLINDER
15 designed by Vladimir Djurovic
200
2 way full-range floorstanding sound module High SPL capabilities Full and warm tonal balance Omnidirectional sound emission
Speaker type
two way 6� coaxial
Nominal impedance
8Ί
510
Frequency range (-10 dB)
45 - 18.000 Hz
Sensitivity (1 W/1m)
89 dB
Nominal power handling (IEC)
100W
Recommended amplifier power
200W
Dimensions ( xH) Weight Material
200 x 510 mm 17 kg (marble) marble, travertine, granite, base in brass, stainless steel or gunmetal
SHORT CYLINDER designed by Vladimir Djurovic
2 way full-range floorstanding sound module High SPL capabilities Full and warm tonal balance Omnidirectional sound emission
Speaker type 200
two way 6� coaxial
Nominal impedance
8Ί
Frequency range (-10 dB)
370
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50 - 18.000 Hz
Sensitivity (1 W/1m)
89 dB
Nominal power handling (IEC)
100W
Recommended amplifier power
200W
Dimensions ( xH) Weight Material
200 x 370 mm 15 kg (marble) marble, travertine, granite, base in brass, stainless steel or gunmetal
CYLINDER_Sub
17 designed by Vladimir Djurovic
200
Floorstanding subwoofer High SPL capabilities Warm solid tonal balance Omnidirectional sound emission
Speaker type Nominal impedance
510
Frequency range (-10 dB)
two way 6� coaxial 8Ί 45 - 150 Hz
Sensitivity (1 W/1m)
89 dB
Nominal power handling (IEC)
100W
Recommended amplifier power
200W
Dimensions ( xH)
200 x 510 mm
Weight
17 kg (marble)
External Active Filter HP 30 Hz - 12 dB/oct min Recommended crossover LP 120 Hz - 12 dB/oct min marble, travertine, granite, Material base in brass, stainless steel or gunmetal
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PERGOLA designed by Vladimir Djurovic
Line-array suspended sound module Medium SPL capabilities Neutral tonal balance Wide horizontal dispersion
Speaker type
82
Nominal impedance Frequency range (-10 dB) Sensitivity (1 W/1m)
1212
nine 2� driver 4Ί 150 - 18.000 Hz 90 dB
Nominal power handling (IEC)
65W
Recommended amplifier power
130W
Dimensions ( xH) Weight Material
82 x 1212 mm 5 kg carbon fibre
HEDGE
19 designed by Vladimir Djurovic
1206
Line-array floorstanding sound module Medium SPL capabilities Neutral tonal balance Narrow vertical dispersion
Speaker type Nominal impedance Frequency range (-10 dB) Sensitivity (1 W/1m)
150 - 18.000 Hz 90 dB 65W
Recommended amplifier power
130W
Weight Material 82
4Ί
Nominal power handling (IEC)
Dimensions ( xH)
198
nine 2� driver
82 x 1206 mm 5 kg carbon fibre
DOLPHIN
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505
2 way satellite suspended sound module High SPL capabilities Neutral tonal balance Multidirectional sound emission
Speaker type
two way 6� coaxial
1400
Nominal impedance Frequency range (-10 dB)
50 - 20.000 Hz
Sensitivity (1 W/1m)
89 dB
Nominal power handling (IEC)
100W
Recommended amplifier power
200W
Dimensions (LxHxW) 430
8Ί
Weight Material
1400 x 505 x 430 mm 8 kg
composite material available in black or white
DROP
2 way suspended sound module High SPL capabilities Neutral tonal balance Highly directional sound emission
312
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314
Speaker type
two way 6� coaxial
Nominal impedance
1025
Frequency range (-10 dB)
8Ί 50 - 20.000 Hz
Sensitivity (1 W/1m)
89 dB
Nominal power handling (IEC)
100W
Recommended amplifier power
200W
Dimensions (LxHxW) Weight Material
1025 x 312 x 314 mm 7,5 kg
composite material available in black or white
SMALL DROP
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207
2 way satellite suspended sound module Medium SPL capabilities Bright tonal balance Highly directional sound emission 207
Speaker type
two way 5� coaxial
Nominal impedance Frequency range (-10 dB) Sensitivity (1 W/1m)
8Ί 70 - 20.000 Hz 89 dB
Nominal power handling (IEC)
90W
Recommended amplifier power
180W 700 x 207 x 207 mm
700
Dimensions (LxHxW) Weight Material
5 kg composite material available in black or white
HELMET
2 way suspended sound module High SPL capabilities Warm tonal balance Directional sound emission
406
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Speaker type
two way 6� coaxial
Nominal impedance Frequency range (-10 dB)
8Ί 50 - 20.000 Hz
Sensitivity (1 W/1m)
89 dB
Nominal power handling (IEC)
100W
Recommended amplifier power
200W
1044
488
Dimensions (LxHxW) Weight Material
1044 x 406 x 488 mm 7,5 kg
composite material available in black or white
SMALL HELMET
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248
2 way satellite suspended sound module Medium SPL capabilities Warm tonal balance Directional sound emission
Speaker type
two way 5� coaxial
Nominal impedance Frequency range (-10 dB) Sensitivity (1 W/1m) 649
70 - 20.000 Hz 89 dB
Nominal power handling (IEC)
90W
Recommended amplifier power
180W
Dimensions (LxHxW) 314
8Ί
Weight Material
650 x 250 x 315 mm 5,5 kg
composite material available in black or white
SHARK
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310
Suspended subwoofer Medium SPL capabilities Warm solid tonal balance Omnidirectional sound emission
Speaker type
two long excursion 6� drivers
Nominal impedance 1283
Frequency range (-10 dB)
38 - 150 Hz
Sensitivity (1 W/1m)
90 dB
Nominal power handling (IEC)
300W
Recommended amplifier power
600W
Dimensions (LxHxW) 285
4Ί
Weight
10 kg
Recommended Crossover Material
1283 x 310 x 285 mm
External Active Filter HP 30 Hz - 12 dB/oct min LP 120 Hz - 12 dB/oct min
composite material available in black or white
SNAIL
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318
2 way suspended sound module High SPL capabilities Warm tonal balance Directional sound emission
1080
Speaker type
two way 6� coaxial
Nominal impedance Frequency range (-10 dB)
357
8Ί 50 - 20.000 Hz
Sensitivity (1 W/1m)
89 dB
Nominal power handling (IEC)
100W
Recommended amplifier power
200W
Dimensions (LxHxW) Weight Material
1080 x 357 x 318 mm 7,5 kg
composite material available in black or white
SPHERE_360
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2 Way full-range floorstanding sound module High SPL capabilities Full and warm tonal balance Omnidirectional sound emission
360
Speaker type
two way 6� coaxial
Nominal impedance
8Ί
490
Frequency range (-10 dB)
50 - 18.000 Hz
Sensitivity (1 W/1m)
88 dB
Nominal power handling (IEC)
100W
Recommended amplifier power
200W
Dimensions ( xH) Weight Material
360 x 490 mm 31 kg (marble) marble, onyx, travertine, Galestro tuscan terracotta, alternative stones
SPHERE_470
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2 Way full-range floorstanding sound module High SPL capabilities Full and warm tonal balance Omnidirectional sound emission
470
Speaker type
two way 6� coaxial
Nominal impedance
8Ί
610
Frequency range (-10 dB)
50 - 18.000 Hz
Sensitivity (1 W/1m)
88 dB
Nominal power handling (IEC)
100W
Recommended amplifier power
200W
Dimensions ( xH) Weight Material
470 x 610 mm 22 kg (terracotta) Impruneta tuscan terracotta, travertine, marble, alternative stones
SPHERE_Sub 360
Floorstanding subwoofer High SPL capabilities Warm solid tonal balance Omnidirectional sound emission
Speaker type
360
One long excursion 6� driver
Nominal impedance Frequency range (-10 dB)
490
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8Ί 40 - 150 Hz
Sensitivity (1 W/1m)
90 dB
Nominal power handling (IEC)
150W
Recommended amplifier power
300W
Dimensions ( xH)
360 x 490 mm
Weight
31 kg (marble)
External Active Filter HP 30 Hz - 12 dB/oct min Recommended crossover LP 120 Hz - 12 dB/oct min marble, onyx, travertine, Galestro tuscan terracotta, alternative stones Material
SPHERE_Sub 470
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Floorstanding subwoofer High SPL capabilities Warm solid tonal balance Omnidirectional sound emission
470
Speaker type
One long excursion 6� driver
Nominal impedance
610
Frequency range (-10 dB)
8Ί 35 - 150 Hz
Sensitivity (1 W/1m)
90 dB
Nominal power handling (IEC)
150W
Recommended amplifier power
300W
Dimensions ( xH) Weight
470 x 610 mm 22 kg (terracotta)
External Active Filter HP 30 Hz - 12 dB/oct min Recommended crossover LP 120 Hz - 12 dB/oct min Impruneta tuscan terracotta, Material travertine, marble, alternative stones
YOYO
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1 way satellite sound module Medium SPL capabilities Bright tonal balance Highly directional sound emission
210
Speaker type
full range 3� driver
Nominal impedance Frequency range (-10 dB)
350
Sensitivity (1 W/1m)
8Ί 250 - 20.000 Hz 94 dB
Nominal power handling (IEC)
12W
Recommended amplifier power
24W
Dimensions ( xH) Weight Material
210 x 350 mm 7 kg
Tuscan terracotta, marble, travertine, alternative stones and composite material in any colour
BIG YOYO
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670
3 way full-range floorstanding sound module Very high SPL capabilities Bright and strong tonal balance Omnidirectional sound emission
Speaker type
three way 10” woofer + MF/HF 2” coaxial driver
Nominal impedance Frequency range (-10 dB) Sensitivity (1 W/1m)
1370
Nominal power handling (IEC) Recommended amplifier power Dimensions ( xH) Weight Material
8Ω 38 - 18.000 Hz 97 dB HF 20W MF 100W LF 300W 400W 670 x 1370 mm 150 kg Impruneta tuscan terracotta
A.S. Amplifiers
A.S. AMPLIFIERS
Architettura Sonora has developed AS-A series amplifiers, a flexible and great-sounding multi-channel amplifiers collection, designed specifically to drive the architectural sonic modules manufactured by A.S. and to guarantee the maximum QUALITY and RELIABILITY. Our amplifiers ENHANCE and BOOST the sound experience provided by an Architettura Sonora system.
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AMPLIFIERS All AS-A amplifiers have been fully designed with switching technology (Class D – ICEpower Technology) and preamplifiers circuits based on the latest generation, class-A VCA (Voltage Controlled Amplifiers) to obtain HIGH POWER and PERFORMANCES with a very low weight, a result which cannot be achieved with traditional configurations. The available configurations, diversified by number of channels and available power, allow to configure, in the most simple way, sound systems from the most basic to the most complex. All AS-A amplifiers are 2RU (2 standard 19” rack units) and may be used free-standing, installed in either a rack cabinet or a flight-case box. All amplifiers can be equipped with DSP (digital signal processor) to find the most suitable setup for any kind of installation. The DSP board is composed by 4 processors to control up to 16 independent channels, whose programming is created by a Graphical Environment Tool - Sigma Studio (Analog Device). The integrated amplifiers’ available power and quality make them the IDEAL SOLUTION to be used in any application requiring to drive a large number of quality speakers.
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AS-AMPLIFIER
AS-A08050
AS-A16050
AS-A02500
Rated power output (4 Ω) (< 1% THD+N, 20Hz – 20kHz)
8 ch × 50 Wrms
16 ch × 50 Wrms
2 ch × 450 Wrms
Frequency response (± 0.3 ÷ ±0.7 dB)
20 Hz – 20 kHz
20 Hz – 20 kHz
20 Hz – 20 kHz
20 Hz – 20 kHz
<0.1%
<0.1%
<0.1%
<0.1%
Dynamic range (A-weighted)
121 dB(A)
121 dB(A)
125 dB(A)
125 dB(A)
Output circuitry
Class D – ICEpower Technology
Class D – ICEpower Technology
Class D – ICEpower Technology
Class D – ICEpower Technology
Optional
Optional
Optional
Optional
(85-132) VAC & (170-264) VAC 50/60 Hz
(85-132) VAC & (170-264) VAC 50/60 Hz
(85-132) VAC & (170-264) VAC 50/60 Hz
(85-132) VAC & (170-264) VAC 50/60 Hz
483 × 88 × 455 mm (2RU – 19”)
483 × 88 × 455 mm (2RU – 19”)
483 × 88 × 455 mm (2RU – 19”)
483 × 88 × 455 mm (2RU – 19”)
9.2 kg
9.9 kg
8,3 kg
9,2 kg
Models
THD + N at rated output power (1W, 1kHz, 8Ω)
DSP on board
Power requirements Dimensions (W×H×D) Weight
AS-A04500
4 ch × 450 Wrms
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AS-A06500
6 ch × 450 Wrms
20 Hz – 20 kHz
<0.1%
AS-A2000
2 ch × 1100 Wrms
20 Hz – 20 kHz
<0.3%
AS-A3000
AS-A06H
AS-A10H
2 ch × 1100 Wrms + 2 ch × 500 Wrms
2 ch x 170 Wrms + 2 ch x 50 Wrms + 2 ch x 450 Wrms
4 ch x 170 Wrms + 4 ch x 50 Wrms + 2 ch x 450 Wrms
20 Hz – 20 kHz
20 Hz – 20 kHz
20 Hz – 20 kHz
<0.1%
<0.1%
<0.3%
125 dB(A)
119 dB(A)
119 dB(A)
123 dB(A)
123 dB(A)
Class D – ICEpower Technology
Class D – ICEpower Technology
Class D – ICEpower Technology
Class D – ICEpower Technology
Class D – ICEpower Technology
Optional
Optional
Optional
Yes
Yes
(85-132) VAC & (170-264) VAC 50/60 Hz
(85-132) VAC & (170-264) VAC 50/60 Hz
(85-132) VAC & (170-264) VAC 50/60 Hz
(85-132) VAC & (170-264) VAC 50/60 Hz
(85-132) VAC & (170-264) VAC 50/60 Hz
483 × 88 × 455 mm (2RU – 19”)
483 × 88 × 455 mm (2RU – 19”)
483 × 88 × 455 mm (2RU – 19”)
483 × 88 × 455 mm (2RU – 19”)
483 × 88 × 455 mm (2RU – 19”)
10 kg
11 kg
12 kg
9.2 kg
9,2 kg
9.9 kg
Contract Division
CONTRACT DIVISION
A.S. Contract Division supports architects and designers with the know-how gained over a long experience in architectural sound space design and in professional audio components manufacturing. A.S. Contract Division can provide customized solutions even for the most intricate requests, both for retail, institutional, residential and outdoor public spaces. It emerges thus as the IDEAL PARTNER to handle the many aspects of contract work.
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CUSTOM DESIGN We are open to discuss with you every kind of requirement and we can develop custom loudspeakers for different applications. Under certain constraints, it is possible to modify existing shapes and their acoustic principles, or to co-design new acoustic shapes to achieve a full aesthetic, site-specific coherency. INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS When “no visible loudspeaker” is the main criteria, then A.S. can provide TOP SOUNDING SYSTEMS integrated in-wall, in-ceiling, almost in every object, every piece of furniture you can think about. This is even more true if a very close collaboration with architects and designers can start early at the architectural space design stage. SOUND DESIGN At A.S. we are not only producing technology, we are also shaping SOUND ART. We have a team of sound designers which convert your ideas, moods and emotions you want to convey into an ORIGINAL SOUNDSCAPE: content creation meets content transduction for an integral approach to audio communication and space experience.
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ARCHITETTURA SONORA a division of B&C SPEAKERS
via del Fornaccio, 44 – Vallina 50012 – Bagno a Ripoli (FI) – Italy Tel. +39 055 65721 Fax +39 055 6572312 info@architetturasonora.com www.architetturasonora.com
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