MADE IN ITALY TEST CONSTELLATION PEGASUS ( WALNUT ) 05.10.2012 AUDIO MAGAZINE TEXT: WOLFRAM EIFERT ( AUDIO – EDITOR ) Speaker with handcrafted cabinets have a long tradition in Italy. With sound optimized chassis and filters it will be an experience of a special kind Who furnishes his home with furniture made from natural materials, will also want to make no compromise with speakers. A speaker with a wooden replica of decorative film on a vibrationally unfavorable simple cabinet case doesn’t fit with a high-quality device. An encounter with the chario Pegasus from northern Italy proves that an affordable loudspeaker can be fantastically sophisticated. The inclined connoisseur can choose from fashionable high-gloss lacquer, 100 abrasive coatings in current furniture colors or again in a more noble fancier (and a little bit more expensive) version in shimmering velvety matt coating plus cheeks in cherry or walnut. The side panels are then not just superficially "real" ( only veneerd ), but solid through and through. The woods are lively textured but acting unobtrusive. Compared with a piano finish here is the advantage that you can not directly see any scratches or fingerprints.
POINTING THE WAY: The production is done handcrafted at chario, near Milan. The single-wire terminal is placed very handily.
POINTING TO THE GROUND: Woofer and reflex tube are sitting in the base area, where they work very efficiently.
Such noble sound-furniture only succeed with plenty of manual work and a large time commitment! Because paints and wood known to be very responsive to temperature, humidity and sunlight, experienced carpenters are in demand here. Large furniture manufacturers demand for such housings a crazy money or don’t offer them to not at all. BASS IN THE BASE INTEGRATED To good speakers are belonging naturally high-quality drivers and a coherent acoustic concept. Chario offers here in many ways something very special. The membrane of the dome tweeter is made of fine textile fabric is with 38 millimeters significantly larger than usual and allows a deep connection already at 1500 Hz. The design promotes a uniform omnidirectional sound in the middle, because then the 16-centimeter woofer does not have to venture into areas where due his dimension he could illuminate only small angles of the room. He is assisted by a colleague in the base area, thanks to the ground-level directed arrangement he stimulates the room very powerful. The manufacturer refers to a halving of the required membrane deflection against a distant surface far mounting position. The base driver is only up to about 170Hz in use and therefore he doesn’t appear as a locatable,directional sound source. The opera "Pagliacci" by Ruggero Leoncavallo was first performed in 1892 in Milan and imparts Italian “joie de vivre” at its best. For the test a recording with the Munich Radio Orchestra under Lamberto Gardelli from 1983 was available. Spatially focused and shining brightly presented the chario Pegasus the protagonists, opened the space far into the depth and sounded, with all her clarity ,never excited! As in the first act, the comedian loudly collection held, was the Pegasus with dynamically well, but also signaled that its dynamic limit was not far off. The result was a rousing presentation without finger-wagging, perfectly like it is beloved by opera fans! The between pop and jazz located songs from the album "Triband" of the same name band from Hamburg the Pegasus was serving awaked and friendly, but not so complex as the Sonus Faber or Rosso Fiorentino. When the testers played with live concert-like volumes, at Pegasus decreased the sonic purity. With her quality, finish and sound senses, the Pegasus has absolutely not to fear any competitior! For level-freaks and analysts the italian beauty is far too good!
AUDIOGRAM + Remarkably lively and brilliant sound with a beautiful representation of space and amazing great temperament - Not quite neutral, don’t like high levels AUDIO RECOMMENDATION VITALITY MEASURING LABORATORY The chario shows metrologically nor balanced, with a slight emphasis in the midranges. The big tweeter bundles high tones at 30° very clearly, which is compensated by an increase in axle. The bass at +3 dB achieved 52Hz. The, with only 3.1 ohms minimum very lowohm-speaker, rattles strong at high levels and achieves a maximum volume of 93dB.