TEST SYNTAR 513 ( WENGE ) FIDELITY MAGAZINE 12 2/2014 ( MARCH-APRIL 2014 ) TEXT: STEFAN GAWLICK ( FIDELITY EDITOR )
LIKELARGE Small, inexpensive, loud: Charios “Syntar 513” hews powerfull on the plaster! It happened on the last High End Show in Munich: Colleague Brockmann attended the demonstration of the noble Italian speaker manufacturer Chario where just the "DAVID", the Syntar 513 played. He sought the supposed playing floorstanding speaker and found none. Then he sought the subwoofer and also did not find one. So much music from such a small box? And that too at such a low price? Herewith the idea for a report had been agreed. And here she is now, the smallest and most affordable Chario. And by the way my first Chario. How beautiful! Pretty she is definitely. The veneer sits - not only for this price range – very well, as the held with small magnet aperture. The bass reflelx tube opens downward, where four rubber feet takes care for decoupling from the underground and for a precisely defined distance (Bassreflex!). On the back sits sympathetic as only one pair of terminals, manufactured in-house, for in a quality that you can not even suspected in this price range to some extent. Well, sonically it does not make America's Next Top Idol - contestant to a good singer - but it is beautiful in every case. VULGARITIES DESIRED More exciting is the front , sitting on the two non-everyday chassis. Chario is known for great tweeter and correspondingly low crossover frequencies . While the top models of the house send high frequencies over an impressive 32- millimeter dome on the way to our ears, 27- millimeter must satisfy in this case. It is a coated silk membrane which is steamed at the Syntar with aluminum. Die crossover frequence is at 1450 Hz , which is a generous omnidirectional and thus also a generosity in establishing promises at Chario . We wanted to build speakers for the real and enjoyable life and no divas who nailed the listener to a minimum sweet spot - an especially in this price range absolutely practical approac More exciting is the front , sitting on the two non- everyday chassis. Chario is known for great tweeter and correspondingly low crossover frequencies . While the top models of the house send high frequencies over an impressive 32millimeter dome on the way to our ears, 27- millimeter must satisfy in this case. It is a coated silk steamed from both sides with aluminum. Die crossover frequency is at 1450 Hz , which is a generous omnidirectional and thus also a certain generosity in establishing promises at Chario . We wanted to build speakers for the real and enjoyable life and no divas who nailed the listener to a minimum sweet spot - an especially in this price range absolutely practical approach. Christoph Mertens, the german chario distributor goes even further: he asks me explicitly, to post the speakers "very bad" and to leave my normal listening position, just once to be "really mean" to the Syntar 513.
A LOT OF KNOW-HOW The mid-bass with its 13 cm diameter membrane should also not radiate very selective in quite deep handover frequency. A quick check confirmed that way: it is not at all the same, where are the little 513 is posted, but you may very well proceed with a certain willingness to compromise with respect to the home furnishings. And all the people sitting on the sofa then hear similar good. The membrane of the cone driver is of chario crept referred to as polymer membrane , damping well and also stiff. More important, however, their geometry, the counter would with its bell shape of an exaggeration in the sensitive central area. The housing consists of both sides veneered HDF, ie high –density- fiberboard . In Chario one assumes that this a stiffer body than with conventional MDF can be reached. In addition, any cut and glued miter. These Chario uses a proprietary adhesive that should have decoupling and damping effect. In this way, the body will put calm even in its basic structure , so as it puts other means possible. It is a lot of research and know -how in these small and cheap small speakers that could be underestimated due to the price tag . And would guess that is still completely produced for this market segment in Europe? No? But it's true, what me Christoph Mertens proud insured. ROOM AND DYNAMICS When listening to the chario Syntar 513 stand out , that it throws a lot of thrust in the lower layers in the race for their size. In connection with their amazing enthusiasm that sounds very grown-up right away. As Dimitri Shostakovich's string quartets with the Borodin Quartet ( Melodia box ) lying on the turntable, amazes me , which spatial depth this Chario extracts from this rather extensively remixed LP's . It is by no means an arbitrary and diffuse " inflation " because she manages the localization of the individual musicians too exact. The horizontal picture happens pleasing precise . This cleanly designed image remains the way over a fairly wide area outside of the sweet spot get here helps clear the extra-wide dispersion characteristics. Such flexibility is rarely found in this price range. Only when you move away very far, breakes the picture together, but this is no wonder: So round can not radiate a dynamic transducer , that does not happen at some point. And this limit is set pretty amazing far from the developer of Chario. In the lower layers, the 513 not only perform properly, it remains largely cultivated . Is it at very loud and deep, stable amplifiers are of course mandatory. Ordinary control has finally never hurt if you do with small speakers on the way to the border areas. Speaking limit: Even at the high end of the sound spectrum, there is sunshine and roses. The large dome put a lot of energy is released without sharpening and makes for a considerable length of detail. Thanks to these qualities and also very agile bass this little chario developed a startling for this case size dynamics, which for me – together with the precise spatial representation and the wide viewing angle - is the chocolate side of these speaker. Of course, I have followed the invitation of the distribution and placed the speaker pair very poorly. And in fact, the Syntar 513 shows very, very willing to compromise . Since she has always defined a coupling of the bass reflex port on their feet, they can also be positioned slightly closer to the wall without being punished with humming or rumbling .t. Only right in the corner is of course conclusion: omni-directional remains omni-directional.