Nola Loudspeakers
Nola speakers have a deserved reputation for their original and distinctive designs. Designer Carl Marchisotto's declared priority is to recreate as realistically as possible the sound of a live performance. By utilising open baffles for the mid range and high frequencies, Marchisotto has created a range if speakers that has the clarity and openness of electrostatics along with the power handling, extended frequency response and power handling capability of traditional dynamic speakers.Artisan Audio is proud to be Nola Loudspeakers' official UK distributor. Please contact us to find out more about these stunningly good loudspeakers.
Baby Grand Reference
The Baby Grand is a compact two tower system utilising the same transducers found in the Grand Reference, to provide the same quality.
A pair of Baby Grand towers employs four 9 inch magnesium woofers, eight 4.5 inch open baffle dipole midranges with Alnico magnets and eight 4 inch true ribbon tweeters with Neodymium magnets.
The drivers are arranged in an unique mirror-imaged, short line source, open baffle array. Enclosure colouration throughout the middle and high frequencies is non-existent.
This unique design produces life-sized images whilst retaining focus and sounds “live” instead of the typical mechanical sound of most loudspeakers.
The 3.5 way passive Xtreme Crossover is mounted in an external unit to further free the loudspeaker from colouration due to crossover component vibration.
The Baby Grand comes with a ball-bearing speaker isolation base to free it from the sound of colouration due to floor vibrations.
The Xtreme Crossover utilises state of the art passive components as used in the Grand Reference. The Xtreme Crossover is bi-wired to the amplifier and is connected to the speaker via the supplied Nordost Valhalla mono-filament jumpers.
SRP: Please call
Specification
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Impedance
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8 ohm nominal, 4 ohm minimum
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Freq. response
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20 Hz to 45 kHz
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Dimensions
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1.57 m H x 30 cm W x 40 cm D. 68 kg
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Finish
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True piano rosewood (towers) and true
piano black (bases)
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Micro Grand Reference
The Micro Grand is designed to provide the same musical experience as the Baby Grand, and is ideal when state of the art sound quality is desired for smaller rooms.The Nola Micro Grand Reference is a stand-mounted loudspeaker that utilises the same driver technology and concept as the floor-standing Baby Grand Reference. Driver complement is: two magnesium woofers; one alnico magnet open baffle midrange and one open baffle true ribbon tweeter in a 3½ way design.
The driver array utilises Nola's 45° mirror-imaged array for the midrange and tweeter. The twin 120mm cast-frame magnesium woofers operate in a rear vented enclosure. The vent is an oversized, double flared design to eliminate port noise. The 110mm cast-frame alnico magnet midrange operates as an open baffle dipole. The open baffle ribbon tweeter eliminates any type of extra diaphragm, as the ribbon is the diaphragm. The moving mass of this design is about 25 times less than any dome tweeter and provides natural reproduction of a wealth of musical detail. The lack of an enclosure in the midrange and high frequencies eliminates a large source of coloration.
The 3½ way integrated crossover system is built on three separate boards and using top quality audiophile-grade passive components throughout. Inductors are flat wound oxygen-free copper types and capacitors are 630 volt polypropylene units. The crossovers are hard wired (no printed circuits) for maximum quality.
The Micro Grand has a built-in double platform base with ball bearing isolators to further reduce coloration (as is used in the Baby Grand Reference).
SRP: Please call
Specification
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Impedance
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8 ohm nominal, 4 ohm minimum
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Freq. response
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38 Hz to 45 kHz
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Dimensions
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60 cm H x 24 cm W x 24 cm D. 16 kg
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True piano rosewood (towers) and true
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Sensitivity
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86 dB
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Recommended stand height
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45 cm
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