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1 R11 ARRETÉ SCRAPBOOK

2 30 YEARS AGO - IN I COULD NOT FIND THE SPEAKER OF MY DREAMS. SO I HAD TO BUILD IT MYSELF. WITH THE R11 ARRETÉ, THE SITUATION IS EXACTLY THE SAME. APART FROM LIVE MUSIC, I COULD NOT FIND ANY REFERENCE SPEAKER. SO I HAD TO BUILD IT MYSELF. THE R11 ARRETÉ IS OUR GOALPOST FOR SOUND QUALITY FOR THE NEXT DECADE. AND IT IS THE SPEAKER I HAVE BEEN DREAMING OF FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. OLE KLIFOTH FOUNDER AND CHIEF ENGINEER

3 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 WINNER OF 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 NEXT 10 YEARS. OLE KLIFOTH JACOB TRYDE LARS MATHIESEN

4 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.

5 IT ALL STARTS ON A PAPER NAPKIN..

6 THE FIRST BASIC SKETCH OF THE R11 ARRETÉ CONCEPT AND FUNCTION

7 JACOB S FIRST EXPERIMENTAL SKETCHES

8 MORE EXPERIMENTAL SKETCHES

9 A CORNER SCREW IS (ALMOST) BORN

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

11 AN EARLY SKETCH OF THE HIGH TECH TITANIUM VCF EVOTECH DRIVER

12 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 CFC SANDWICH AL 05 SI 2 NANOPORE VISHAY TESLAPLUS FOR OPTIMUM LIGHTNESS AND STRENGHT IN DRIVER CHASSIS CARBON FIBRE COMPOSITE CONES ALUMINIUM FOR BAFFLES AND PLINTHS. ABSOLUTE VIBRATION CONTROL HI-TEC, HI PRECISION INTERNAL BROADBAND DAMPING MATERIAL HIGH QUALITY, HIGH PRECISION CAPACITORS AND RESISTORS (1%) RARE EARTH NEODYNIUM AND FERRITE MAGNETS FOR DRIVERS NCS PURE COPPER ASYMMETRICAL FREEZE TREATED INTERNAL WIRING SURGICAL STEEL LACQUER CERAMIC STRENGTH 24K GOLD PLATING USED FOR SCREWS AND BOLTS ALL PIANO LACQUER SPEAKERS HAVE A TOTAL OF 10 LAYERS OF PAINT ALL ALUMINIUM PARTS HAVE AN ULTRA HARD CERAMIC SURFACE THE BEST ANTI CORROSION TREATMENT ON CONTACTS AND CONNECTIONS

13 ULTRA STRONG CARBON FIBRES ARE AN IMPORTANT INGREDIENT IN THE MEMBRANES

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

15 OLE KLIFOTH AND MECHANICAL ENGINEER RASMUS HOLTZE WORKING ON A PROTOTYPE

16 HAND ASSEMBLY AND VISUAL INSPECTION BY TOOL MAKER JØRGEN HEINRICHSON

17 A PRECISION MILLED 8 MM CHROME PLATED SPIKE

18 ALL ASSEMBLY IS CARRIED OUT BY HAND AND BY MECHANICAL ENGINEERS

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

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

21 THE REAR BAFFLE IS EXTRUDED FROM ALUMINIUM AND CNC - MILLED TO PERFECTION

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

23 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

24 THE R11 ARRETÉ IN MADRONA BURL VENEER WITH INTARSIA

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

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

27 JUST LISTEN