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Rockport Technologies Cygnus

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Rockport Cygnus Loudspeakers
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CYGNUS

Maintaining the iconic Rockport form, the Cygnus embodies all of the attributes that the Avior and Atria are known for, yet brings each of these elements to an even higher performance level. The result is a loudspeaker which, like its siblings, transcends the boundaries of technical excellence and enters the realm of actually making music.

The Cygnus features new Aluminum/MDF hybrid construction, where the baffle is machined from two 3/4″ thick, aircraft grade aluminum plates that sandwich a viscoelastic polymer, forming a 1 1/2″ thick, constrained-mode damped composite sub-baffle. This aluminum sub-baffle assembly is in turn bolted and bonded onto the enclosure’s 3 inch thick MDF inner baffle. All of the drive units are mounted to the aluminum sub-baffle assembly, which results in a dramatically lower noise floor, as well as greater dynamic articulation and resolution from the drive units themselves.

The Cygnus’ beryllium tweeter is mounted into a custom, machined aluminum waveguide which improves the acoustic impedance match of the tweeter at the low end of its range, allowing for lower distortion and greater dynamic expression from the tweeter itself, and improved dispersion characteristics at the midrange/tweeter crossover point. Numerous prototype waveguides were modeled and manufactured using a stereolithography process until the optimum waveguide profile was achieved. The waveguide is precision diamond-machined and then anodized, rendering a beautiful 3-D luster, and providing an ideal mounting surface for the tweeter.

The midrange unit for the Cygnus loudspeaker is a further refinement of the Avior midrange, and uses Rockport’s state-of-the-art, variable section thickness, carbon fiber sandwich composite cone matched to an enormously powerful, ultra-low distortion motor system. With a usable bandwidth of nearly 6 octaves, distortion figures lower than some amplifiers (-60 dB!), as well as linear excursion that rivals many midbass drivers, the midrange reproduction of the Cygnus is groundbreaking. When matched to our new waveguide mounted beryllium tweeter, the Cygnus midrange is extraordinarily resolved, textured, and dynamically engaging, and presents music with a coherency so natural it’s uncanny.

Genuine, first octave extension is delivered via two, all new, custom designed and built 10″ carbon fiber/sandwich composite woofers per channel. The woofer’s massive 3″ diameter motor system provides enormous thermal and mechanical headroom and also exhibits the same vanishingly low distortion figures as the midrange driver (-60 dB!). With 50% greater surface area than the Avior’s twin woofers, the extension, ease, and resolution of the Cygnus’ bass registers is world class by any standard, especially given the enclosure’s modest proportions.

Like all Rockport Technologies loudspeakers, the singular purpose to re-create a musical experience is echoed in each design choice, and every detail of the Cygnus is finished to the highest standard.

The Cygnus embodies all of the attributes that the Atria and Avior are known for, yet brings each of these elements to a higher performance level, yielding a loudspeaker that will transport you back to the original recorded event in a way that I believe is unheard of at this price point. 

 

Specifications:

  • Woofers 2 x 10" Carbon Fibre Sandwich Composite Cone
  • Midrange 6" Carbon Fibre Sandwich Composite Cone
  • Tweeter 1" Scan Speak Beryllium Dome
  • Internal Wiring Transparent Audio
  • Crossovers with the highest quality components and every speaker hand tuned by Andy Payor
  • Dimensions H1280 x W340 x D680 mm
  • Weight 130kgs each Shipping Weight 210kgs each
  • Frequency Response 20Hz - 30KHz, -3dB
  • Nominal Impedance 4 ohms
  • Sensitivity 90dB SPL/2.83v
  • Minimum Amplifier Power 50 watts

Additional Information

Does not appear in Skroutz Yes
Weight (Kg) 130.0

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