The Osborn
Eclipse Towerhas been designed and constructed in Australia, without
compromise, in order to obtain the highest possible sound quality.
The only criteria in the choice of components, materials, size
and cost is the achievement of the ultimate sound quality, in
a speaker less physically imposing than the Osborn "Monument".
We believe that our design goals have been realized
with this speaker.
The Osborn "Eclipse Tower" is one of the finest speakers
in the world, with unmatched speed and transient attack. It
has been designed for those that want most of the power and authority
of the larger "Monument" and Grand Monument Referance
but can not accommodate their sheer size and/or price. It
is a tall and slender speaker with a simple elegance, which will
not look out of palce in any room.
The
dynamics, bass, transparency, scale and sheer power becomes unmatched
by virtually any other speaker, at any price. Few
other speakers anywhere near their size can deliver the whole
weight, power and authority of a full symphony orchestra. From
the tinkle of the tiniest bell to the blast of a brass cannon,
to the depth of a giant 32 foot pipe organ, with pin point imaging.
Several
of the world's best speakers were used as references in the design
of these speakers. We believe that the sound quality
of these speakers is superior to all the references. The drive
units were chosen from the best available from around the world
for unrivalled speed and accuracy. As a result, a level of transparency
comparable to the best Electrostatic speakers has been achieved,
but without the the trade off of limited dynamics and authority.
The
crossovers use the best components attainable. The
capacitors are imported from America, and the inductors are wound
in-house, as none are available commercially which meet our criteria.
Each crossover weighs about 9 kg. Each and is hard
wired with specially selected ultra wide bandwidth, high speed
transfer cable.
The
cabinets are shaped using high precision, computer controlled
milling equipment. All models are constructed from
32 mm Customwood and are heavily braced. They are
exceptionally heavy, solid and are acoustically inert. The
Reference Eclipse Tower (pictured) is lined with a felt/lead sheet/felt
sandwich for unparalleled cabinet solidarity. High
quality natural timber veneers are used, and every cabinet is
carefully hand finished to ensure a superb quality finish which
will grace any living room.
Only
the best quality Turntable/CD Player and Amplifiers were used
in the design of these speakers. These speakers have
a number of outstanding features - the ability to separate instruments
and place them firmly and accurately on a sound stage of uncanny
width and depth. The instruments retain their correct
pitch, tone and shimmer with a dynamic range and speed unmatched
by any speaker this size, in any price range, with drums retaining
all of their impact and depth.
Specifications:
| SPEAKER DIMENSIONS | 1565 X 300 X 420 mm |
| WEIGHT | 70 Kg. (Reference 95Kg.) |
| EFFICIENCY | 93db for I watt at 1 meter. |
| DRIVER DIMENSIONS | |
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Tweeter 5 mm thick zamal alloy metal front plate, super high Young modulus Tioxid 5 coating on titanium dome, coated foam surround.Double magnet, tuned chamber, acoustical impedance control device (a.k.a : phase plug). |
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Tweeter
(For Reference Eclipse) 25mm Inverted Dome tweeter with pue Beryllium
dome. Be costs 100 times more than gold, and is extremely difficult
to shape. Frequency Response to 40 kHz. High Force
Neodynium ring magnet. Most likely the World's best treeter. |
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Mid Range
179 mm Utopia "W" cone with cast aluminum frame. 40 mm edge wound flat aluminum wire. Total voice coil weight 1.4g. Total moving mass 18.3g. Driver weight 2.0 Kg. |
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Bass 205mm paper cone with a unique Nextel coating. 39 mm voice coil. Cone weight 20g. Driver weight 3.6 Kg. Resonant Frequency 33Hz. |
| FREQ. RESPONSE | 25 to 18000Hz, +/- 3 db. -10db points 20 and 21000Hz. |
| CROSSOVER POINTS | 125 Hz and 3300 Hz, @ 12 db/Octave. |
| MIN. IMPEDANCE | 5 Ohm |
| MAXIMUM POWER | 150 Watts R.M.S per Channel. |
| Rec. Min. | 10 Watts per Channel. |
| Rec. Ideal. | 30 - 100 Watts per Channel. |
The
warranty on these speakers is five years parts and labour from
the date of purchase.
Latest
customer feedback
18/2/2010
Dear
Greg,
I am writing to give a testimonial of my experience with your loudspeakers.
I have
long admired Osborn loudspeakers and for the past few years I
have delighted in the beautiful music played through them. My
system consisted of Osborn interlude speakers powered by a Redgum
60 watt amplifier and a Redgum CD5 cd-player. I use Osborn silver-link
interconnects and Osborn loudspeaker cables. I also utilise the
magnificent Osborn Monumental Subwoofer (also powered by Redgum
amps) to give extra authority to the bottom octave of music which
for my listening tastes is absolutely necessary.
This combination was so thrilling that I would look forward to
coming home after a hard day at work, get the kids into bed and
then just listen to my music for hours at a time. When I listen
to music I want to be moved by the size of the soundstage and
the impact of full live instruments while maintaining pinpoint
imaging. I want to FEEL and SEE the performance so that I get
a REALISTIC appreciation of the original recording. Osborn loudspeakers
do this! Many small sound systems sound OK but part of that is
due to the fact that our brains fill in the gaps and our imagination
tells us what we should be hearing. With Osborn loudspeakers no
imagination is required and that is why many of Greg's models
are large speakers. You cannot get loud deep accurate bass without
moving large volumes of air; it is a law of physics! Having said
that the build quality and finish of Osborn loudspeakers make
them look like beautiful pieces of furniture which even my wife
has admitted!
Recently I upgraded my interlude speakers for one of Greg Osborn's
new models, the Eclipse Tower Reference. This is a BIG speaker
but as I said above it looks magnificent. Upon delivery I plugged
the speakers into the positions where my interludes were. I quickly
realised that these speakers were so good that I had to remove
the Monumental Subwoofer from the setup, as it was now just clouding
the bass. I adjusted the speaker position which is very important.
I was rewarded with the most amazing soundstage, imaging, impact,
authority, speed and accuracy of any speaker I have ever heard.
These speakers need a lot of running in time and they just sound
better and better each day. There is some talk on the internet
that the Focal Beryllium tweeter employed by Greg is too bright
in other speakers. This is not the case here. This tweeter is
fast, accurate and natural and is ruthless in showing up every
detail in the other components of the system.
Comparing the Eclipse Tower Reference (ETR) to my old system is
to say it is evolutionary as well as revolutionary. The ETR goes
well down to 20Hz within my room, maintaining speed accuracy and
impact that allows me to hear every nuance of the bass lines of
a music track while also punching right through my chest. These
speakers can play very loud and are easy to drive. Therefore I
no longer use a Subwoofer. The midrange is natural transparent
and accurate, with string instruments, horns and female voices
bringing chills to my spine. The tweeter is a revelation, but
in my system never irritating with tinkling bells, shimmering
symbols and even flautists spitting into their instruments all
clearly audible. The improvements over my old speakers are inevitable
given the quality of drivers in the ETR and the fact that a two
way speaker like the interlude is ultimately being asked to do
too much to cover the entire musical spectrum. As an example one
of my all time favourite CD's is Andreas Vollenweider "White
Winds". In the opening track I always believed that the electric
harp was positioned from left to right across the soundstage.
With the Eclispe Tower Reference in play I can "SEE"
the harp is positioned diagonally going from back left to front
right in a much larger sound-stage. This is just one example of
how I am rediscovering my entire music selection.
I could go on for hours and hours but I will finish up. Let me tell you that you would have to spend many times more than the cost of any Osborn loudspeaker to get any where near the same quality. I would recommend audition by anybody serious about the high quality reproduction of recorded music.
Thanks Greg for making my life a more enjoyable experience!
Best regards
Joe
Covelli
hopperscrossingvet@netspace.net.au
