Acarian Systems Limited debuted at the January 1992 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, where the soon-to-be-widely-acclaimed Alón IV had its first showing. Over the next twelve years, Acarian developed a wide range of loudspeakers - from $695 mini-monitors to the $126,000 Grand Reference System, considered by many to be the finest loudspeaker in the world.
If one were asked to name only one key technology that sets Alón's flagship
loudspeakers apart from the competition, it would be the Open Baffle Array.
Derived from concepts pioneered by Dahlquist Inc. (where designer Carl Marchisotto began his career), all of Alón's open baffle loudspeakers feature one or more cone midrange drivers operating in dipole mode, without an enclosure. This
system eliminates four major resonant problems that hamper all midrange
enclosure systems and cause the sound to take on a mechanical coloration:
1. Enclosure panel resonance
2. Enclosure air column resonance, due to air trapped in the enclosure, resulting in standing waves
3. Delayed resonance, due to sound retransmitted through the cone
4. Driver resonance, due to stiffness of trapped air causing the driver to resonate
close to its operating band
The result is an open, natural and clear sound with excellent depth
and soundstage performance.
We've taken much of what we have learned about control of resonance and applied it to our small monitors, which, although not Open Baffle Arrays, are voiced to match as closely as possible our flagship product.
Acarian was founded with the belief
that it could bring the live musical experience to a broader number of
people than had been previously reached. Since the unveiling of the
Alón IV , Acarian's speaker designs have not only met
this goal, but have been held in the highest regard by music lovers
and reviewers alike, collecting many awards and winning
the praise of critics around the globe.
