L'INSTRUMENT | vikingacoustics

L' Instrument

Mk-III

The Power of Live Music + Refinement and Beauty. WAF (Approved)

L'Instrument

How to Order:

L'Instrument

$32,500

Choose your wood horn:

Clear Maple

American Cherry

Spanish Cedar

African Sapele (Mahogany)+ 500

All Claro Walnut +1200

Solid Port Orford white cedar +2500

Choose your wood baffle:

(Rubbed oil finish or sprayed gloss, satin or matte)

Clear Maple

American Cherry

Spanish Cedar

All Claro Walnut + 1000

Solid Port Orford white cedar +2500

Painted (clear instrument grade poplar) +700.00

Upgrades:

Hidden horn loaded Super Tweeter +1,000

Beeswax paper coil and caps +1200

Viking solid core 6N copper in cotton internal wire (INC)

SPECIFICATIONS:

Driver Complement:

7.0" full range driver with hybrid motor mounted in unique bass-horn loading

Dual 12" bass drivers with hybrid ceramic AlNiCo motors traditional mounting or "Jetted" with non-removable frameless grill covers. Both woofers port through the bass-horn along with the full ranger it's a point-source magic act!

Optional hidden horn AlNiCo super tweeter extends HF to over 50,000hz add $1,000

mounted behind the lower part of the horn utilizes the back of the horn flair for dispersion.

Logarithmic Horn:

20.5"-21.0" Hand turned tone-wood horn

Cabinet:

C-N-C milled of void free Finnish birch-ply

Baffle:

3 piece sold heirloom wood

Sensitivity:

98 db

Time Alignment:

Drivers time-aligned mechanically and electrically.

Bandwidth:

18Hz - 19,000 (18Hz - 50kHz with optional super tweeter)

Binding Post:

4 way low-mass tellurium copper with speaker frame Earthing terminals

Internal Wire: 20awg solid core high tensile strength 6N copper wire in cotton silver solder (wiring optimized for detail and efficiency)

Impedance: 6 or 12 ohms

Recommended Power:

5 - 50 tube watts

50-100 transistor watts

Dimensions:

48.25" H 14.5" W 14.25" D (total height with horn 53.5")

Unique in audio is the Viking Acoustic's internal resonator. L'instrument has a rear by-pass port were you can feel the movement of the resonating damper! The resonator wicks up stray acoustic waves increases bass, sonic texture, and efficiency.

Optional Horn Super Tweeter hidden behind horn. The tweeter uses the inverse side of the horn for perfect dispersion and correct sound-stage.

Viking Acoustics

horn is based on the logarithmic shape

of the chambered nautilus

L'Instrument is a Perfect choice for the World's finest tube based systems. Recommended power 5-50 wpc

L'instrument's extra large horn is machined of fine tone-wood and turned by hand...and make a lifetime audio statement.