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.
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