Blonde Airsound Spatial Speaker
NEW: Pioneer’s Edition PLS1
Studio performance audio solution for 7.1.4 listening and monitoring.
To experience high quality spatial audio in a studio or home usually requires a major investment of time and money in installing many speakers in precise locations. Airsound Spatial dramatically simplifies giving you a high quality spatial audio system that’s no harder than stereo to set up.
The Airsound Spatial Professional Listening System ‘PLS1’ is our complete spatial audio solution, designed for extremely high fidelity listening or monitoring 7.1.4 with extreme acoustic and spatial accuracy. The speakers are custom developed and hand made in England from English Ash for beautiful aesthetics and extremely low distortion characteristics. The amplifiers are custom developed, analogue devices that utilise a transconductance mode of operation that actively senses and counters distortion, making this an ideal solution for smaller Atmos studios or high performance home setups.
Ideal for:
- Pro Tools
- Dolby Atmos Renderer
- Blu Ray playback (Apple Mac based)
- Apple Music
- Apple TV
- Games & Entertainment
The system includes the following components:
- 2x Airsound Spatial Loudspeakers
- Audio interface & analogue transconductance amplifier module
- Airsound Spatial Audio Processor (ASAP) software (mac based)
- Subwoofer (ADAM Sub10 mk2)
- 10m cable
- 6m cable
- Wall mount and Desk mounts included
Pioneer’s Edition introductory price: £9,000 +VAT for complete system
Handmade in England.
The Airsound Spatial Professional system is hand made in small batches in England. Each speaker, amplifier unit and supporting component is hand assembled, tested and auditioned by us.
Sustainably Sourced
The wooden cabinets are machined and built from solid English ash, felled from trees around the Bristol area. Ash was chosen for several reasons, primarily the high density of wood makes incredibly nonresonant and low distortion loudspeaker enclosures. And, although ash is a hardwood and not normally considered sustainable, due to the ash dieback pandemic, we have been able to select and source the best material from trees felled to prevent the spread of the disease. Thus, the procuring of this wood helps protect the wider English ash population.
Read more about our sustainability credentials.
System Requirements
The PLS1 requires a modern Apple Mac to use. The required audio decoding happens within the mac processor in a small app that runs alongside your audio applications.
- Apple mac running Apple Silicon or Intel i7+ and 8Gb ram
- PC version coming soon – please enquire for beta version
Key Features
Spatial Speakers:
- Scanspeak neodymium high performance main driver
- Neodymium motor drivers throughout
- Custom designed acoustically shaped enclosures
- Hand built and acoustically damped with natural wool fibres
- 500x140x140mm dimensions
- Mount is standard 3/8″ – 16 mic stand thread
- Wall mount and desk mount stands included
Interface:
- 8 channel 192KHz/24bit interface
- USB-C connection
- 6 integrated analogue transconductance amplifier channels
Other Components:
- ADAM 10″ subwoofer with highly linear response
- ASAP processing software converts standard 7.1.4 positionable Spatial speakers
- 2 years guarantee
- Support as required
AT180 Amplifier (included)
This 1U professional rack mount unit (2 units are pictured, AT180 and AT180B) features integrated 24 bit 192KHz DACs and 6 channels of transconductance amplification that are designed specifically to drive 2 of the Airsound Spatial loudspeaker units. The volume control gives a simple single control to adjust the whole system – all speakers and subwoofer controlled in perfect sync.
AT180B Amplifier
For a larger rooms (or just more volume or coverage), 2 systems may be used together for 4 speakers plus subwoofer. The AT180B (pictured above) is a ‘slave’ amplifier that links its volume control to the master amplifier, allowing a simple one-touch adjustment of the whole system. Both amplifiers feature 110-240V AC inputs and dedicated speaker outputs, as well as subwoofer output and volume link option.
ASAP (Airsound Spatial Audio Processor)
ASAP simple desktop volume and monitoring
The ASAP audio processing engine runs on a host Mac computer. It performs the required signal processing to drive the Airsound Spatial loudspeaker units. The software supports up to 4 Airsound Spatial loudspeakers.
Key Features:
- Multiple configurations with instant recall
- Manage 1-4 output loudspeakers and their locations
- Selectable upmix of stereo content to spatial with auto detection of spatial content
- Low processor overhead (<2% of M3 processor, <4% of M1)
- Customisable EQ for all system aspects and crossover control
Subwoofer
The system includes the excellent ADAM Sub 10mk2 subwoofer. This unit provides extensive and solid bass for the whole system down to around 25Hz. The crossover is digitally controlled by ASAP.
Stands & Cables
The system is provided with a 6m and 10m speaker cables to connect the AT180 amplifier. Longer cables or extensions can be made on request.
Wall mounts and table mounts are included. Alternatively, desk or floor stands with standard 3/8″ screw threads can be used to mount the speakers wherever is convenient.
Buying or Hearing the system…
Please contact us to enquire about getting a demo or purchasing the Airsound Spatial Professional Listening system.
Sustainability Credentials
- Locality – All parts for the system are procured and assembled in England.
- Wood – English ash is used that has been sourced as part of the ash dieback protection program
- Plastics are organic polylactic acid, printed and machined in small batches and procured from organic sources
- Metals are machined and etched or painted in England
- Circuitry is 100% made in England