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What is new in Rosie 3
Higher-quality tweeter from Danish Scanspeak
Completely redesigned crossover, now with Jantzen Audio Superior capacitors
Premium components only from European, mostly Danish, manufacturers
Best-in-its-class mid-woofer from Danish SB Acoustics
Stiff enclosure from 22mm MDF, baffle from a very hard material
More detailed yet pleasant sound for long listening sessions
Deep and surprisingly powerful bass, in rooms already from 40Hz
Freedom in positioning in the room thanks to the bass reflex in the front, easy to set up
Easy pairing with amplifiers
Better soundstage with clearly separated instruments
Very balanced sound across bass, mids and highs
Detailed sound even at low volume levels
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Explore Rosie
Tweeter
ScanSpeak textile dome tweeter with high sensitivity and very low mass diaphragm that allows for very airy presentation.
Typically used in much more expensive loudpeakers. We are using only very high-quality capacitors on the tweeter.
Mid-bass woofer
High-quality paper-based woofer from Danish SB Acoustics. Deep bass below 40Hz in a room, yet very transparent mids.
Enclosure
Enclosure is made of 22mm MDF with a special material for the baffle - made in Germany from thin slices of beech glued together under high temperature and pressure resulting in a very hard and very stiff material thus having optimum properties for the loudspeaker.
Internal damping
Internal damping employs 2 materials - one for bass frequencies and enclosure resonances, and the other for mid to high frequencies from the midbass driver. This method effectively diminishes vibrations beyond audible range.
Crossover and cabling
Crossover is of parallel topology and properly phase-aligned for accurate soundstage. Designed to be easily driven even by relatively inexpensive amplifiers.
It utilizes premium components from Danish Jantzen Audio (including Superior® capacitors) and UK's Clarity Caps. We use exclusively air-core coils and top of the line Jantzen Audio Superes® resistors.
Internal cabling is handled by 5N (99.999% copper pure) Swedish Supra cables
High-quality components
We fit our speakers exclusively with components from renowned European manufacturers. E.g. converters from Denmark, we install top Jantzen Audio Superes resistors, air-core coils and coil capacitors from the Danish manufacturer Jantzen Audio and English ClarityCaps in the crossovers. In this new version, however, we used the Jantzen Audio Superior condenser for the first time in key places, which pushes the sound to completely different heights - it stands out for its detailed presentation, but at the same time a very natural expression. In this price category, you will be very hard pressed to find loudspeakers with comparable component quality in the crossover.
Internal cabling uses oxygen-free copper wires (5N - OFC 99.999%) from Swedish SUPRA Cables. Robust terminals are gold-plated and compatible with banana plugs, spades as well as bare wires.
Stiff enclosure and extra damping
The rigidity of the box is crucial for clear sound expression without resonances penetrating outwards, which is why we make it from solid and homogeneous 22 mm MDF boards. Also, we use an adhesive that has greater strength in the joint than the board itself. The result is a 22 kg pair of speakers, which is definitely above average in this category.
In this new version, the front plate is made of a material produced in Germany, where thin slices of beech are glued under high pressure, resulting in a very stiff and hard plate, which has a beneficial effect on sound strength.
You will not find any chipboard in our speakers.
For internal insulation we use 2 types of material to better dampen vibrations leading to improved taming of internal vibrations.
Crossover
It is a key part of the speaker, which fundamentally affects the resulting sound. The original version was redesigned practically from the ground up for the new model. It had to be modified due to the use of a different tweeter but we rebuilt it completely This allowed us to use Jantzen Audio Superior capacitors, because that was the only way we were able to get the most out of the drivers used. Its development and sound tuning took us more than a year, but the result is much more mature, detailed and at the same time pleasant to listen to. Also, the result is more balanced across the sound spectrum. This time we dove into really big details, we even listened to combinations of different types of capacitors of the same values, so that the result was in as good in overall harmony as possible.
PCB for the crossover is custom-made for us, of course, with a double layer of copper. We designed everything for the best possible signal passage.
The crossover is designed in such a way that even less expensive amplifiers will have no problem driving the speakers, they are generally less demanding to pair with electronics.
Our speakers will grow with your system
If you want to improve the sound of your stereo system, it is good to start with the speakers, there you will usually hear the biggest difference. If you decide to buy more expensive electronics over time, the sound quality will move even further. We tested our speakers with many different amplifiers, such as the Onkyo TX-SR500E, which is many years old and not very powerful, and they sounded surprisingly good. One of our clients connected them to the Onkyo TX-8270 receiver with great satisfaction. We even tested them with the PrimaLuna ProLogue Five tube amplifier giving out maximum of 36 Watts and managed to play without any problems. In the end, we tried how they will sound with the high-end (and very expensive) Devialet Expert Pro 220 and the result was amazing in all respects. Improvements in the clarity of the mids and highs, the accuracy and strength of the bass, and the overall sound quality in general were clearly heard each time. By that we mean that Rosie are quite versatile and will grow with your system - if you decide to buy better electronics, our speakers will reward you with audibly better sound.
Technical parameters
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IMPEDANCE
nominal 4Ω
SENSITIVITY
87 dB / 2,83V / 1m
FREQUENCY RESPONSE
(-6dB) 40 – 23 000 Hz
RECOMMENDED AMPLIFIER POWER
50-100W (4Ω)
CONTINUOUS MAX POWER HANDLING (IEC)
60W
CROSSOVER
phase-aligned, parallel
TWEETER
25mm (1″) Scan-Speak with textile dome
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MIDBASS DRIVER
171mm (6.5″) SB Acoustics, paper cone, cast chassis
DIMENSIONS (H W D)
370 x 270 x 305mm
WEIGHT
22 kg (pair without stands)
CONNECTION
Massive gold-plated individual terminals
ISOLATION FORM THE SURFACE
silicon self-adhesive pads
ROOM SIZE
Suitable for rooms of up to 35 sq. m.
BREAK-IN TIME
Minimum 50 hours