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Following upgrades are now implemented on
all our Reference 3A loudspeaker models.

Internal Wiring:
New CCSC (continuous cast, single crystal high purity OFC) internal wiring with PTFE (Teflon) dielectric. Appropriate thickness of the wire is used for each driver: (0.6mm. dia. for tweeter, 0.8mm. for full range and 1.2 mm. for bass etc...).

Mechanical Grounding of the Drivers:
Drains spurious vibration energy from the driver's frame and the motor to the cabinet for a more open, detailed and dynamic sound.

Copper Shorting Ring (Faraday Ring):
Improves linearity in driver's voice coil magnetic field gap to reduce dynamic compression and better tracking of signal.

Soft brass screws used to fasten drivers:
Reduces the resonant noises generated by the driver/frame and commonly used steel screw interaction.

New larger, height adjustable brass cones and brass floor pads:
Sonically better than aluminum alloy or steel isolation cones used previously.
(not applicable on Dulcet and M de capo-i).

New, five way binding posts with gold plated copper conductors:
Better conductivity than the commonly used brass types for better input signal transmission.

New C.C.C. copper bi-wire jumpers:
Clearly better than the jumpers previous used.

Cryogenic treatment:
All connectors, internal wiring, and metal driver parts are now cryogenically treated

Accumulative affects of all above upgrades further refines the sound of our loudspeakers.

Three new Reference 3a Cabling products now available. Click to learn more

Reference 3a is proud to announce that the Dulcet speaker has been
awarded the 2007 Editor's Choice Award from The Absolute Sound Magazine

Reference 3a is proud to announce that the Grand Veena speaker has been
awarded the 2007 Editor's Choice Award from The Absolute Sound Magazine.

Harry Pearson says about the Grand Veena "Review to come. But let this be said
for the here and now: At about a tenth of the cost of its nearest sonic competitor,
this speaker is a stunning achievement and perfect for the not-too-well-heeled
music lover who doesn't live in a cathedral-sized space."

Our Current Models


Reviews & Awards

Reference 3A is happy to announce that
the MM De Capo i speakers have received:

The Editor's Choice & Product Of the Year, 2002
Hi - Fi Plus Magazine, UK.

The Golden Ear Award 2000
The Absolute Sound

If you would like to read the A.S. review click here...

NEW! "...sounded so honest and pure that I sank into my seat
in complete relaxation. Could I have found the Holy Grail?",
"These speakers allowed each element of each track to be fully represented.",
"The de Capos were seamless throughout their entire frequency range."
Reference 3a MM de Capo i loudspeakers as reviewed by John Brazier
NEW! " You can clearly hear the warmth and organic wooden
resonance of the Amati bass calling with a mournful sigh",
"...both are conduits of a kind of musical purity free of affectation",
"
Cut to the chase, I have never heard this heart rending lament portrayed more naturally than this."
Reference 3A Veena Loudspeaker as reviewed by Ron Nagle - Enjoy The Music.com
"In every other meaningful way, the Reference 3A MM de Capo i
is as unforgettable as your favorite song,.... ",
"This is one hell of a nice thing....",
"What accounts for that sort of performance?"
STEREOPHILE/ EQUIPMENT ROOM/ Art Dudley
 
"I could easily live with this," ... 
"You'd have to be tied to your chair not to react to this,"...
"For the second recording in a row, Reine put aside her notebook and simply listened." ...
"You can hear that lineage with every note it plays."
   UHF MAGAZINE
"For 'only' $2,500/pr these piano black mini-monitors are the best value in their category in my opinion.
Nothing I have heard over the past years comes close to being
so harmonically right and offer great speed and detail."...
"there is a great deal of rightness to the sound of instruments." ...
"Here we have a modern day mini-monitor classic."
   ENJOY THE MUSIC
"No crossover means being joined at the hip and when you lock onto an amp that does not have current limiting circuitry like the Edge's, you will be shocked. I'm talking snare drum in the chest." ...
"This is the speaker I've been looking for five years." ...
"Upon the first couple of passages heard with the MM DeCapo, I new this was a winner." ... 
"Value Rating: 5 STAR  Overall Rating: 5 STAR"
  AUDIO REVIEW
 
Check out more reviews of Reference 3A Loudspeakers! click here...

 

"...sounded so honest and pure that I sank into my seat
in complete relaxation. Could I have found the Holy Grail?"

John Brazier
" You can clearly hear the warmth and organic wooden
resonance of the Amati bass calling with a mournful sigh"
Ron Nagle
"In every other meaningful way, the Reference 3A MM de Capo i
is as unforgettable as your favorite song,.... "
Art Dudley
"I could easily live with this," ...
UHF MAGAZINE
"Here we have a modern day mini-monitor classic."
ENJOY THE MUSIC
"This is the speaker I've been looking for five years." ...
AUDIO REVIEW

 


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