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Wednesday, February 4, 2009
The Infinity Prelude Forty’s proprietary Maximum Radiating Surface (MRS) flat-panel loudspeaker technology delivers superlative sonic accuracy, while enabling a much narrower width and slimmer profile than that of conventional loudspeakers. The Prelude Forty has a sleek, distinctively elegant tapered design and is available in high-gloss black, real-wood cherry and rosewood finishes.
The Infinity Prelude Forty (SRP: $6,000 each) employs the company’s most advanced engineering innovations. It features four MRS flat-panel midrange drivers that are constructed using proprietary Ceramic Metal Matrix Diaphragm (CMMD®) material, which is manufactured by anodizing a ceramic compound to both sides of a flat-panel aluminum core. This technique produces driver diaphragms of ultralow mass and ultrahigh rigidity, yielding superlative resolution and transient response. The MRS driver’s flat-panel construction enables it to operate more like an ideal pistonic radiator, with more accurate time alignment than that provided by cone loudspeakers, for exceptional clarity and image specificity.
The Prelude Forty features a CMMD tweeter with frequency response that extends beyond 40kHz for open and detailed high-frequency reproduction. The tweeter operates in conjunction with a patent-pending Constant Acoustic Impedance (CAI) waveguide, which utilizes a series of computer-designed curves that flare from the inside to the outside of the waveguide to provide optimal on- and off-axis high-frequency dispersion and smoothness.
The loudspeaker employs dual 8-inch CMMD woofers that are placed opposite each other in a side-firing arrangement, a design that yields articulate, authoritative low-frequency response.
The Prelude Forty utilizes premium components and construction throughout, and employs room-friendly design principles to deliver sonically accurate performance in the widest variety of listening environments and placement positions. The Infinity Prelude Forty offers natural vocal and instrumental reproduction, a smooth tonal balance, precise imaging across a three-dimensional soundstage, and wide dynamic range.
