Dellichord FR6, Australian made Isobaric Bookshelf speaker
At Carlton Audio Visual we have a long history of supporting Australian made Hifi so we jumped at the chance to add another promising Australian made speaker to our inventory.
And these are an impressive little speaker. The goal was a large ‘full-range’ sound, with accuracy and detail. Also high on the ‘to-do’ list was an ability to perform well in difficult acoustic spaces and create a very easy to listen to sound in these acoustically ‘normal’ rooms.
They use an Isobaric design which means it has a compound driver array with a big passive radiator on the back for incredible bass extension. The unusual design allows the bookshelf speaker to reach low frequencies that should only be possible with $15K Floorstanding speakers. The low frequency extension from these compact thirty somethung centimetre boxes has the listener instore immediately looking for the hidden subwoofer. You have to look at a seriously fiscal Dynaudio Confidence or Sonus faber Homage to get that kind of low frequency reproduction from a speaker of this size from imported product ... those are $20K plus designs ....!
No we are not saying that these are better than those loudspeakers ... but this unique isobaric design does some things extraordinarily well.
They offer an open slightly diffuse midrange that portrays a very wide soundstage. It does not have the explicit midrange presence of so many tweaked and bright imported designs but also lacs that fatigue factor that is endemic to those designs.
Soundstage on these is also impressive. Very wide and capable of filling a large space without the necessity of a critical listening position .. you dont need to have your head centimetrically placed to hear all the music. .
Bear in mind though, these little speakers are $4999 which is a neat price for the tricks these speakers execute. Of course if you triple your budget you can get a better speaker but these will put smiles on many faces for under $5k.
"Soundstage Australia review on the Dellichord FR6 by Edgar Kramer
Dellichord FR6, Australian made Isobaric Bookshelf speaker
Here is what an end user had to say about his FR6 loudseapers after having them ar home for some time:
"The FR6's continue to be the most engaging and musical speakers I have owned and I now use them in both the day and night systems. The reason is perhaps a little hard to convey
One of the cleanest speaker I have heard for upper bass/lower mid - a critical area for defining harmonic content of a piece of music.
A warm and engaging sound stage even at low volume.
Nice deep bass that expands the range of musical performance and musical instrumentation over and above the more common small speakers.
Fidelity to instrumental timbre.
Clean separation of instruments and harmony.
So many speakers I have tried over the years sound big, open, impressive and dynamic - and are totally non-musical. For some kinds of music that kind of speaker is probably great - where the harmonic context is pretty simple and its drums, bass and two guitars, compressed and filtered like crazy.
I understand it is perhaps a more "retro" sound and perhaps not as "airy" or "artificially" dynamic as some other speakers ( which often achieve their effect by throttling back the upper bass/lower mid ), but the compensation is a sweet and highly musical presentation that invites one to just sit back, listen and enjoy.
What the FR6's do for me is to present a faithful and musical rendition above everything else, a rendition that cleanly reproduces the subtle qualities and essence of harmonic progressions and the interplay of musical ideas. Nothing else comes close."
Specifications
Impedance – 4 ohm nominal
Crossover frequency – 1.7 Khz
Freq response in room – 33Hz – 20Khz
Sensitivity – 85 dB @ 1 watt at 1m
Power handling – 80 watt programme power. Can be used with quality amplifiers from 10 watt to 200 watt RMS
Bass mid (2 of per enclosure) – 165mm – rubber surround – natural fibre cone – large magnet assembly and aluminium frame
Tweeter – 29mm soft textile dome
Passive radiator – 150mm x 250mm treated paper cone light weight, fast reacting.
Cabinet construction – Australian made MR MDF and Australian species real wood veneers
Finish – Clear satin finish over Queensland Walnut real wood veneer (other species veneers available)
Grille – Included – Magnetic
Dimensions – 385mm high x 230mm wide x 330mm deep (inc grille when fitted and rear passive radiator and terminals).
Weight – 11kgs (each)
Carton size – 59cm L x 39cm W x 37cm H
Carton weight – 14kgs (each)
Designed and manufactured in Australia.
Warranty – All Dellichord loudspeakers carry a 5 year manufacturers warranty covering all aspects of the product as per Australian law. A manufacturer’s warranty warrants against defects that have occurred during manufacturing. The warranty does not cover misuse, damage, incorrect wiring or system configuration.
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We want you to be 100% satisfied with your purchase. Items can be returned or exchanged within 30 days of delivery.
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164/172 Lygon St, Carlton VIC 3053, Australia
