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The 2007 upgrade of the TEMPO includes subtle visual touches as well as essential technical features. Just like its larger sister, the VIRGO V, the 6th incarnation of the success model has been revamped with the groundbreaking HHCM (Hyper Holographic Cone Midrange). Combined with the newly designed ...
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The 2007 upgrade of the TEMPO includes subtle visual touches as well as essential technical features. Just like its larger sister, the VIRGO V, the 6th incarnation of the success model has been revamped with the groundbreaking HHCM (Hyper Holographic Cone Midrange). Combined with the newly designed soft dome tweeter and much more powerful woofers, sporting a rigid aluminium diaphragm, the new TEMPO excels at delivering a more energetic yet slightly softer and more transparent sound.
The Tempo is a completely remodelled and newly designed loudspeaker, a vintage Audio Physic product which carries on the tradition and signifies the important role its predecessor played in our range. It is built according to the principle of our advanced push-push technology which has already been successfully implemented in larger Audio Physic models.
The blending of dynamics and endurance achieved by the Tempo is unparalleled in the history of loudspeaker design. The Audio Physic Tempo was so far ahead of its time that the three modifications which have been provided to the design since 1986 have ensured the loudspeaker’s outstanding position in the face of international competition. Only very few and more expensive legendary loudspeakers can say the same.
But driving on the high-speed lane of development for such a long time has had its price. At Audio Physic we feel that the basic concept of racy loudspeakers as titled by the stereoplay HiFi magazine in October 2001 has finally come to a close after 19 years. This is why we have decided to introduce a completely remodelled and newly designed Tempo, a vintage Audio Physic loudspeaker which carries on the tradition and signifies the important role its predecessor played in our product range.
What has remained is the 7° angled slim cabinet to equalise phase differences between the tweeter and midrange drivers. That is about all the new Tempo has in common with its predecessor. The new model is an elegant and graceful loudspeaker tuned for optimum elimination of standing waves with its rounded side edges at the rear panel - the cabinet being a masterpiece in terms of workmanship with its many chambers and braces.
The Tempo is built according to the principle of our advanced push-push technology which has already been successfully implemented in larger Audio Physic models. The two woofers of the 3-way loudspeaker are arranged effectively back-to-back, mounted magnet to magnet, in order to avoid cabinet resonances and to support a small-baffle design. The rear panel unobtrusively houses the bass reflex port. If it were not for our modesty, it could be said that we have left those relentless in their pursuit of the Tempo far behind.
Despite the many differences between the new model and the traditional ones, the new Tempo has benefited immensely from the Audio Physic product range where synergy, as ever, is everything. Cabinet design and driver technology have been taken from the successful Avanti. Thus we have met the challenge of achieving a very high level of performance in a smaller, more affordable and budget-conscious loudspeaker.
Audio Physic’s quest for perfect sound reproduction is not only reflected in elaborate drivers, intricate crossover networks and sophisticated cabinet design, it is also seen in small and apparently secondary details. The newly developed connecting terminal is aluminium, Bitumen damped and fitted with neoprene for elastic suspension. Extensive tests which were carried out proved the adverse effect of uncontrolled vibrations on sound quality transmitted from the loudspeaker cables to the whole sound reproduction chain.
At this point, however, it is not enough to just write about sound. Why not get your own impression of the superb sound staging of the new Tempo! Just listen to the effortless-sounding Tempo and be enthralled by the way the loudspeaker conveys the essence of whatever music it is reproducing. It provides a fast dynamic tracking and processing of input signals – hence the name Tempo – with no sign of hardness or harshness. With the Tempo, you will feel swept away by its controlled speed, while also enjoying the feeling of control. This means the loudspeaker is neither pretentious nor overbearing.
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