Potato score: 91.5

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Aequo Audio Ensis #1
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Aequo Audio Ensis

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The Ensis loudspeaker fully embodies the Octagon philosophy. It is the product of over five years and many thousands of hours of research and design by the Aequo Audio engineering team. The result delivers qualities in high-end sound reproduction to satisfy even the most critical listeners. But most of all, it ensures long hours of listening pleasure, enchanting you with the music you like best. Any music.


Demonstrations of its capabilities have astounded high-end enthusiasts by its virtually unlimited low frequency response, soundstage, imaging, dynamics, precision, cleanliness, in any room and with a wide range of amplifiers.


SIZE & FORM

A unique and modest size floor standing speaker built by hand out of the finest and most advanced materials. A piece of art that can be highly customized. Beautifully finished in every detail.


SOUNDSTAGE & IMAGING

A time-coherent tweeter with acoustic lens seamlessly integrated in the fully in-phase midbass and subwoofer alignment. Together with a small and low diffraction enclosure they provide incredibly realistic reproduction of the original recording, including a full 3D soundstage and precise imaging over a wider sweet spot.


PLACEMENT

Absence of bass reflex ports and a small footprint allow easy placement. Sounds right if placed near rear walls (no dipole) and even corners after easy low frequency adjustment. 


ROOM ACOUSTICS

Easy speaker-individual low frequency adjustment works well with both small and large rooms, as well as rich or lean recordings. Technology for the reduction of indirect ceiling, wall and floor sound, and a modest sized elliptical shape enclosure without large reflecting surfaces ensures high compatibility with all rooms.


CLEANLINESS

Ultra-low distortion drivers with advanced materials and technology and the best in class N-core amplifier, as well as a stiff highly advanced resonance-free enclosure add no audible sound to the music. No more listening fatigue.


PRECISION

All drivers are built to excel in extended clean low frequency bandwidth. Hence smaller and faster drivers are responsible for a larger part of the frequency spectrum. In addition, motors of all drivers have a low induction, low eddy-current symmetric design for super-fast signal response. A low order crossover filter and closed type enclosures for all drivers, ensure minimal group delay in the crossover band. The fusion of these high precicion features together with the ideally balanced stiffness and flexural damping in the midbass cone material, delivers maximum enjoyable resolution.


AMPLIFIER MATCHING

Easy to drive for all amplifiers: hybrid active system with 500W N-core powered subwoofer, 8 ohms nominal impedance and high sensitivity on the passive side. Your amplifier is relieved from subwoofer duty. Ideal ratio between resolution and damping in the midbass and matching tweeter is sound-compatible with virtually all amplifiers.

The full analog signal path without digital to analog or analog to digital conversion losses are ideal for those who like to keep conversion out of their system (using pure analog sources like phono and analog and pre-amplifiers or high sample rate/DSD sources).


DYNAMICS

The Ensis is equipped with high linear excursion drivers, including a 10 inch subwoofer, capable of clean sound at high levels with minimal compression and distortion. Extra heavy duty driver motors and advanced materials provide unreal dynamic capabilities, and excel in pure natural sound at low listening levels.


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Overall Score 92/100

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Deliciously Crispy

The Ensis starts with a commanding 3D holographic soundstage, driven by Aequo's concentric SF40 transducer and EHDL lens for precise imaging; its integrated active 10-inch sub delivers deep, controlled bass with stepless room tuning. Best of High End highlights the nanotech cabinet and low-distortion drivers that yield transparent, dynamic performance.

Pros

  • Very wide, precise 3D imaging from the concentric SF40 transducer and EHDL dispersion lens.
  • Integrated active 10-inch sub provides deep, controlled bass with stepless low-frequency room-matching.
  • Diluvite nanotech cabinet and low-distortion driver design reduce resonance for a transparent, uncolored presentation.

Sound Quality

92/100

Bass

94/100

The integrated 10" active subwoofer with 50 mm excursion and a claimed 10 Hz extension supports deep, controlled low end. Closed enclosure and stepless LF adjustment for room matching indicate strong extension, authority and control for a tower with an active woofer section.

Mid

92/100

Concentric SF40 high-frequency transducer and a midbass motor with Hexacon voicecoil and low-loss suspension point to accurate, well-controlled midrange timbre. The crossover topology (no capacitors in-line with midbass) and claims of low distortion suggest coherent, natural vocal presence.

Treble

91/100

SF40 transducer, concentric ring-and-dome design, billet aluminum dispersion cone and EHDL lens imply extended, refined treble with low distortion. Design choices indicate air and detail while aiming to avoid harshness.

Soundstage Imaging

92/100

Manufacturer emphasizes a 3D holographic soundstage via the EHDL dispersion lens and concentric driver geometry, which typically produces focused images and stable staging. Closed cabinet and controlled driver integration should aid image stability across rooms.

Dynamics

90/100

Large subwoofer excursion, ventilated midbass motor and low-distortion drivers indicate strong macro- and micro-dynamic ability, with the active sub delivering slam and headroom. Sensitivity of 90 dB supports lively dynamics with modest amplification.

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Build Quality

92/100

25 kg closed cabinet, aluminium and carbon-fiber elements, and high-end crossover components suggest robust engineering and attention to resonance control. Specified materials and motor designs point to solid construction and premium finishes.

Features Connectivity

80/100

Passive balanced in-phase crossover for the main drivers with an integrated powered subwoofer section. Applied passive-tower baseline score (80); no penalty for lack of DSP/app in a primarily passive-design loudspeaker.

Value for Money

85/100

Feature set (integrated active 10" sub, advanced drivers, stepless LF room-matching) implies strong value versus simpler towers, but price was not provided and independent review/market-comparison data are absent, so rating is conservative.

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