Duette is a truly unique product in the audio world: a compact loudspeaker designed specifically for installations where space or aesthetics require placing the loudspeaker near a boundary, such as a wall or in a bookshelf.
With traditional loudspeaker designs, near-boundary placements wreak havoc on the performance characteristics audiophiles most prize. The soundstage collapses, dynamics are compromised, and a smooth, linear frequency response becomes a distant memory.
The original Duette was designed to overcome these limitations, while still offering a free-standing performance option. With the Series 2 Duette, we decided to forgo the inevitable compromises inherent in that approach, and concentrate on creating a loudspeaker designed solely for near boundary situations, which nevertheless boasts the same dynamics, soundstage width and depth, and harmonic beauty of our larger, floorstanding loudspeakers.


Specifications:
Enclosure Type Woofer: | (Rear Ported) X-Material |
Enclosure Type Tweeter: | (Sealed) X-Material/S-material baffle |
Woofer: | 8 inches (20.32 cm) |
Tweeter: | 1 inch, Dome (2.54 cm) |
Sensitivity: | 92 dB @ 1W @ 1m @ 1k |
Nominal Impedance: | 4 ohms nominal/minimum 4.35 ohms @160Hz |
Minimum Amplifier Power: | 20 Watts per channel |
Frequency Response: | 33 Hz – 21 kHz +/- 3 dB |
Duette Enclosure Dimensions: | Height: 18 1/2 inches (46.99 cm) w/o spikes Width: 10 1/2 inches (26.66 cm) Depth: 16 1/16 inches (23.28 cm) |
Novel Crossover Dimensions: | Height: 11 1/2 inches (29.21 cm) Width: 4 15/16 inches (12.54 cm) Depth: 9 3/16 inches (23.28 cm) |
Dedicated Stand w/ Built-in Crossover: | Height: 21 7/8 inches (55.56 cm) w/o spikes Width: 11 7/8 inches (30.16 cm) Depth: 18 3/8 inches (47.63 cm) |
Product Weight per Channel | |
Duette: | 45 lbs (20.41 kg) |
Novel Crossover: | 24 lbs (10.89 kg) |
Dedicated Stand: | 65 lbs (29.48 kg) |
Shipping Weights | |
Duette & Novel: | 130 lbs (58.97 kg) |
Duette w/o Novel: | 106 lbs (48.08 kg) |
Dedicated Stand w/Built-in Crossover: | 122 lbs (55.34 kg) |
Manuals
Duette Series 2
(in PDF format 4.5 MB)
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