Vitavox HifiWe are proud of the fact that many Vitavox loudspeaker components have remained fundamentally unchanged for many decades. They have not been improved upon as the years have passed, simply because they could not be. The enduring quality of their design is borne out by their presence in some of the world's finest commercial and user built audiophile systems.

As with many Vitavox designs, the basics of the 15" cone driver have remained unchanged for many years, - a mark of respect for the excellent engineers who created the foundation on which we still build. The design philosophy can be summarised in four words - efficiency, simplicity, accuracy and serviceability.

All our models are driven by a massive AlcomaxIII AlNiCo magnet assembly- precision machined with a feathered top plate to give, as near as possible, equal magnetic field above and below centreline in the magnetic gap. Perfect concentricity and alignment security is ensured by an aluminium locator.

Such a massive magnet requires - and gets - a very substantial chassis. The cast aluminium basket is ultra-rigid, and able to transfer the thrust of the cone simultaneously. To paraphrase Archimedes, "Give me a lever and a firm place to stand, and I will move the world". It is easy to forget that the cone is driven by the coil, and the coil drives against the lines of force in the magnet gap, so there are no false economies in the chassis and the whole assembly is bonded and bolted together.

The AK151 and 152 drivers are particularly well suited to horn applications; the cone's straight sided profile gives it the strength to withstand the pressures found in the throat of a basshorn yet the whole cone/coil assembly is very light, for sensitivity.

The economy in weight derives from the 57mm diameter voice coil, miniscule by modern standards, and from the comparitively small amount of wire used in the winding, a product of there being a reduced cone excursion in horn applications, and thus reduced need for a long coil in order for it to stay within the optimum magnetic field. As has been the case for many years, the voice coil is hand wound onto a former of fibreglass.

Vitavox VX-4 binding posts are fitted. Machined from solid billets of tellurium copper and direct 24ct gold plated these ensure that every nuance of the input signal is properly transferred to the voice coil.

In all, elegant design and meticulous engineering, blended to perfection to make the most extraordinary music.


Sound craftsmen since 1931