Reference Fidelity components Rubato speakers
Nov 1, 2023 10:09:16 GMT
antonio and gninnam like this
Post by hifinutt on Nov 1, 2023 10:09:16 GMT
These lovely modest standmounts look worth a listen . many of you know Paul , his stuff is quite exceptional and these are only 1750 new which is rather a bargain imho
apparently they dont need a sub . 90db sensitivity
specs
The new RFC Rubato is a medium sized stand mount loudspeaker with some remarkable qualities. Firstly, it is based upon a new production 6.5 inch coaxial loudspeaker. This comprises a central silk dome tweeter in its own wave guide horn loaded section, utilising a neodymium magnet. The tweeter is coaxially mounted within a 6.5 inch midwoofer giving a true point source image, both phase and time aligned.
The cabinet is a beautifully crafted high quality veneered Baltic birch ply enclosure which houses the point to point crossover. It is front port loaded for exceptional bass extension for its size and ease of placement. This makes for a rigid low colouration cabinet, internally damped and braced also housing the internal point to point hand assembled crossover, designed by RFC to achieve a low distortion phase correct and linear response.
The Rubato exhibits superb smooth off axis controlled directivity to 60 degrees free of the usual polar response waists for a smooth stable off axis image. It is a highly musical loudspeaker with exceptional imaging abilities allowing the speakers to disappear whilst throwing a broad and deep sound stage.
This little speaker offers quite remarkable performance with useful bass to 42 Hz and can be used nearfield thanks to the point source imaging as well as far field for conventional home hifi use. Sensitivity is excellent at close on 90dB/1w/1m and it is an easy benign amplifier load with a nominal 8 Ohm load (easy to drive).
Rubato9 by , on Flickr
rubato 2 by , on Flickr
apparently they dont need a sub . 90db sensitivity
specs
The new RFC Rubato is a medium sized stand mount loudspeaker with some remarkable qualities. Firstly, it is based upon a new production 6.5 inch coaxial loudspeaker. This comprises a central silk dome tweeter in its own wave guide horn loaded section, utilising a neodymium magnet. The tweeter is coaxially mounted within a 6.5 inch midwoofer giving a true point source image, both phase and time aligned.
The cabinet is a beautifully crafted high quality veneered Baltic birch ply enclosure which houses the point to point crossover. It is front port loaded for exceptional bass extension for its size and ease of placement. This makes for a rigid low colouration cabinet, internally damped and braced also housing the internal point to point hand assembled crossover, designed by RFC to achieve a low distortion phase correct and linear response.
The Rubato exhibits superb smooth off axis controlled directivity to 60 degrees free of the usual polar response waists for a smooth stable off axis image. It is a highly musical loudspeaker with exceptional imaging abilities allowing the speakers to disappear whilst throwing a broad and deep sound stage.
This little speaker offers quite remarkable performance with useful bass to 42 Hz and can be used nearfield thanks to the point source imaging as well as far field for conventional home hifi use. Sensitivity is excellent at close on 90dB/1w/1m and it is an easy benign amplifier load with a nominal 8 Ohm load (easy to drive).
Rubato9 by , on Flickrrubato 2 by , on Flickr
