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Calibre
Calibre, from Legacy Audio, is a high resolution compact speaker that raises the performance bar for what a compact speaker can do.
Calibre is designed to meet and exceed the stringent high performance standards of recording studio professionals and is also at home in two channel and surround sound systems.
Legacy Chief Engineer Bill Dudleston on the development of the latest Legacy Audio offering: "I had but one thing in mind with Calibre - to build the highest resolution compact speaker available anywhere. Merely three inches taller than our Studio HD, it uses our high power handling 4" AMT ribbon, a precision 7.5"custom midrange/midbass built in Spain, and the best 8" bass driver available with a full inch of displacement capability. Offering extreme dynamics and wide bandwidth, the clarity is the best I've ever heard in a compact design. While efficient, it is designed to sail along with 500 watt peak inputs. Legacy has always been known for our huge soundstage - but this time it's coming from a small box."
The Calibre is a very high density package, weighing in at 50lbs each. This mass is owing to the enormous driver motors and a 1.75" thick front baffle. Two 8" mass loaded acoustic radiators are mounted on opposing sides to eliminate port noise and cancel resonance.
“Legacy Calibre is Stunningly Great & So Much Fun To Listen To!” - The Audio Beatnik
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Legacy Calibre Performance is "Unheard of at Anywhere Near its Price Range.”
"Legacy Audio, a quintessentially American company, has earned its way into a space previously occupied by blue-blooded brands. Calibre, their newest speaker punches much above its weight and succeeds. Hand-rubbed to a beautiful gloss, the solid cabinet is no less than a piece of art." - What Hi Fi? Sound and Vision
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- Application: Ultra high resolution monitor
- System Type: 3 driver, 3 way
- Tweeter: 4" AMT
- Midrange: 7.5" accordion edge with 6lb magnetic structure
- Bass: 8" Extended Throw
- Sub-Bass Radiator: Dual 8" mass loaded pneumatic
- Low Frequency Alignment: 6th order mass loaded radiator
- Inputs: 2 Pair binding posts for Treble and Bass
- Internal Amplification: Available with 500 watts internal ICEpower in the XD version
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Recommended Amplification:
Passive: Greater than 45 watts
XD: 10 watts minimum bi-amping upper range - Freq. Response (Hz, +/-2dB): 38-30k
- Impedance: 4 ohms
- Sensitivity: 90.5dB (2.83V @ 1m)
- Crossover (Hz): 200, 2.5k
- Cabinet Dimensions HxWxD (inches): 16.25 x 10 x 15.25
- Weight: 50 Ibs each
- Shipping Weight: 56 Ibs each
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- Article: Best Loudspeakers of AXPONA 2023, "The Sound Was Mesmerizing"
- Article: "Speed, Realism and Scale from Iconic Speaker Brand, Legacy Audio"- 2022 HiFi Show Coverage
- Article: Legacy is "So Far Ahead In The Design Game That Most Manufacturers Are Playing Catch-Up To Designs Legacy Has Had Available For Years"
- Article: "High Performance Audio Kings", Legacy at CEDIA 2019
- Article: Nashville Recording Engineer - Bil Vorndick
- Article: Legacy in "Full Force" at First Annual Florida Audio Expo
- Article: Legacy Awarded Best Speaker of 2018 for the Calibre
- Article: Legacy "Legendary Sound & Performance Value" at RMAF 2018
- Article: Legacy VALOR & Calibre Presented to Atlanta Audio Club
- Article: Legacy Wows at AXPONA 2018, "I Score the Legacy VALORS A+, Summa Cum Laude!"
- Article: Bookshelf Speaker of The Year Awarded to Legacy Calibre
- Article: Legacy Impresses at AXPONA 2017: "Truly Outstanding Sound"
- Article: Legacy Calibre Impresses with "Big, Detailed and Dynamic Sound, with Plenty of Bass Punch"
- Article: Introducing the NEW Legacy Calibre
- Review: Legacy Calibre "Almost Like Magic"
- Review: Legacy Calibre are "Masters of Rhythm"
- Review: "Legacy Calibre is Stunningly Great & So Much Fun To Listen To!"- Review Part 2
- Review: "By Far and Away The Best I've Ever Heard"-Legacy Calibre Review
- Review: Legacy Calibre: "3D Sound... Like A 5.1 Sound Session"
- Review: Legacy Calibre Performance " Unheard of at Anywhere Near its Price Range."
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