Audimax Ambient   Floorstanding as in Hobby Hifi 5/2019

Technical data
  • impedance: 8 Ohm
  • sensivity (2,83V/1m): 80 dB
  • size (HxWxD): 975 x 210 x 300 mm
  • frequency range (-8dB): 30 - 40000 Hz
  • crossover frequency(s): 1700 Hz
  • speaker type: bass reflex

Audimax Ambient is a two way floorstanding speaker.

Audimax Ambient is a bass-reflex cabinet loudspeaker with drivers of SB Acoustics and Hobby-HiFi (Made by SEAS).

The kit is delivered with the following drivers:
- a SB Acoustics Satori TW29B-B tweeter
- a Hobby-HiFi (Made by SEAS) 18MW12T woofer
- a SB Acoustics Satori TW29D-B tweeter

The loudspeaker has been developed by Bernd Timmermanns.

The crossover consists of:
- a 3rd order high-pass filter (18 dB per octave slope) for the tweeter.
- a 2nd order low-pass filter (12 dB per octave slope) for the woofer.
- a 3rd order high-pass filter (18 dB per octave slope) for the tweeter.

The frequency response of this speaker is perfectly linear.

The decay spectrum as shown in the waterfall diagram is exemplary, free of any disturbing resonance.

At medium volume, i.e. 90 dB at 1 m, the nonlinear distortions are below 0,3% above 200 Hz.

Our kit consists of

  • SB Acoustics tweeter SATORI-TW29B-B, black
  • SB Acoustics tweeter SATORI-TW29D-B, black
  • Hobby-HiFi woofer 18MW12T, produced by SEAS
  • 0,5x Jetset 70MR, bass reflex tube system, middle
  • Jetset 70AT, bass reflex tube system, outer part
  • Jetset 70IT, bass reflex tube system, inner part
  • JetSet 90grad 3 inch male to female elbow 70
  • 0,5x Damping fleece MT Bondum 800 (30 x 50 x 2 cm)
  • 0,5x PE sealing tape, 5x2 mm, 7.5 m
  • Damping Sonofil 100 x 35 cm for 20 litres
  • 0,5x Audaphon Damping 10, 970 x 470 mm, adhesive
  • Binding Post PK31, gold plated (one pair, red and black)
  • 3m Speaker cable 2x2.5 mm2, transparent
  • 1,5x Pan screws 4x20 black, 8 pieces
  • Plan for DIY kit

the crossover components (right),
to be mounted on a small wooden board.

  • Mundorf MCAP EVO Oil 0.47 μF / 450 V
  • Mundorf MCAP EVO Oil 2.2 μF / 450 V
  • Mundorf MCAP EVO Oil 4.7 μF / 450 V
  • Mundorf MCAP EVO Oil 6.8 μF / 450 V
  • Mundorf MCAP EVO Oil 22 μF / 450 V
  • Mundorf baked varnish air core coil BL71, 0.33 mH/0.48 Ohm
  • Mundorf baked varnish air core coil BL71, 0.47 mH/0.57 Ohm
  • Mundorf baked varnish air core coil BL140, 4.7 mH/0.83 Ohm
  • Metal-oxide resistor, 10W 3.3 Ohm (orange-orange-gold)
  • Metal-oxide resistor, 10W 4.7 Ohm (yellow-violet-gold)
  • 2x Metal-oxide resistor, 5W 1.0 Ohm (brown-black-gold)

Kit without cabinet, price per speaker   EUR 1282,00 excl. VAT: € 1077.31 / $ 1174.27

Kit with high-end crossover

The high-end kit is delivered with baked varnish air core coil, copper foil coil and hepta coil on important parts of the crossover for minimizing microphonic effects. - The current flow through the coil creates a magnetic field which sets the reel of wire in motion. This motion induces a voltage in the coil which adds itself to the signal. The stiffer the reel of wire is, the less the signal will be altered. The capacitors for the SB Acoustics Satori TW29B-B are of type polypropylen (MKP) Clarity-Cap CSA 630V elsewhere Mundorf MCAP EVO Oil capacitors.

Kit with high-end-crossover without cabinet, price per speaker   EUR 1426,00 excl. VAT: € 1198.32 / $ 1306.17

Impedance correction

If you want to use a valve amplifier with this speaker an impedance correction should be employed. In this case the component quality is less important; therefore, we offer only one kit (upon request higher quality components are available).


Price per impedance correction for one speaker, to be mounted on a small wooden board.     - not available (_)

universal PCB

If you prefer to mount the crossover components on a 159 x 127 mm universal PCB instead on wood:
Universal PCB RA160, order no.. str-RA160, price per unit:   EUR 5,90 excl. VAT: € 4.96 / $ 5.40
We recommend two boards per kit (four boards for a speaker pair)


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