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Acelec Model One

August 2023

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Stereophile

LOUDSPEAKER

- HERB REICHERT

Acelec Model One

The Acelec Model One speakers I'm auditioning are not princesses in pink, or frog green, or made of some chemically distilled poly pudding. Nor are they conventional-beyond-reason MDF boxes covered with stick-on vinyl pretending to be wood. The Model Ones are squat, small, serious-looking, two-way stand mounts. They are 11.2" tall, 7.7" wide, 11.5" deep, and 37.5lb heavy.

My review samples look serious because they are constructed of black, 15mm-thick, internally damped "bituminized aluminum" panels, which, besides being rigid, look full-metal stealth and recording-studio professional. Cees Ruijtenberg of Sonnet Digital Audio-Acelec is a Sonnet Digital Audio brand and Cees is Acelec's chief designer-wrote to me in an email that this well-damped stiffness "avoids ringing and time-smearing with regard to fast, powerful transients." If you don't want black, you can also get silver, and fancier colors available on request.

SPECIFICATIONS

Description Two-way, ported standmount loudspeaker with cabinet walls made from 0.59" (15mm)-thick bituminized aluminum panels. Drive units: 5.9" (15cm) Scan-Speak bass/mid transducer with sliced-paper cones; 0.7" Air Motion Transformer tweeter with neodymium magnet. Frequency response (-6dB): 45Hz-35kHz, max. deviation +2.5dB. Crossover frequency: 1.8kHz. Sensitivity: 84dB/W/m. Recommended amplifier power: 25-100W. Nominal impedance: 8 ohms. Minimum impedance: 5 ohms at 375Hz.
Dimensions 11.2" (285mm) H x 7.7" (195mm) W x 11.8" (300mm) D. Weight: 37.5lb (17kg).
Finishes silver or black plus optional colors.
Price $6495/pair. Approximate number of US dealers: 1. Warranty: 2 years, transferable.
Serial numbers of units reviewed 22-26-01, 22-2602. Manufactured in the Netherlands. 

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