BESPOKE DESIGN FROM CREATION

Sydney-based company Creation Audio has specialised in bespoke horn systems for more than 15 years, building designs based on classic drivers from manufacturers such as Altec, Tannoy, Lowther and JBL.

The company’s latest creation is a radical three-way design in an active bass/passive midrange and tweeter configuration that features professional components from Beyma and Faital Pro. Creation Audio owner and designer Andrew Tilsley said it took him twelve months to design and build.

The system, which stands 1.4 metres high, uses 457mm diameter (18-inch) Faital Pro woofers in heavily-braced sealed cabinets crafted from high-grade European Birch ply and finished in a satin two-pack polyurethane. The woofers are powered by an 800-watt per channel MiniDSP amp, housed in a matching Birch ply enclosure.

Midrange is delivered by an Italian-made 305mm (12inch) Beyma driver that takes response from the driver’s natural bass roll-off out to 1.8kHz. The tweeter is an Air Motion Transducer that’s also made by Beyma. It’s fitted into a CNC’d and hand-built custom horn. ‘ This tweeter extends the response to beyond twenty thousand hertz and provides natural yet sparkling highs,’ said Tilsley. ‘ The system marries professional gear with highly attractive cabinetry to create a worldclass product, with massive scale. And with a sensitivity of close to 97dBSPL, it’s a great match for Class-A valve amplifiers.’ For more information, call Creation Audio on (04) 1186 5553 or visit www.creationaudio.com.au