SOnuS faber lilium in OZ

Sonus faber’s new Lilium loudspeakers are now available in Australia, following their debut earlier this year at the Munich High End Show. The Lilium closely resembles Sonus faber’s flagship Aida loudspeakers, and it’s not a resemblance the Italian manufacturer is hiding away. ‘ Lilium obviously has much of the DNA of Aida,’ said Mauro Grange, CEO at Sonus faber. The Lilium also borrows from Sonus faber’s Ex3ma, in that it uses a separate enclosure for the subwoofer that is fitted with 260mm bass driver and a 260mm passive radiator both integrated into the cabinet in such a way that the axis of subwoofer and ABR are at 90° to the main radiation axis of all other drivers, to minimise any direct or indirect modulation. All drivers in the Lilium are totally new for Sonus faber, comprising a 29mm soft dome DAD tweeter, a new 180mm diameter midrange driver and new 180mm diameter mid-woofers, along with the previously mentioned bass driver and ABR. The three midwoofers (W18XTR-16) have a lightweight sandwich cone structure formed by sealing a high-tech syntactic foam core between two external surface skins of pulped cellulose, whereas the midrange driver’s cone is a single-layer type made with a real-time, air-dried, nonpressed blend of traditional cellulose pulp, kapok, kenaf and other natural fibres, which is then covered with a transparent viscous surface coating that Sonus faber says ‘ inhibits any residual cone colourations.’ Available now from Synergy Audio Visual, in either a Walnut or a Red finish, the Sonus faber Lilium speakers sell for $89,999 (RRP) per pair. For further information, please contact Synergy Audio Visual on (03) 9459 7474 or visit the website at www.synergyaudio.com