Aperion Intimus 4T Hybrid SD Review

An example is the Intimus 4T Hybrid SD. In addition to offering the lowest ever Aperion Center (4C) and satellite surround speakers (4B), the package includes speakers 4T single tower for front left and right. However, the "tower" is a bit "misleading about 34 inches high 4TS only 5 cm wide and 7.5 cm deep (sitting on a base for better stability, which are slightly larger: 8, 25 10). You do not have massive, over speaker - and does not require or find a specific area of conservation. through the system and 8-inch subwoofer Bravus (some design improvements since that He took the last time). The system costs $ 1569 website at Aperion Audio.
Speakers
All speakers Intimus 4T Hybrid SD share the same 4-inch woofers woven fiberglass dome tweeter and silk, 1-inch. The 4T tower and 4C center speaker feature a pair of 4-inch woofer, while the 4B satellite has one. We found it appropriate to create the entire Intimus 4T Hybrid SD-tone system, the five speakers exceptionally well. Says with headspace. Similarly, the advantage of dual speaker, tower design was anything but subtle. He all posts metal binding provide a secure connection with son naked, spades or bananas.
The 4C center speaker is just 5.33 cm tall and 12.8 cm wide and 5.5 cm deep and 4B is even more compact - is 8.75 inches high and 5.33 inches wide and 5 5 cm deep. The feeling of solidity and build quality cabinets is very impressive. Aperion real cherry wood veneer and shiny black surfaces are equal with high-end loudspeakers costing more than double the price Aperion. All the speakers have removable grille in black cloth. Stands for floors and walls and ceilings to receive Aperion satellite and center speakers.
The subwoofer Bravus 8D
8D subwoofer Bravus has an 8-inch woofer aluminum on each side of the cabinet (both covered with removable black grille) and an amplifier of 150 watts. The 33-pound sub comes with four metal "Spike" on his feet and a series of tips rubber membrane. The subwoofer is 13 cm high and 12 cm wide and 12 cm deep.
The Cabinet consists of 0.75 inch thick High Density Fiberboard, Cross-braced for additional rigidity. Connectivity options include a stereo line-level input and LFE plus speaker level inputs. The subwoofer sophisticated music, cinema and game modes, each of which has its factory settings on a small LCD screen on the front panel to adjust integrated. Adjustments can be made via a platform next to the screen or the size of the credit card remote included. With a subwoofer distance is a great advantage, because often you want to adjust volume in different sources, but is always a pain to do from the sofa.
The menu, you can optimize the parametric equalizer to help with difficult problems of room acoustics. Okay, but unlike other boats with Auto-EQ, Bravus EQ is completely manual. You really know what you do and use a meter (like Radio Shack, 33-4050) and a CD or DVD with test tones in the room with potential optimization sub. On the positive side, Aperion fixed two problems we saw in an earlier version of Bravus 8D: the LCD screen is now much more readable and integrated platform to control respond much better.
The configuration and warranty details
Aperion products are only available on the web site of the society where they are sold with money from 30 days money back guarantee. If you are not satisfied with the speakers and subwoofer, Aperion will pay for the return. Also noteworthy: the speakers with a 10 year warranty - double the time that most speakers are not guarantees.
The Intimus 4T Hybrid SD is a 5.1 system, so if you run a theater of 6.1 or 7.1 Channel Home, then you need to buy additional 4B satellites for $ 130 each. Aperion Intimus 4T Hybrid SD Intimus 4T update the SD Grand replace the rear speakers with 4T towers (four rounds of mini 4T, 4C is a center channel and subwoofer 8D Bravus). Which pushes the price of $ 400 to $ 1959 for the system to 5.1 channels. We thought it might be useful if you have lots of music multichannel SACD and DVD-Audio - and now Blu-ray. In addition, the use of the full range of surround speakers sometimes experience more satisfying home theater experience.
Performance
I heard the towers 4T subtle stereo with CD soundtrack of the movie Perfume. The score was the weight of the size of the body and I expect to be twice as tall as the towers 4TS. 4TS We compared the short-5B satellite speakers found in the Aperion Intimus 5B Harmony SD. Biggest 4T was not immediately clear - mini-tours of his "most important was balanced with a rich medium.
He demonstrated his music a cappella CD Sing 4T midrange persuasion Beatles were certainly up to it. John Mellencamp's Life, Death, Love and Freedom CD pressed very good, to some extent. As such, players can play so hard, but at a certain volume to listen to the crime. Turn on the receiver for Dolby Pro Logic IIx surround helped, and he could play the system robust enough to satisfy our desire for volume.
The transition to oral Shakira, Fixation Tour Blu-ray, immediately noticed the Intimus 4T Hybrid SD speakers did an excellent job to create a room filling sound. The front-to-back image has been well above their face value, so that I can hear the applause of the public space between the front and rear.
We concluded with the Kingdom of Heaven Blu-ray. The center speaker is small is not the narrow, closed the sound we associate with small towns are not - a bit '. Male and female voices were natural and balanced. The sandstorm in the desert sequence of whipped cream is an illusion, activating all the channels of sound and images without Intimus 4T Hybrid SD in the center. The fight against the sword of metal, sounds and clashes demonstrated the virtues of 1 inch tweeter Aperion.
Overall
The Intimus 4T Hybrid SD is a failure of the system drive. The compact dimensions are adapted in most rooms and decoration, and the sound is quite high standards of Aperion. In all, nearly $ 1,600 asking price in trading here is absolute quality speaker system you get. We recommend it.