Talisman Designs SE Reference Tower - Manual (Page 4)

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The Talisman SE
Thank you for your order and congratulations on becoming the owner of an Audio Concepts, Inc. (ACI)
speaker system. The Talisman SE is an audiophile quality system that will provide you with many years of
listening pleasure. Be sure and take a moment to register your warranty either by mail or on-line at
www.audioc.com .
ACI is all that you have grown to expect and demand. We are music lovers first. We only design and
build speakers that we would desire to own ourselves. These principles comprise our foundation, and they
always will. Now, ACI is achieving at a level beyond what we have aspired to before. The potential of Home
Theater has inspired us to move further beyond convention and to rise above the status quo. The new
Talisman SE is the ultimate example of this perspective. It is at once powerful yet flexible, elegant yet bold. Its
internal woofer amplifier employs a fully discrete output stage and generates high current. The result is a
speaker equally adept at recreating the visceral dynamics of home theater and the essential musical purity
usually attained only by speaker that lack its ease of range.
As in all ACI products, the finest drivers are used with extensively engineered and tested precision
crossover networks. The cabinets are built to be extremely inert with extensive internal bracing. The midrange
chamber is specially shaped and damped. All design and quality aspects combine to yield absolute state-of-
the-art sonics. The use of the finest lacquers and hardwoods results in a cabinet of exceptional beauty and
durability.
Specifications
Frequency response: 20-20kHz ±3db
Nominal impedance: 8 ohms
Sensitivity: 87db 1 watt/1 meter
Bass-loading: Equalized, low Q, sealed alignment
Recommended RMS Power: 20-100 watts
Woofer Amplifier: 250 Watt RMS all discrete, U.S. made, class AB
Tweeter: 1” silk dome, ferro-fluid cooled
Mid: 5 ¼” cast-frame, rubber surround, double magnet, long-throw, shielded
Mid-Bass: 6 ½” cast-frame, rubber surround, long throw, shielded
Woofer: 10" extreme excursion, rubber surround
Dimensions: 48 1/8” tall, 9 1/4” wide and 16 1/8” deep
Weight: 115lbs
Recommended accessories: DH Labs Speaker Cables
Design Philosophy for the Talisman SE
Modern speaker design is a combination of science, art and sweat. A successful design such as the
Talisman SE requires thousands of hours utilizing computer modeling, several generations of prototypes,
precision testing, critical listening and many "fine tunings".
Our design goals for the Talisman SE were to produce a speaker that would set standards both for
two-channel and multi-channel use. The Talisman SE had to be the ultimate tower for full-range response. The
Talisman SE had to be an attractively proportioned and constructed speaker with smooth, uncolored, wide-
range response, three-dimensional stereo imaging, good sensitivity, high power handling and dynamics, see
through transparency, and the ability to convey the "soul" of music. We are pleased to have achieved and in