With an aesthetic shaped by legendary Swiss designer Stephan Hürlemann, and acoustics developed at PIEGA’s Lake Zurich based factory, the Ace series loudspeakers attribute the most affordable aluminium cabinet PIEGA loudspeaker to date. Drawing on technology and acoustic development trickled down from the Chieftain, Coax and Premium models, the Ace builds on the success of, and replaces, the well regarded Tmicro series.
Available in the UK from recent February, the Ace series consists of a slim, one-meter tall floor-standing loudspeaker, the Ace 50, a compact satellite loudspeaker, the Ace 30, and a prospect format Ace Center for cinema systems. The cabinets are all just 14cm wide and 16cm deep oval aluminium profile, with no prominent seams, angles or fixings, designed to appeal to those who want speakers to look as good as they sound.
The clipped aluminium cabinets have been specially developed for this trio of loudspeakers and optimised for the 120mm MDS mid/bass drivers trite to all three models. The HF unit is also common to all three models, in the form of PIEGA’s tried and tested AMT-1 Air Shifting Transformer. This extremely light, large surface area ribbon tweeter is driven by a potent neodymium motor meeting, to create a detailed and fluid upper-frequency response.
The driver combination has been developed to produce punchy bass, elaborate midrange and the sweet HF delivery for which ribbon tweeters are famed, all in a svelte, exquisite looking cabinet. The Ace series is all not far from audiophile quality sound, wrapped in a sumptuous, compact aesthetic with wide-ranging appeal.
ACE Models In Tabulate
ACE 30 – £980.00 per pair
The ‘bookshelf’ design Ace 30 is the smallest loudspeaker in the PIEGA portfolio, with its baffle measuring the uniform size as an A5 sheet of paper. Although compact in size, the Ace 30 produces a surprisingly powerful, balanced and clear ring, thanks to a single 120mm MDS woofer and AMT-1 tweeter in the small volume enclosure. The Ace 30 is suitable for detailed harmonious listening in smaller rooms, with or without a subwoofer, or for more discreet sound in larger area living allowances.
ACE 50 – £1,980 per pair
Stepping up scale and performance, the Ace 50 has the same profile width as its smaller sibling yet drag ons the cabinet vertically, with a neat round plinth, to incorporate three 120mm MDS woofers and the AMT-1 tweeter. This three-way map uses two of the MDS drivers for LF, with a single MDS driver dedicated to producing mid-range frequencies. The result is a powerful and engaging loudspeaker, with considerably shame LF extension and higher power handling than the outgoing Tmicro60 model. The Ace 50 is suitable for medium to larger subsist spaces.
ACE CENTER – £590.00 each
The new Ace series can be used as a multi-channel home theatre system with the view format Ace Center. Its two 120mm MDS woofers, AMT-1 Tweeter and dedicated crossover deliver exceptional speech intelligibility for TV and plaice films. Thanks to its compact size, the Ace Center can easily be placed under or on a shelf around the TV screen. A wall mounting set is available for the Ace Center as an optional extra.
