Introducing the all-new sleek 'Series 8' speaker line-up.
Our new 'Series 8' line-up of audiophile loudspeakers available throughout Europe.
The new range combines a smart, contemporary design with top-end technologies and the most impressive audio performance available today. Designed by notable international speaker designers and engineers, the Series 8 stands for acoustic as well as aesthetic excellence on the highest level.
One of our best sounding speaker series
The streamlined Series 8 line-up comprises three models:
The S-81 and S-81C are available in two striking luxury finishes, high-gloss black and real whitewashed ash veneer, while the S-81B-LR adds a real walnut veneer variant to the selection.
To create the new Series 8 speakers, we formed an international team of acoustic engineers, uniting Japanese high-skilled technical experts with European artistic sense and sensitivity. This cross-cultural fusion has enabled the designers to rise to the challenge and build a series of elegant loudspeakers that reproduce sound as accurate and natural as possible.
Under the motto ‘EX technologies for the best sound’, we based these new high-end speakers on the superior engineering and advanced materials that went into the making of our EX Series speakers - the result of over 70 years of craftsmanship and experience.
Advanced Speaker Unit Construction
The Series 8 models feature many technological advances in speaker design, making it one of our best sounding speaker series. The key element in the development of this premium line-up is our exclusive concentric tweeter/midrange driver.
Cutting-edge TAD technologies allow the driver to reproduce exceptionally accurate audio. By mounting the tweeter in the centre of the midrange driver, the sound directivity can be precisely controlled at any frequency. All sound – direct and reflected – will arrive at the listening position with identical timbre. The tweeter diaphragm is fabricated from titanium, a light but rigid material that pushes the diaphragm resonance beyond the audible range, which results in a cleaner and more accurate sound reproduction.
Japanese acoustic acumen with European artistic sensitivity.
20 kHz is the highest frequency generally audible by humans, but by using HSDOM - an ultra-high frequency reproduction technology that stands for Harmonized Synthetic Diaphragm Optimum Method - the Series 8 models can play up to 50 kHz for the S-81B and S-81C.
The riffle type super tweeter of the S-81 floor-standing speaker will even push the limit up to 100 kHz. As a result, the Series 8 range effortlessly handles the very high frequencies of HD formats, such as SACD, DTS-HD Master Audio or Dolby TrueHD and ensures that the liveliness of the original performance is expressed naturally and realistically.
Sophisticated lines: the round shaped cabinet improves rigidity.
By implementing a unique configuration of an extremely solid cone structure, a highly linear magnetic circuit and a rigid aluminium basket frame, the woofer of the Series 8 models performs powerful, dynamic bass, even at the lowest frequencies. The strong cone structure creates more stable and uniform cone movement, as well as enhanced dampening properties. Unnecessary reaction and resonance are significantly reduced by the specially designed basket frame. Our Linear Drive Magnetic Circuit is optimised to keep the force factor constant and to perfectly reproduce low frequencies without sound distortion.
In accordance with the EX Series speakers, the Series 8 models have been designed using our Phase Control technology. Phase Control is the concept of managing the time and phase response of the speakers in order to minimise the effect of additional sound delays usually due to the filtering process of multichannel recordings. By combining Pioneer AV receivers and speakers that support Phase Control, multichannel sound is reproduced faithful to the original source.
The floor-standing S-81 speaker features three spikes for three-point support and two safety feet which protect against overturning and provide an extra solid foundation. In addition, the S-81 incorporates slant layout technology which enables more accurate and clear bass sound reproduction. Tilting the enclosure at a 2-degree angle brings the speaker's centre gravity closer to the centre of the base of the speaker. This improves the stability of the entire system, as well as its time-alignment.
Vertical standing waves that often occur in these large floor-standing speaker enclosures are responsible for uneven, boomy or sucked out bass response. To eliminate these waves, we have developed unique ABD ( Acoustic Balance Drive) and AFAST (Acoustical Filter Assisted System Tuning) simulation technology, which results in precise and dynamic bass with no low midrange colouration.
Minimalist design
As form follows function, these intelligent innovations called for an equally clever enclosure, crafted from the finest materials and assembled with great attention to detail. The outcome is a round shaped cabinetthat improves rigidity and helps to eliminate unwanted sound from enclosure diffraction.
Its sophisticated lines - complemented by the high-gloss black, real whitewashed ash veneer or real walnut veneer finishes - make each loudspeaker an epitome of understated elegance and a welcome addition to any modern interior. The absence of pins or screws on the baffle board and newly developed magnetic grilles further add to the series’ performance and clean appearance.
