Aristotle Ellipse
The Aristotle Ellipse brings the fundamental design principles of Hørning Hybrid Systems into a more compact loudspeaker format, developed for music enthusiasts with limited listening space. Despite its smaller dimensions, the Aristotle is designed to preserve the essential qualities of the larger Hørning loudspeakers, combining high efficiency, natural tonal balance and an expansive musical presentation.
The cabinet incorporates two powerful 8-inch bass drivers, providing a deep, controlled and dynamically engaging low-frequency foundation. Combined with Hørning’s wave-guided tweeter and a dedicated 5-inch full-range driver, the system achieves a coherent presentation with excellent clarity, speed and tonal body.
Like the larger models in the collection, the Aristotle is built around Hørning’s H.D.A.Q.C.S. (Hørning Double Asymmetric Quarter Wave Cabinet System) principle. Its individually loaded chambers and asymmetric quarter-wave pathways contribute to a common horn-loaded output, allowing the drivers to work together through carefully developed acoustic loading rather than relying on a conventional electrical crossover network.
At the heart of the Aristotle is a carefully selected 5-inch full-range driver, available with Hørning’s newly developed SATI Field Coil driver or the mighty Lowther PM65H. The PM65H, also used in the flagship Eufrodite and Agalma Statement models, features an exceptionally powerful 2.45 Tesla permanent magnet motor, providing outstanding magnetic flux density and sensitivity. With a system sensitivity of up to 97 dB, the Aristotle is particularly well suited to high-efficiency amplification, including low-powered single-ended tube amplifiers.
The Aristotle demonstrates that a compact loudspeaker need not compromise the scale, dynamics or emotional involvement of music reproduction. Its combination of powerful bass, natural midrange, exceptional sensitivity and precise timing creates an intimate yet expansive musical presentation, bringing performers and instruments remarkably close to the listener.
Specifications
Drive Units:
Two 8” bass drivers
One 5” full-range driver
One 45 [mm] cone tweeter
Acoustic Filtering:
200 [Hz] and 12 [kHz] acoustic filters
Capacitor high-pass filter for tweeter above 12 [kHz]
Impedance:
4 [Ω]
Frequency Spectrum:
30 – 20000 [Hz] ±3 [dB]
Sensitivity:
96 [dB] 2.8 [V] in 6.1 [Ω] (1 [W])
Amplifier Power:
10 to 20 [W]
Cabinet Type:
Hybrid horn-loaded loudspeaker
Stereo:
Two loudspeakers included for stereo
Connector type:
WBT-0703 Cu
Wiring:
Horning silk covered 300 x 0.1 Litze 99.99 % copper wire
Dimensions:
Height: 100 [cm] Width: 32 [cm] Depth: 48 [cm]
Weight:
40 [kg]
Wood appearances:
Tineo
Macassar Ebony
Placement:
30 to 40 [cm] from corner
