Ultra + Vibelink Amp + Acoustic Energy AE500

[SKApretto71]

Just setup the title for my home office.

WiiM setup was a breeze.
Qobuz Connect just works fine.
Room Correction do his magic.

I think is a good paired loudspeaker - need to fine tune the low end as I hear more - that maybe would prefer more power but for my tiny room the Vibelink does the job more than enough. Possibly is bad expectation, but noticed that the drivers do moves very little even at high volume, I would have expected more visible excursion. Anyhow they play incredibly well, so who cares?

 

[harkpabst]

Possibly is bad expectation, but noticed that the drivers do moves very little even at high volume, I would have expected more visible excursion.

These are tiny speakers and contrary to what YouTube videos might make you think, visible excursion is not a good thing.

Most all speaker drivers perform increasingly worse with increasing excursion. Not a single one performs better.The WiiM Vibelink Amp has all the power to drive speakers with a much extended low end.

 

[QuarryHunslet]

These are tiny speakers and contrary to what YouTube videos might make you think, visible excursion is not a good thing.

Most all speaker drivers perform increasingly worse with increasing excursion. Not a single one performs better.The WiiM Vibelink Amp has all the power to drive speakers with a much extended low end.

This reminds me of the original 1990’s Acoustic Energy AE 1 loudspeakers. They had way too much excursion on the drivers, and couldn’t handle pretty much any bass content without excessive excursion, and this happened with surprisingly low volume.

If your musical tastes didn’t include much bass content, then they were excellent sounding speakers, but for slightly under £1000 (including matching stands) in the 1990’s, there were better choices available.

 

[SKApretto71]

This reminds me of the original 1990’s Acoustic Energy AE 1 loudspeakers. They had way too much excursion on the drivers, and couldn’t handle pretty much any bass content without excessive excursion, and this happened with surprisingly low volume.

If your musical tastes didn’t include much bass content, then they were excellent sounding speakers, but for slightly under £1000 (including matching stands) in the 1990’s, there were better choices available.

I listen to any genre, and for my needs as a secondary system the AE500 are magnificent. I use them as background music, expected limited bass excursion but aimed for clarity and sound stage: definitely got those.

 

[pjorgenunes]

These are tiny speakers and contrary to what YouTube videos might make you think, visible excursion is not a good thing.

Many times visible excursion is a sign of low control of the amp over the speaker (low amp damping factor for instance).

If one have the sound and volume we want, the less excursion the better (on the same speaker, since not all have same behaviour)

 

[harkpabst]

The amount of displacement volume needed to reproduce a certain frequency at a certain level is always the same same, though. And displacement volume is simply cone area times excursion.

It's a bit more complicated than that when comparing vented and non-vented designs, but physics are still the same. If a low damping factor (which is often rather overrated) or a poorly designed loudspeaker (more common) lead to excessive excursion, then there's a matching peak in the frequency response.

 

[SKApretto71]

Thanks for all the great and informative posts and comments. Loving them.