Iris

The Iris is a compact speaker system designed for music lovers who don’t want the “big system” but still demand the same high quality of music reproduction. The Iris speaker system started life as a design exercise in scaling down our AMT driver and Balanced Force Woofer technology. The culmination of many months of research and development have resulted in the Iris. The Iris is the smallest model of the Arion Audio loudspeaker lineup. The Iris is a two-way open baffle DSP controlled active system. They are ideal for a wide range of listening environments providing a unique combination of extraordinary detail, clarity, low dynamic compression, accurate timbre reproduction and natural dynamic contrasts.

AMT

Pristine high frequency reproduction, rich midrange, and dynamic articulate low-midrange reproduction are attained by the use of our proprietary AMT transducer. The AMT driver (one per speaker) is comprised of precision CNC machined side plates made from the carefully selected steel and coated with a durable finish to protect the driver from corrosion. Custom neodymium magnets weighing just under one pound are used for each driver. The pleated diaphragms are carefully hand built and individually tested before final assembly. The Arion Audio AMT drivers are designed and built in-house, in the USA.

Bass Section

Proprietary BFW technology (Balanced Force Woofers – *Patent Pending)

Iris bass section is a very compact Open Baffle (OB) design that integrate perfectly with the extended-range AMT driver. The quad 6” woofers in each Iris have rigid flat composite aluminum honeycomb-fiberglass cones maintaining linearity and high impact. The balanced double-roll surround design maximizes stability and control and minimizes distortion. The large 1.25” four-layer voice coil and optimized T-pole gap geometry generate fast, impactful bass.

Using 3D printed speaker cabinets has allowed us the opportunity to design additional features into the cabinets and better control their properties. We were challenged by new and different design obstacles. We welcome a good design challenge and pride ourselves on thinking outside the box. Challenges have been met!

Digital Crossover with Advanced Room Correction

Iris Loudspeakers are designed and engineered to be used specifically with digital crossovers with room correction to provide near perfect system-room integration. DSP with advanced room correction makes excellent in-room response in both the amplitude and time domains at the listening position easy to achieved. Most important, the system achieves a desirably impulse response. The impulse response of a loudspeaker gives you an indication of how well it can handle transients and provide a clean and powerful impact as well as a speaker’s performance in terms of transients and imaging as impulse responses carry localization cues. The advanced DSP system provides hassle free speaker-room integration, user adjustability to personal preferences and presets (29 total in memory) that can be selected on the fly.

Active System with Almost Unlimited Amplifier Choices

Iris loudspeakers are designed with active digital crossover management which gives us more control of the system’s performance and also eliminates any potential losses found in passive crossover components, which helps maintain efficiency and performance. The active system contributes to achieving near perfect system-room integration. Since the Iris is high sensitivity and can handle a reasonable amount of power your choice of power amplifiers is almost unlimited. The automatic gain matching feature balances the tower output to the woofer module output for seamless integration.