The Kiso Acoustic HB-1 is a compact two-way bass-reflex loudspeaker, built in Japan through a collaboration between Kiso Acoustic and the celebrated guitar maker Takamine, who crafts the cabinet — its materials, machining and finish.
Rather than the heavily braced, damping-filled box of a conventional speaker, the HB-1 is built like an acoustic instrument: a solid-wood cabinet with no internal absorption material, so its panels are voiced to resonate in a controlled, musical way. A 10 cm cone woofer is joined by a tweeter with a 1.7 cm horn carved from solid ebony, crossing over at 5 kHz, while the bass duct is machined from a laminated block of maple.
Internal wiring uses German Litz wire, the crossover network is housed in the plinth, and the terminals are machined from rhodium-plated tellurium copper. Each solid-wood cabinet carries its own unique grain. Despite its small size, the HB-1 aims for a large-scale, lifelike musical performance.
・Nominal Impedance: 8 ohms
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