ROB WAUGH: Pleasingly rounded sounds from the Orbitsound Airsound One

Orbitsound’s Airsound One P70WV2 is loaded with technology in the manner of a burger with all the extras

Orbitsound Airsound One P70WV2

£399, orbitsound.com

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Occasionally tech firms come up with a buzzword so surreal that you surreptitiously Google it just to make sure they’re not taking the mickey.

‘Transconductance amplification’ is a perfect example. It sounds a bit like the third album from a particularly far-out Seventies prog rock band, but it is in fact a whizzy new way to ensure speakers don’t distort.

Orbitsound’s Airsound One P70WV2 is loaded with technology in the manner of a burger with all the extras, one of those ones you practically have to dislocate your jaw to eat

Orbitsound’s Airsound One P70WV2 is loaded with technology in the manner of a burger with all the extras, one of those ones you practically have to dislocate your jaw to eat

Until this autumn, it would have cost you £12,000 to experience, courtesy of an alarmingly expensive speaker unveiled by British hi-fi firm Orbitsound. Now – and this always happens – the early adopters will have to put on a pained smile as the rest of us get to experience exactly the same tech for a 30th of the price.

Orbitsound’s Airsound One P70WV2 is loaded with technology in the manner of a burger with all the extras, one of those ones you practically have to dislocate your jaw to eat.

Not only is there transconductance amplification (which adjusts the behaviour of the speaker drivers to reduce distortion), it also packs Orbitsound’s Airsound technology, which means you don’t have to sit in one tiny ‘sweet spot’ for good sound.

There’s clearly a lot of microchips at work here, but it all sounds natural, if a tad polite

There’s clearly a lot of microchips at work here, but it all sounds natural, if a tad polite

Crucially, there’s no huge subwoofer lurking out of shot. Instead, there’s a 5in woofer built right into the unit.

There’s clearly a lot of microchips at work here, but it all sounds natural, if a tad polite, and it delivers pleasingly rounded sounds, not weird surround-sound effects that make it seem like your sofa is haunted.

 

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