High-tech and design - the LIGNUM series, developed by T+A, finally meets this demand: loudspeaker cabinets, made of real wood, which have all the elegance and form factors of their aluminium equivalents, but with an endearing charm of their own thanks to the curved, moulded wooden cabinet.

Based on the manufacturing process developed for the cabinets of T+A's high-end TCI series, the new LIGNUM speakers are also made of laminated beech. This sophisticated - and necessarily expensive - technology enables us to produce very tight-radius curves, and small, very slender cabinets which still have a relatively high internal volume; this is crucial for good bass reproduction in any speaker.

Although the cabinet sides are only 10 mm thick, they are stiffer and better at damping resonance effects than conventional components of twice the thickness. The net result is that the LIGNUM cabinets possess all the basic requirements for superb sound qualities as well as offering stunning appearance.

The technical equipment of these speakers is just as refined as the cabinets themselves. All models feature our unique annular super-tweeter for the high-frequency range; this unit has been widely admired and is now produced in a further developed form; its significantly improved peak handling, linear frequency response, enormous dynamic capability and low harmonic distortion provide a level of high-frequency reproduction which is unique in this class. The extremely long-throw bass / mid-range units offer a totally linear response in the mid-range area; a characteristic which is very important in view of the D'Apolito arrangement of the bass / mid-range drivers employed. The symmetrical position of two bass / mid-range units around the high-frequency driver provides virtually perfect sound imaging characteristics, and this benefits surround set-ups as well as conventional stereo reproduction. The sound image appears to be completely separate from the loudspeakers themselves, and the listening room has much less influence on the sound. High-quality, accurately calculated crossover units ensure optimum frequency and phase response, combined with exemplary throw characteristics and peak handling.

All loudspeakers of the LIGNUM family share very similar overall sound qualities: natural, wide-ranging, dynamic and totally uncoloured.