Avalon Acoustics Sentinel - Manual (Page 5)

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1 Introduction
Overview
The Avalon Acoustics Sentinel Active Reference System represents the
application of edge-of-the-art loudspeaker technology in every area of high
accuracy transducer development. New research in diaphragm materials,
magnetics, low-noise circuitry, resonance control, and temporal coherence,
never before employed in high energy transducers, redefines the boundaries
of music reproduction. The intent has been to create a full range transducer
capable of high-energy transfer that behaves like a small array with point-
source accuracy.
The Sentinel accomplishes this goal by lowering the noise floor and eliminating
stray energy, thereby preserving timing detail, transient accuracy, natural
instrumental timbre, and stage presentation while providing transparency,
clarity, and detailed focus up and down the frequency spectrum. Powered
by a dedicated high-energy subwoofer amplifier, Sentinel actively controls
and realistically renders low frequencies, down to 16 Hz, while maintaining
transient accuracy and harmonic integrity. Truly an Active Reference System,
the Sentinel re-creates musical events in a manner that is uncompromised
and sonically neutral.
Your Sentinel is designed and built to the highest standards of workmanship
and performance. These standards are preserved through the test of time by
careful attention to component quality and meticulous testing of each unit
before leaving the factory. As a new owner of this Avalon Acoustics product,
you can be assured that you possess one of the few great loudspeakers the
audio industry has to offer.