Grandis GR8 8" 2-Way High Fidelity Bookshelf Speaker Pair
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Grandis GR8 8" 2-Way High Fidelity Bookshelf Speaker Pair
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Grandis GR8 Bookshelf Speakers
Aperion Audio marks its 25th anniversary in 2024 with the launch of the Grandis High Fidelity Bookshelf Speaker, following 24 years of technical advancements. The world of hi-fi music enthusiasts is known for its discerning taste and unwavering quest for superior sound quality. Despite facing stiff competition from long-standing speaker brands worldwide, Aperion Audio felt compelled to develop its own hi-fi speaker series. The Grandis series embodies Aperion Audio's dedication to delivering exceptional sound quality and strives to be recognized as one of the finest hi-fi speakers globally.
To achieve high fidelity sound, a strong musical sense is essential, especially for the HiFi bookshelf speaker. Striking a balance between various aspects of performance, such as the full frequency range and driver unit design, is a complex task. Ensuring that a 8“ mid-bass driver unit can accurately reproduce frequencies down to 30 Hz, and making a tweeter produce warm, transparent high frequencies are key challenges. Developing a speaker that can cater to diverse music genres presents a significant hurdle.
In the development of Theatrus series, we engineered an exceptional coating material specifically for soft-dome midrange drivers. By precisely adjusting the physical characteristics of the soft-dome coating formula, we successfully improved the physical properties of the Grandis dome tweeter unit, resulting in the desired sound performance. Our current objective is to optimize the high frequency extension and reduce distortion significantly. These technological advancements have been integrated into the design of the Grandis tweeter unit.
The Grandis GR8 high fidelity bookshelf speaker boast a 8-inch mid-bass driver unit that excels in producing low frequencies in a confined space, fulfilling a challenging requirement. Its exceptional sound expression in the mid-frequency range sets it apart from other designs in the market. Extensive testing led to the development of a new multi-material cone technology which we call "AFG" - Aluminum-Foam-Glass fiber, to meet our specific sound performance needs, going beyond mere physical properties.
Throughout an extensive year and a half of testing and modifying, following numerous rounds of design alterations, the sound of our Grandis High Fidelity Bookshelf Speaker has progressively aligned with our design vision. However, despite our efforts to tweak the drivers, we had yet to achieve a perfect match with our desired outcome. We scrutinized the driver units, cabinet crossover design, and other components, but the issue was still present. Upon reflection, we shifted our focus towards the capacitor. After experimenting with various capacitors worldwide, we discovered that an expensive capacitor met our sound requirements, albeit at a high cost. This prompted us to explore the possibility of designing our own capacitor. After thorough research and testing, we successfully developed a silver nickel alloy capacitor that perfectly complements the smoothness and transparency of the Grandis Tweeter Unit.
On the occasion of Aperion Audio's 25th anniversary, we launched the GR 6 & GR8 High Fidelity Bookshelf Speakers, the initial models in the Grandis HiFi bookshelf speaker series. As we move forward, we have a series of other Grandis products in the pipeline that will be unveiled soon.
Here's to another 25 years of exceptional sound!
Rosewood Opal / Blue Opal
Product Features
Tweeter Performance Perfected
After a year and a half of testing and design changes, the Grandis' sound aligned with our vision. However, we still hadn't achieved the perfect match. We examined the driver units, cabinet crossover design, and other components, but the challenge persisted. We then focused on the capacitors. After testing various options worldwide, we found a premium capacitor that met our sonic criteria, albeit at a high cost. This prompted us to create our own capacitor. After extensive research and experimentation, we developed a silver nickel alloy capacitor that enhances the smoothness and clarity of the Grandis Tweeter Unit.
Two Way Bookshelf Design
The Grandis GR8 features an exceptional two-way stand-mount design that offers distinct advantages in audio reproduction. It is meticulously equipped with Aperion’s 1.1" Saturn Waveguide Silk-Dome Tweeter, capable of precisely reproducing high-frequency details, and one 8" A.F.G. Cone Long-Throw Mid-Bass Woofer, providing a powerful and impactful low-frequency presence.
Robust Construction
The GR8 features a cabinet constructed from robust, high-density fiberboard (HDF). Its interior is meticulously engineered with multiple structural braces to ensure rock-solid stability, effectively eliminating cabinet resonance at its source and enabling a pure, interference-free audio output. In terms of aesthetics, the cabinet is finished in either elegant gloss blue opal or warm gloss rosewood veneer.
Customizable Sound
Customize your listening experience with the GR8's bi-amp terminals, which allow independent connections to both the woofer and the tweeter. This feature is perfect for those looking to explore different bi-amping or bi-wiring configurations.
Real HiFi Sound Quality
The Grandis Bookshelf reproduces complex and dynamic music genres with deep, controlled, and accurate bass responses. It is perfect for audiophiles and music enthusiasts who demand the best sound quality and performance.
Quality Commitment
Grandis offers a five-year warranty and lifetime maintenance and support, showing our commitment to quality and customer satisfaction.
A Story of Innovation
To achieve high fidelity sound, a strong musical sense is essential, especially for the HiFi bookshelf speaker. Striking a balance between various aspects of performance, such as the full frequency range and driver unit design, is a complex task. Ensuring that a 8“ mid-bass driver unit can accurately reproduce frequencies down to 30 Hz, and making a tweeter produce warm, transparent high frequencies are key challenges. Developing a speaker that can cater to diverse music genres presents a significant hurdle.
In the development of Theatrus series, we engineered an exceptional coating material specifically for soft-dome midrange drivers. By precisely adjusting the physical characteristics of the soft-dome coating formula, we successfully improved the physical properties of the Grandis dome tweeter unit, resulting in the desired sound performance. Our current objective is to optimize the high frequency extension and reduce distortion significantly. These technological advancements have been integrated into the design of the Grandis tweeter unit.
The Grandis GR8 high fidelity bookshelf speaker boast a 8-inch mid-bass driver unit that excels in producing low frequencies in a confined space, fulfilling a challenging requirement. Its exceptional sound expression in the mid-frequency range sets it apart from other designs in the market. Extensive testing led to the development of a new multi-material cone technology which we call "AFG" - Aluminum-Foam-Glass fiber, to meet our specific sound performance needs, going beyond mere physical properties.
Throughout an extensive year and a half of testing and modifying, following numerous rounds of design alterations, the sound of our Grandis High Fidelity Bookshelf Speaker has progressively aligned with our design vision. However, despite our efforts to tweak the drivers, we had yet to achieve a perfect match with our desired outcome. We scrutinized the driver units, cabinet crossover design, and other components, but the issue was still present. Upon reflection, we shifted our focus towards the capacitor. After experimenting with various capacitors worldwide, we discovered that an expensive capacitor met our sound requirements, albeit at a high cost. This prompted us to explore the possibility of designing our own capacitor. After thorough research and testing, we successfully developed a silver nickel alloy capacitor that perfectly complements the smoothness and transparency of the Grandis Tweeter Unit.
On the occasion of Aperion Audio's 25th anniversary, we launched the GR 6 & GR8 High Fidelity Bookshelf Speakers, the initial models in the Grandis HiFi bookshelf speaker series. As we move forward, we have a series of other Grandis products in the pipeline that will be unveiled soon.
Here's to another 25 years of exceptional sound!
1.1" Saturn Waveguide Silk-Dome Tweeter
The Grandis High Fidelity Bookshelf Speaker showcases a remarkable 1.1”(28mm) silk-dome tweeter with proprietary coating , delivering an exceptional blend of power, precision, transparency, and finesse in sound reproduction. Its design, in collaboration with the waveguide panel, maximizes both high-frequency scattering and efficiency, ensuring an impeccable fusion of sound accuracy and natural reverberation. Moreover, Aperion has ingeniously engineered a mid-bass woofer that harmonizes flawlessly with this tweeter, culminating in a distinctive, natural, and well-balanced sound characteristic unique to the Grandis series. As Scientific Audiophile says.. "the Grandis wave guide makes the tweeters look the planet Saturn is floating inside the speaker cabinet. The Saturn Waveguide, I love it!" We love it too, so we've adopted the title Saturn Waveguide Tweeter for our prized tweeter.
8" - A.F.G. Cone Long-Throw Mid-Bass Woofer
Our mid/bass driver is the result of meticulous development in our dedicated laboratory, designed to perfectly complement the Grandis speakers. Aperion has invested significant time and effort in testing and innovating the raw materials used in the woofer cone by creating our own material. The A.F.G multi-material cone technology cone woofer is a crucial element in achieving the high-quality sound reproduction from Grandis. Consisting of aluminum, foam, and fiberglass layers, this multi material cone structure enables the mid-woofer to effectively handle the rigidity and damping of the woofer unit. With advantages such as optimized frequency response, precise phase response, excellent sound quality, extended low frequencies, balanced highs, and minimal distortion, the A.F.G. multi-material cone technology ensures an exceptional audio experience.
Advanced Crossover
Time-intensive iterative designing and fine-tuning of the crossover networks have resulted in a smoother, more neutral, and better balanced frequency response across the whole range. Enhanced phase integration between the tweeter and midrange drivers have also resulted in a cleaner, more open sound in the transition regions. The Grandis High Fidelity Speaker employs superior customized components, which include high quality silver-foil capacitors to provide minimum dielectric loss, customized Aperion internal wiring, and we even went as far as customizing the PCB board with an Aperion red color to represent our love of great sounding audio!
Furniture-grade Gloss Finish
Beautifully curved cabinets blend well with any decor & room design, available in a stunning gloss blue opal or gloss rosewood veneer finish.
Sloping Front Baffle
The sloping front baffle design creates an even phase alignment between treble and bass drivers.
Rear Port Tube
A rear reflex port on the GR8 High Fidelity bookshelf speaker reduces air-leak noise with increased bass performance.
5-way gold-plated binding posts
Bi-ampable is the techie way of saying you can connect one amplifier to the woofer and the other to the tweeter. Separating the low- and high-frequency wiring helps eliminate interaction, isolate power and reduce distortion.
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Specifications & Features
Specifications
Frequency Response: (+/- 3dB) 30-42,000 Hz
Impedance: 4 Ohms
Sensitivity: 85 dB
Recommended Power: 20-200 Watts
Peak Power: 400 Watts
Tweeter: 1.1" Aperion Silk-dome Tweeter with Proprietary Coating
Woofer: 8" A.F.G. Cone Long-Throw Mid-bass Woofer
Driver Configuration: 2-Way 8" Bookshelf Speaker
Enclosure Type: Anti-Resonant, Internally Braced, Rear Ported. 1"(25mm) HDF Cabinet；0.45“（15mm）Bracing
Product Weight: 39.7 Lbs / 18 Kgs each
Product Dimensions: H 17.9" x W 11.1" x D 13.8" / H 455 x W 282 x D 350 mm
Placement Location: Front L/R Speakers
Shipping Weight: 93 lb / 42.1 kg
Shipping Dimensions: L 28.7" x W 19.7" x H 23.8" / L 730mm x W 500mm x H 605mm
1.1" Saturn Waveguide Silk-Dome Tweeter
The Grandis High Fidelity Bookshelf Speaker showcases a remarkable 1.1”(28mm) silk-dome tweeter with proprietary coating , delivering an exceptional blend of power, precision, transparency, and finesse in sound reproduction. Its design, in collaboration with the waveguide panel, maximizes both high-frequency scattering and efficiency, ensuring an impeccable fusion of sound accuracy and natural reverberation. Moreover, Aperion has ingeniously engineered a mid-bass woofer that harmonizes flawlessly with this tweeter, culminating in a distinctive, natural, and well-balanced sound characteristic unique to the Grandis series. As Scientific Audiophile says.. "the Grandis wave guide makes the tweeters look the planet Saturn is floating inside the speaker cabinet. The Saturn Waveguide, I love it!" We love it too, so we've adopted the title Saturn Waveguide Tweeter for our prized tweeter.
8" - A.F.G. Cone Long-Throw Mid-Bass Woofer
Our mid/bass driver is the result of meticulous development in our dedicated laboratory, designed to perfectly complement the Grandis speakers. Aperion has invested significant time and effort in testing and innovating the raw materials used in the woofer cone by creating our own material. The A.F.G multi-material cone technology cone woofer is a crucial element in achieving the high-quality sound reproduction from Grandis. Consisting of aluminum, foam, and fiberglass layers, this multi material cone structure enables the mid-woofer to effectively handle the rigidity and damping of the woofer unit. With advantages such as optimized frequency response, precise phase response, excellent sound quality, extended low frequencies, balanced highs, and minimal distortion, the A.F.G. multi-material cone technology ensures an exceptional audio experience.
Furniture-grade Gloss Finish
Beautifully curved cabinets blend well with any decor & room design, available in a stunning gloss blue opal or gloss rosewood veneer finish.
Sloping Front Baffle
The sloping front baffle design creates an even phase alignment between treble and bass drivers.
Heavy Copper Rings
Heavy copper rings mounted above and below the T-shaped pole piece reduce non linear- and modulation-distortion as well as increases the overload margin.
Advanced Crossover
Silver-foil capacitors are constructed using a silver and nickel alloy for their electrodes. They exhibit excellent high-frequency performance and are commonly used in radio, radar, television, and various communication equipment. These capacitors are particularly effective in high-frequency circuits, providing superior fidelity and an improved signal-to-noise ratio. Additionally, silver-foil capacitors offer advantages such as long service life.
Multi-strand twisted wire inductors or Litz wire as it's often referred to, are carefully designed to accurately restore audio signals, thereby improving sound quality, reducing distortion, and minimizing high-frequency skin effects. In our pursuit of the ultimate tweeter design, we incorporate this high-end multi-strand inductor design in our Grandis high-fidelity speaker line.
Non-Inductive Resistor: This type of resistor is designed to minimize inductive reactance to an extremely low level, which can often be ignored. This design helps avoid signal distortion and energy loss in high-frequency circuits while maintaining a stable frequency response. Additionally, non-inductive resistors are known for their accuracy, high-temperature resistance, and overall stability.
HiFi Sound Quality
The Grandis Bookshelf reproduces complex and dynamic music genres with deep, controlled, and accurate bass responses. It is perfect for audiophiles and music enthusiasts who demand the best sound quality and performance.
Custom Lightweight Magnetic Grilles
To protect the speaker's drivers from accidents, pets or curious fingers, the Grandis line sports a lightweight magnetic grille which can easily be removed when you want to show off your beautiful speakers to friends and family.
Lightweight magnetic grille
To protect the speaker's drivers from accidents, pets or curious fingers, the entire Theatrus line sports a lightweight magnetic grille which can easily be removed when you want to show off the array of drivers to friends and family.
Rear Port Tube
A rear reflex port on the GR8 High Fidelity bookshelf speaker reduces air-leak noise with increased bass performance.
5-way gold-plated binding posts
Bi-ampable is the techie way of saying you can connect one amplifier to the woofer and the other to the tweeter. Separating the low- and high-frequency wiring helps eliminate interaction, isolate power and reduce distortion.
Warranty and Downloads
Five (5) year warranty on cabinets, crossovers, and drivers, with lifetime customer support.
FAQs
What's in the box?
- Grandis GR8 High Fidelity Bookshelf Speaker x Two (2) Pcs
- QR Code Manual Download Card x One (1) Pcs
- Polish Cloth x One (1) Pcs
- Gloves x Two (2) Pcs
Can I mount these to the wall?
The Grandis speakers are some of the few Aperion speakers that are not set up to mount on the wall. We feel their sound is best on solid speaker stands, like the Aperion Speaker Stand!
Do I need a large amplifier for these speakers?
The Grandis line gets better and better the more power you throw at them! Our Energy E2H is an excellent match and provides plenty of power
How do I clean them?
Each Aperion speaker includes a high quallity microfiber polish cloth in the package, which is perfect to keep your speakers shiny and new! Pledge or Old English furniture polish is great on the cabinets and gloss opal finish, but don't spray the drivers!
Is there customer support or warranty if I run into issues?
Absolutely. Aperion Audio offers dedicated customer support from their office in Wilsonville, Oregon for all products, ensuring any setup questions or technical concerns are promptly addressed. In addition, the speakers come with a 5 year transferrable warranty, so you can purchase with confidence knowing help is available if needed.
How do I clean and care for my Grandis speakers?
The gloss rosewood and blue opal can be polished to perfection with Pledge Future Spray, which includes a microfiber polish cloth.
For more tips on cleaning and maintaining your speakers, please check out our blog post:
How to clean and maintain your home theater speakers to keep them looking new?
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