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Pan Acoustics has been producing innovative sound systems and digital audio solutions for over 12 years. Udo Borgmann and his team are continuously developing and improving their products. Products developed by Pan Acoustics include Pan Beam, Pan Surround and Pan Powerline. All products are developed and manufactured in Germany. In addition to the classic loudspeakers for rental and audiovisual installations, Pan Acoustics also offers solutions for challenging projects, for instance, where climate plays a role.
Pan Acoustics P 261 AMT Cine
Here are the new P 261 AMT Cine loudspeakers from Pan Acoustics. According to Pan Acoustics, the P 261 AMT Cine is a passive loudspeaker system, with a D’Appolito arrangement, in an appealing, compact column design for speech and music applications. The speakers are characterized by a high degree of detail and excellent resolution, even at the highest frequencies. The speaker contains two 6.5” HQ woofers and a specially developed Mundorf AMT tweeter.
The P 261 AMT Cine speakers from Pan Acoustics
Aluminium housing
Like (almost) all speakers from Pan Acoustics, the housing of the P 261 AMT is also made of aluminium. Recommended amplifier: 600W minimum at 4 ohms. No problem. What do we do; first listen and then measure? Or measure first and then listen? The mind says the latter, the feeling the first. Today the feelings win. Music on it! We’ll start with a low beat: Thanks to You by Boz Scaggs. That scares most speakers. In this case, it wasn’t the speakers that shocked…
And when you’re listening, an hour goes by. What has Pan Acoustics put in these speakers? Frightened, I forgot to save the curve. The result was one EQ band centred at 60Hz with a gain of 1.5dB and a Q of 0.8. Did I mention I like bass? And also twinkly highs and warm mid-low? Etc? And that these two rascals produce all that? At a volume that doesn’t make the neighbours happy?
Air Motion Transformer (AMT)
The price of these speakers already indicates that it must be a speaker of the better class. But so much low from two 6.5 inch woofers? And that AMT tweeter also deserves some attention. AMT stands for Air Motion Transformer. A principle invented by Dr Oskar Heil, also the inventor of the FET. The principle is a bit like a ribbon tweeter, but instead of a strip between a magnet, the AMT tweeter uses a folded diaphragm. And where the ribbon tweeter moves from front to back, the AMT moves like an accordion and squeezes the air out of the tweeter, as it were.
Read more about AMT tweeters here: Have you heard AMT tweeters you might be missing out.
Because the outgoing air is ‘multiplied’ by the shape of the diaphragm, the name transformer came into being. A small lateral movement becomes a larger airflow.
Nice, but how does the P 261 AMT sounds?
Applicable in different areas
What my colleagues and I thought of the P 261 AMT Cine loudspeakers: detailed, fast, open, not tiring. An additional advantage of this tweeter and this version is the opening angle of the loudspeaker 130° x 20°. It makes the P 261 AMT also suitable for acoustically more difficult rooms.
A small circle around the speaker confirms that the off-axis reproduction is very regular. There are no weird phase issues when you play pink noise and walk around the speaker. It is strange to listen to a loudspeaker that is not to be faulted. Usually, this is due to the price and the forgiveness of the reviewer because: Well, it costs a little. I think back to the test session of the WORK PRO CS214 column loudspeaker. A loudspeaker that is not entirely perfect, but delivers a good performance for its money.
The Pan Acoustics P 261 AMT Cine sounds good, looks good, measures well, go loud and can be used in many rooms. There is also a different price.
PAN P 261 AMT Cine and Event
In addition to the Cine version, there is also an Event version of the P 261 AMT. The P 261 AMT Event gets even louder than the Cine, at the expense of the bass extension. Intended for use with one or more subwoofers to create a full-range system for live amplification and all rooms where the 261 AMT Cine also can be used. The P 261 AMT Event loudspeaker has slightly higher efficiency and can produce a continuous SPL of 125dB. Both loudspeakers are part of the PAN AMT series.
Now that we have arrived at the numbers, here are the specs of the P 261 AMT Cine version:
- 50Hz tot 24kHz (+- 10dB)
- 500W continuously loadable
- 95 db/W/m rendement
- 4 ohm
- (only) 12,5 kg
- RAL9005
- 10 years warrenty
The PAN AMT series of loudspeakers: accurate reproduction of high frequencies, clearly defined mids and lows are the hallmarks of these loudspeakers.
Conclusion
According to Pan Acoustics, the P 261 AMT loudspeaker can be used in museums, conference rooms, lecture halls, cinemas and AV presentation rooms. The driver, who had to wait for my colleague, also wanted these speakers at home. He came back to this after hearing how loud they were going. His wife certainly didn’t appreciate that, he said. ITo the applications with the P 261 AMT I would like to add: churches that want to integrate a high-quality audio system, a smaller theatre hall, multifunctional speakers in an MFC, gym, etcetera.
Pan Acoustics also has matching subwoofers; active, passive, with Dante or not. There is also a P 04 AMT from the AMT series; if everything could be a little more compact. Beautiful for next to your touchscreen in a classroom since Pan Acoustics can make their column speakers at any desired length longer than the standard version.
Pan Acoustics is the sound specialist for crystal clear communication in acoustically challenging environments.
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