Satorique Cinema Live 15 – The best combined into one cinema speaker system
It is a speaker for audiophile and demanding home theaters, which can be combined in small to large home theaters. The speaker consists of two assemblies, which together form a two-piece speaker. The flat design, as well as the height adapted to the home theater, allows the speaker to be set up and operated even behind the acoustically transparent screen.The speaker is developed as a front speaker, thereby we have married the highly resilient and particularly audiophile mid-high group of our Satorique 4 with a kick bass speaker, so that in all frequency ranges the speaker reaches best marks.
The Satorique Cinema Speaker System
Audiophile home theater system at Satorique level, expandable up to Ultra Sub cinema.
The Satorique Cinema Live 15 makes the start.
Satorique Kino Live 15
It is a speaker for audiophile and demanding home theaters, which can be combined in small to large home theaters. The speaker consists of two assemblies, which together form a two-piece speaker. The flat design, as well as the height adjusted to the home theater, allows the speaker to be set up and operated even behind the acoustically transparent screen.The loudspeaker is designed as a front speaker, and we have married the highly resilient and particularly audiophile mid-high group of our Satorique 4 with a kick bass speaker, so that in all frequency ranges the speaker achieves top marks.
Harmony in the home theater
The particularly dynamic bass harmonizes with the above-average performance of the top part of the speaker. With this, we want to meet the desire for a potent home theater speaker where the top part is in perfect harmony with the kick bass.By tuning high-quality crossover components, we can offer a home theater full-range speaker that achieves top performance in sound, dynamics and level stability.
The speaker has a flat design, so that it can be placed well behind the acoustically transparent screen. Due to the compact design of the top parts, an individual alignment of the mid-high unit can be realized very easily. With the later expansion to an ultra-sub cinema, no wishes should remain unfulfilled in terms of low bass.
The top part
The top part is basically the midrange and tweeter unit of the Satorique4, suitably optimized for the project. The baffle is supplied at no extra cost. A parts list for the remaining blanks is included in the assembly instructions. The damping of this cabinet is done with half a mat of Sonofil black each.
As with any Satorique, the turnouts are of course ready built. Since the turnouts do not come in the housing, the housing can be completely built up immediately.
Do not forget to break the edges before painting. The ingenious thing about the material is that pretreatment is no longer necessary. Everything is dry after half an hour. The coating agent is so rich that you can completely paint a home theater with one gallon. You also save money on primer, although the time factor should not be underestimated.
Even if you can't talk about varnishing here. The consistency reminds me more of tar.
The construction of the kick bass
As with the Satorique Live, a 15-inch bass speaker plays high up into the fundamental, although we placed the crossover frequency in the upper kick bass range. The kicker requires two Intertechnik HP100 bass reflex tubes, which should be installed near the floor. The bass driver sits fairly centrally on this speaker. The bass is placed on top of the cabinet.With the kick bass cabinet it is important to use the front made of birch plywood. The screws simply pack better in the birch plywood. So you can use Spax screws. The rest can be made from MDF with the current rising costs in wood sales.
The complete assembly is exactly illustrated and dimensioned in the building instructions. Since the kickbass cabinet does not have any milling, you can simply saw it out with a jigsaw. Of course, we are happy to help out with the wood delivery. The cabinet is not difficult to build. Please do not mix up the inner braces, they are of different lengths. Depending on what is available, you will need a little Ponal joint glue, screw clamps or tension belts.
As with the top part, the gallon of EXOHYDE is used again. Very productive, it just does not get less.
Final assembly of top and bass
All crossovers find a place in the kicker housing and can be connected wonderfully from there. For the bass coil, you have the option of connecting it directly to the woofer crossover. I chose the variant on the floor and soldered it with two cables, which I connect to the woofer crossover. The reason for this is that the constructs like to change their location from time to time. So it is well kept in the floor.
The electrical impedance of the speaker for parallel connection of both parts is 4 ohms. The electrical side of the speaker is also designed to be amplifier friendly for current amplifiers.
The three cables from the top part are pulled out of the cabinet and into the kicker.
Then the crossovers for the high-mid and low-frequency are connected to the low-frequency cabinet. With our wiring diagram from the building instructions it is quite easy to wire the speaker chassis.
If you are unsure which cable comes from the kicker, you can take a battery to help. This way you can see which chassis is moving and you are on the safe side as far as the speaker connections are concerned. You have plenty of room to screw the crossovers into the cabinet.
The vividness can be adjusted via the damping according to the room acoustic situation in the home theater. One to three packs of Sonofil are loosely arranged around the driver.
around the driver. In our acoustic conditions, we get by with four mats.
The birch baffle even allows the bass driver to be tightened with a ratchet. With MDF, everything would quickly tear out. The advantage of the mounted bass chassis is that you can turn it back and forth and always have a new mounting point.
Technical data
Nominal impedance: 4 Ohm
Efficiency: 89 dB (+- 2 dB)
Frequency response: 30 Hz - 25 kHz (- 8dB)
39 Hz - 20 kHz (+- 2dB)
High frequency slope: 12 dB/oct
Midrange slope: 9 dB/oct 6 dB/oct
Low frequency slope: 15 dB/oct
Satorique Kino Live 15 stands for audiophile high-end multi-channel.
We will report on the individual home theater experiences with the Satorique Kino.
Nevertheless, I would like to convey a bit in advance:
- The dynamic range inspires from the first moment. And in addition, this presence is offered, which does not leave out any nuance and informs the listener about everything that is played in the home theater.
- Precision and fine dynamics. Satorique, maximum sound in all frequency spectrums.
- Efficiency and level stability for power-hungry transistor amplifiers.
- A dynamic range that inspires.
The kit contains:
- Rindome tweeter
- midrange driver
- 15" Eighteen Sound woofer
- High quality ready built crossover
- CNC milled front panels of the tops
- Cables
- terminals
- Bass reflex tubes
- Sonofil(TM)
- building instruction
Satorique home cinema Live 15 & Satorique cinema Wall 13
My cinema consisted of a classic 5.2 system, an acoustically transparent screen and a Sony projector. My desire to have a 7.1.4 setup with an SBA or DBA for the low frequency, as well as to have the cinema professionally acoustically optimized came closer.
First, however, I would like to realize identical speakers or at least identical chassis for a balanced sound on the listening level. This would mean, however, that I would have to dig deep into my pocket, because in the front area I had the CWM 7.3 in operation. Conclusion: Ouch!
So I took a look at the videos of the Heimkinoclub München. And lo and behold, 4 members run their cinema with self-made speakers from Satorique.de. So I took the phone and discussed my project with Marcus.
Afterwards I sent him a room drawing as well as a written plan how I could imagine the future cinema. A few phone calls later I received the first Sketchup drawing. My first thought: Oh shit, that's a lot of subwoofers...In the following phone call we discussed the same.
I decided first for the 7 speakers on the listening level, 4 of the subwoofers and 4 treble speakers.
When the parcel boat with 2 sack trucks full of packages stood in front of the door I knew, now it finally goes.
The hardware store cut me the MDF boards for the speakers to size, so it could go to work. From Marcus I got the baffles for the surrounds and for the top parts of the front speakers sent.
First I took care of the surrounds
In no time, everything was assembled according to the instructions that I received by mail. Connected to a Rotel stereo amplifier, the first sounds came out of the speakers. After a few hours of playing, I sat down on the chair for the listening test.
Conclusion: super awesome!
No comparison to the B6W 685, which previously played in the living room. In the bass somewhat restrained, but it is in the end also surround LS. The highs and mids, however, very detailed, I find.
Now it was time to build the front bolides
The construction took a little longer, of course, but no matter. By the way, I painted all speakers with a color (black matt) from www.Speakerbuddies.eu. A tip from Marcus. No priming is necessary. Right! :-)
When we had humped the speakers to two in the living room, aligned and connected, it was clear, the couch must go. Living room quickly rearranged and off we went with the next listening test.
The manual said about 60 hours. After about 15 hours, I again took a seat on the armchair and chose Brothers in Arms.
Madness, what arrived at the ear. Marcus did not promise too much.
No matter for what I decided,
Green day - oh love -
AC/DC - Thunderstruck -
Annett Louisan - reality -
Al Jarreau - your song -
Jack Johnson - my mind is for Sale -
Everything the absolute hammer! Especially the bass. Dry, hard and pretty fast.
Thanks Marcus and the whole team of satorique.de. Bomb work. I have never heard music like this before.
Now only the height speakers are missing and then it goes to the actual cinema construction.
Torben's Satorique Cinema Live 15
Report from TorbenHere now my short report about the construction.
October 2021: the construction of the cinema can start now.
The optics of the future cinema was clear quite fast. So the construction started in no time and we saw great progress relatively quickly.
In the end, the actual construction took about 5 months. 5 months because we work 'on the side' and could only work after work or on weekends.
The positioning and alignment of the absorbers and the entire loudspeakers went according to plan. And so we could hear the first test tones at the end of March.
Then it was time to install the last panels so that nothing could stand in the way of the first movie night.
The first movie should be " Ghostbusters Legacy", which we wanted to watch as a foursome.
Great movie, sound and picture. Nevertheless, although I had only adjusted the levels by hand and the subwoofers were not yet in operation.
At the beginning of March, the acoustician came along, leveled the speakers and brought the Dynacord power amplifier for the subwoofers on track.
So, now it can really go off... Our first film was then " Dune ".
An absolute spectacle, which was offered to us there in picture but above all also in the clay/tone... One has the impression, we would be also on the planet Arakis. Madness. Things were flying around our ears from all sides during certain scenes. Not to mention the super precise bass - thunderstorm. Absolutely crazy!!!
Then followed a trip to the Peter Maffay " MTV unplugged " concert. It went on like this... Great voices as well as instruments. It makes super much fun to listen.
At this point we say thank you for these speakers and as well as for the very good support.
The technique ( outsourced ) Layout 7.1.4
- 3 x Satorique Kino Live 15
- 4 x Satorique Kino Live Wall 13
- 4 x Satorique Kino Wall Atmo
- 4 x Satorique Subwoofer 12 inch
- Marantz AV7706
- 2 x Iota VX 7 channel power amplifier
- Dynacord L1800FD
- Panasonic 424 UHD Player
- Apple TV 4K
- JVC N5
screen width 280cm in 21:9 format from the company Xodiak acoustically transparent
There are 4 comfortable seats in the cinema, the rear ones on a platform.
The whole thing is controlled via apps or via the Logitech Harmony app.