The Satorique S-Petit manages the balancing act between fine spirit and bass performance
A speaker that has what it takes to become a favorite speaker for everyone, whose acoustic and visual beauty has already been appreciated by many listeners.
In this sense, the power dwarf living inside the compact exterior provides a quality not to be despised, which qualifies the Petit as an all-round speaker.
Curious now?
The report would normally have to start with 39 Hz coming out of such a small speaker, but I'd rather save those incredulous looks behind the screen for the listening room. The little ones run without a subwoofer with such bass? When this question comes, and it comes regularly, it puts a smile on my face. As expected, the request that the Petit is also available with a Beryillum tweeter comes at some point. If the budget planning does not currently allow it, one has the option of upgrading to the Beryllium variant at a later date. Therefore I have extended the report about the Beryllium variant with additional picture material.
For the self-builder, it brings new ideas to build a Petit and to look at different variants of a case kit. So a later change can bring new life also into your record collection. It was like that with one of our customers. With my girlfriend, we did not make the change to the beryllium tweeter, because her preferred music material consists of the YouTube channel and MP3 songs. For this, the Ringdome version is perfectly sufficient for her. Don't misunderstand, for High-Resolution Audio the Ringdome variant also does an excellent job, but the extra cost is not necessary in my girlfriend's case.
A few months ago, I simply wanted to build my girlfriend a pair of speakers - and make a decent impression with them at the same time. Of course, it has to be said quite clearly - men are demanding when it comes to loudspeakers, but girls only ... Everything has to fit right, otherwise the man gets the speakers back very quickly with the reason that there is simply no space for them in the room.
So I thought carefully: What do I need for such a speaker? A pretty, compact design, a small mid-bass driver that plays real bass in a manageable volume, and a tweeter that plays fine and silky.
A compact design dispenses with a lot of volume, and a discreet look dispenses with a large number of speaker chassis. This quickly results in a two-way speaker in a bass reflex cabinet, whereby the bass reflex port must point to the rear for optical reasons alone.
For the low bass yield in not so large rooms, the bass reflex port to the rear is especially advantageous when placed close to a wall (the additional reflection from the wall raises the bass level somewhat). As a driver I used the Satori 13 cm bass-midrange driver. A driver that stands out due to its incredible level stability and at the same time lively and low distortion. It plays upscale room volume without ifs and buts and of course without harshness. The bass performance is more than remarkable in relation to the size of the diaphragm. Another quality is the ability to play in the midrange, where it can play more detailed and authentic than many larger 16 cm woofers (as they are abundantly represented on the market) and is thus an ideal partner for this small project. Only a very potent tweeter that continues the qualities of this small driver in the high frequency range fits to this. In my opinion, the ring dome with neodymium drive is perfectly suited for this, which I used in black so that the optical proportions of the two drivers harmonize a bit better."
Our highlight: for a perfect result, the turnout is delivered already assembled by us
In order to meet the Satorique claim, the crossover must absolutely be professionally constructed. The correct arrangement of the coils is just as important as the tinning of the circuit board. Today this is standard in every good finished loudspeaker. In the case of the Petit you only have to solder the speaker chassis and screw the cable connections to the crossover.
The technology for the Petit has not changed since the speaker for said friend. The crossover is a super flat filtered first order, which allows the bass-midrange driver to play almost like a full range driver. In the high frequencies, the Ringdom plays in phase with it, so the speaker has incredible homogeneity in the soundstage and uncanny precision. Depending on the room and placement, the speaker can provide an impressive acoustic stage, as we rightly expect from our Satorique series.
Frequency response and angle
Distortion 80 + 90
Impedance and waterfall
A combination of veneers and lacquering is something different in terms of appearance.
The housing kit in MDF is available in the store as standard. If veneered cases are desired, this is also possible on request.
For those who have the tools and the desire to woodwork, here is the technical drawing. The all-in-one package with executed miter cuts, dowels or a 3D baffle facilitate building in a few steps and form the basis for a professional result in loudspeaker construction. A 3D baffle can also be ordered individually, contact us.
The enclosure must be precise and well soundproofed for this particularly small loudspeaker, because there is a hell of a noise level inside the small volume. Therefore, the entire cabinet was lined with Bitumex from the inside.
With a little patience and planning, you get a great result.
Any questions?
The audiophile twins - also for living room home theater applications
As one customer told me, " I should install these as rear speakers? Much too bad." In the meantime, a solution has been found: Simply built a second pair for the study. Congratulations to the two twins, I can only say.
The loudspeaker has what it takes to become a favorite speaker for everyone, whose acoustic and optical beauty has already been appreciated by many listeners. In this sense, the power dwarf living inside the compact exterior provides a quality not to be despised, which qualifies the Petit as an all-round speaker.
... Everything has been said about the sound, just one more tip: "Laurent Aknin - Le choix du Coeur - L'Etudiante et Monsieur Henri".
This is a film and not a piece of music. I watched it in the evening and thought it was great, especially the music. When I searched for the music on the net the next day and then listened to it with the Petit, it was clear to me that I had to watch the film again: There was still some information that I hadn't noticed the first time I listened and watched it, because actually the music makes the picture or the mood.
This whets the appetite for more and more and develops into an addiction that began with the Satorique line and is now called Petit. I hope you find a great place for the little ones, they deserve it.
On a side note: If people only knew what something comparable costs out there, maybe a lot more people would build such a small "harmless" speaker.
The little Satorique - small but hello!
Report from Frank
Or: The story of an IT specialist who dared to work in the trades after all
How it started: There was a vacation a year ago. A vacation where - I almost have to say: as usual - I had once again forgotten the reading material at home. So I rummaged through the bookshelf at the next gas stop and stumbled across a magazine that brought back memories of a project from my youth. The youth project was a two-way floorstanding kit from Focal with the help of my father and a furniture maker friend to bring to life and experience. So: magazine bought, content devoured, blood licked.
After the vacations I looked into it a bit further and dared to build a first inexpensive kit. Why did I dare? Quite simply: The woodwork as such and especially the exact was foreign to me until then (and it is among us spoken even today a bit). So I had to acquire some knowledge. To cut it short and get to the real story, the Satorique petit. I made it. So halfway, but read and see for yourself more.
Out of the classical thinking in the HiFi world "there must be more to it" and the Hifidelen ingredients, which my father put into my education, I naturally continued to search. Thereby I found the construction reports and descriptions of the Satorique line. But what was also instilled in me is that tastes in hifi are very different, especially what good sound is. So, "For the money these cost, how do they even sound? Where can I listen to them? Which speaker in the series suits me best?".
So contacted Markus Nötzel, coordinated appointment possibilities with my girlfriend (she just has an incredibly fine ear) and then showed up on the agreed Saturday in the basement in Kerpen. There we heard the Satorique 1, 2 and 4, then the 4 and 2 exchanged several times and finally decided quite clearly for the Satorique 4. It was to replace the two Dynaudio Excite floorstanding speakers in the living room. In the process, the question of 7.1 came up and what would go with it. And here we are with the Satorique petite. This complements the line with small boxes and for me as a 7.1 surround speaker. So a few weeks later two big heavy boxes from Intertechnik arrived, one with 2x Satorique 4 -parts and one for 4x Satorique petite.
Well, I already made square boxes, but for the living room it can be a little less square. So with Freecad I made a sketch with dimensions for the base plate, which corresponds to the same volume as in the construction plan. The side walls were simply (remember the word when I come back to it later) bent slightly in two places (5 degrees each). I have attached the plan with dimensions.
So, ordered wood, 18mm beech plywood it was allowed. The body in cream white glossy and the front in construction beech with 35mm thickness. The whole uniform for all speakers in the living room.
Due to my inexperience as a craftsman, the precise cutting of the body parts and also the base plate on miter was rather - let's say - not quite so accurate.
Background: I have acquired the knowledge of the operation of a circular saw (miter, angle, ...) and a router (this thing is awesome!) only during the previous speaker construction. So I still consider myself a learner here and thus far from perfection or similar expressions to it.
The side panels with 2.5 degree miters on the sides and a normal 45 degree miter on the bottom. The bottom plate also beveled with two times 5 degrees and then mitered to the side pieces. What was the thought again when sawing? It was along the lines of, "Darn, what did I idi*pieeep* myself into doing that again". So see above, keyword "easy".
Anyway, the result was accurate enough to glue a case out of the parts with Ponal joint glue. It should be mentioned that the joint glue is not (at most minimally) gap-filling. So if there are gaps, they will be there even after gluing. Now, such a loudspeaker cabinet, especially under the watchful aesthetic eye of the lady of the house, must look good on the outside and for the master of the house technically bring along everything for good sound on the inside (i.e. be tight and not vibrate).
So, first of all, the edges with the router and round milling insert made round. Don't be alarmed, you can see the gaps particularly well now. Next step: fill the gaps as good as possible with wood filler. Here I was only concerned with the appearance to the outside, so that after sanding no (or only imaginable) defects are visible. Then make sure that the housings are also tight. A tube of "Pattex assembly glue" still in stock was used to grout the inner edges. Now no air can get through ! Tip: even if it is tough to squeeze the material out of the tubes, you can almost get into the edges even in smaller housings. With a cartridge you can not get there so easily, even if they are better dosed. Then still the bass reflex tube pure and - Oh dear, milled too large. What a bummer! Mission abort! Pause for thought !!!
Mr. Nötzel must now briefly listen away: The solution was to glue a plywood board with the correct hole size over the too large hole from the inside. Soundwise it works fortunately. I had no desire to rebuild the entire housing because of something like that. So: Always try directly after the hole cut / milled whether it also fits. Not like me only after gluing together. Well, beginner's mistake.
The fronts were still beveled on the sides after cutting with the circular saw (board on edge through the circular saw) and the edges rounded off with the eccentric sander. Then the holes for the speakers were created with the router compass (from both sides, if the cutter does not go through the router compass as in my case to a depth of 35mm). The speaker test (does the round fit into the milled?) was successful. So final treatment: sanding, oiling, sanding, oiling, polishing, oiling, polishing. Fronts finished.
Satorique Petit, the midrange reference
Report from Karsten
My first rough idea
Since I could get cheap blanks, wanted to build it a little differently than in some construction reports here and I trust myself craftsmanship, I decided to make the housing itself. Whereby the 3D milled fronts from Intertechnik are already tempting. Also I don't want to ask more often if I could get this or that cut and milled. So I built 7 cases. The dimensions I got here from the report and then as well as it was possible for me in Sketchup planned.
It should be 4 speakers S06, 2 speakers S4 and a center. So I could easily run a 5.0 system and in another room still 2 speakers or build a 7.0 system.
My cut and milled wood for the 7 speakers
Then I laid each board flat and saved the drawing as a DWG file (Autocad file format). Here, a friend has then created CNC programs out of it and thus I had quickly cut boards. The company does not have normal MDF, so I got some with white primer film. This is quite hard on the primer film and behind it like normal MDF. I also didn't want to use so many different material thicknesses. My Petit is a bit bigger than the case of the S0.5 anyway, so I don't have less volume if I use thicker MDF.
Imagination transferred to wood
For the assembly I bought some screw clamps, clamping straps, glue and MDF filler. I borrowed a planer, scraper, router and a groove cutter.
For the required boards I created a few templates in scale 1:1 and cut them out to fit and then draw my bevels on the boards.
Draw in and set grooves
Now I drew in at the boards where I wanted to use the groove cutter.
After I got out again at a 45 degree slope on the other side, I did not set any more grooves in such places.
Create roundings
Nun habe ich das Brett für den Bassreflexkanal und die Verstärkung mit den Hobel abgerundet und danach noch etwas nachgeschliffen.
Use screw clamp capacity
Always some glue as long as you have free screw clamps. I usually left these alone for 4 hours or more.
Use drying time.
In the meantime, I then worked on other parts. Like, for example, to deal a little with curves.
More difficult, but special
Due to the curves, it was a little more difficult, because it should be 4 quite similar looking housings. But the speakers are normally always a little apart and therefore small differences are not so quickly noticeable.
Take improvements from other reports
Auch hatte ich in anderen Berichten gesehen, dass innen in die Einlassung für die Lautsprecher eine Schräge gefräst wurde und somit hab ich dies auch gemacht.
Last glue joint
Now that all the preparations were ready, the front should be glued.
After everything was well cured, it went on to plane and grind the appropriate curves.
When creating the curves, but then the speakers were partly a little too round and I was already thinking, I make 2 speakers so and 2 others then with less curves! But I then came up with the idea, I reduce the upper round edge. For this I have then beveled front and the upper surface, thereby this rounding was reduced and thus I could design all speakers very similar.
Daylight
Then I used MDF filler to get my hole, which I had created with the groove cutter in a board, smooth again. I puttied and sanded several places a few times. To make the speakers all very similar, I first wanted to take negative pictures and compare them, but this I quickly gave up. In daylight I had then created the following pictures and thought it turned out quite well.
Completion
The speakers went to the painter and after applying the light filler, the uniform color made it easier to see the areas that were not yet so well done. So it still had to be sanded and filled. I had decided on the color white, since it is a timeless color, which also fits into the most diverse interiors and one sees dust less than with black.
In the meantime, I had also noticed another mistake that I had made in my construction. I had taken the dimensions from the drawings, but had not calculated anything extra for color. The chassis didn't fit easily without paint and filler, you can certainly pull the chassis in and then they sit tight without screws. But I wanted to get to the electronics at any time and so I scraped out the paint in the holes and sanded until the chassis fit in well. I also misjudged the troughs for the tweeter terminals on all the cabinets and had to rework them. Fortunately, all this is no longer visible from the outside.
The rest of the assembly was quickly done by the crossovers made by Marcus. The result of the small speakers now looks like this.
I am satisfied with the optical result so far and also corresponds to my planning.
A speaker must not normally look good, he must sound good. I was also very excited and at my first listening but somewhat surprised, it came extremely much bass from the speakers, but at low setting came nix over.
Marcus the case described and he told me that this is a high-class speaker and it must be due to the sources. Hmmm, it took me a while to find the error, it was on my phone! There times updated the software and now the speakers play as I imagined it.
The small Sabaj has as a player my cell phone via Bluetooth or my notebook via cable, because I have not yet got a Bluetooth connection. The 2 x 80 watts seem to fit very well to these speakers. The amplifier has 36 volume positions. However, if you increase the bass, the amplifier distorts and the sound becomes unclean at higher levels.
The small speakers are quite amazing.
Here comes out of a very compact speaker a bass with which I did not expect at this size. It is always a pleasure to use the speakers for music and also for movies. Since the speakers are assembled, they have played almost every day for several hours. More often than not, the thought crossed my mind that if I hadn't finished the cabinets for the S4 and the Center, I probably wouldn't be building them. But I'm already clear, more bass has the S4 and so I'm still looking forward to the completion of S4 & Center.
Closing
The speakers took a lot more time than it took to write a little report here. But it was a lot of fun and if I could turn back time, I would do it again.
For anyone thinking about such a project, visit Marcus and listen to the speakers.