Karma-AV is adding Perlisten Audio’s ‘R’ Series loudspeakers to its product line-up. They complement the flagship Signature ‘S’ Series in the Perlisten range, offering similar design kudos at more accessible prices.
Over five years of advanced modelling, measurement and listening have been dedicated to developing transducers, electronics and software entirely in-house; nothing has been sourced ‘off-the-shelf or contract manufactured outside the company’s production facilities. Precision in production and QC delivers optimum performance and enduring quality from Perlisten’s proprietary technologies, including its Directivity Pattern Control (DPC) array, comprising a waveguided dome tweeter flanked by twin mid-range diaphragms, engineered in a single unit to generate “exceptionally accurate and natural dispersion and coherence from 1kHz-30kHz”.
A Perlisten DPC configuration of three 26mm silk domes is utilised by the new ‘R’ Series loudspeakers, including the R7t 4-way tower, the 3-way R5t tower, a matching R5c centre model, the stand-mount R5m monitor, a 3-way R4s angled surround/height design, and a bookshelf version, the R4b.
In each model the DPC is complemented by multiple or single 165mm HPF polymer woofers according to system size. R Series designs are available in a piano black finish, with piano white available shortly. Supporting these designs is a range of four active subwoofers incorporating proprietary amplification, DSP and App control. Typical retail prices range from £8,100 pair for the R7t to £1,600 each for the R4s model.