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Audio Physic Step 35 monitor speakers

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Pros

  • Stable playback no matter what you play
  • Lots of information in every note

    Fast, but not obtrusive

    Fresh, but not sharp. Rather clear as a mountain lake

Cons

  • Bass is audible, but limited in power
  • Very transparent, the entire audio chain must be up to par

Price: € 3090

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Intro

The Step 35 speakers stood out in the second multitest livestream for their excellent performance. Reason enough to listen to this speaker a little longer. Spoiler alert: that first impression is correct.

Audio Physic is a German speaker manufacturer, active on the market since 1986. They design their speakers and speaker units themselves and have brought many innovations to the market. Over time, the same model name has been used for new generation speakers, which sometimes makes it a bit confusing. The Step name has always been used for the smallest speakers in their reference line.

Your reviewer is very fond of his Audio Physic Spark speakers from the year 1999. Speakers that old are – these days – almost “vintage”. These Steps are anything but vintage; they are built around Audio Physic’s third-generation HHCM speaker units. According to Audio Physic, these units are very neutral and even in their dispersion.

Now audio manufacturers claim all kinds of things, but the claim of neutrality is in this case justified. They barely add any color, and if they have any signature at all, it is uniform across the entire bandwidth from the lowest note to the highest note.

What is striking every time is how tight and accurate the aftertone is, as in a dying piano note. Until the sound dies out you hear all the overtones, it does not change and there is no change of color, despite the fact that it has a speaker’s bass port at the back. Soft tones are easily reproduced correctly and that is a world-class achievement.

Type test
Single Test
Speaker class
Monitor - bookshelf
Speaker type
Dynamic
Speaker system
Bass reflex
Signal control
Passive
Frequency range
50 Hz- - 40 kHz
Crossover
2-way
Efficiency
87 dB
Impedance
8 Ohm
Dimensions
  • Width: 17.5 cm
  • Depth: 25 cm
  • Height: 32 cm
Weight speaker
7.5 Kg
Production country
Germany
Measurements
AudioPhysic Step - Impedantie phase
AudioPhysic Step - Impedantie phase
AudioPhysic Step - Impedantie
AudioPhysic Step - Impedantie
Audio Physic Step - simultain distortion - 1 m - straight
Audio Physic Step - simultain distortion - 1 m - straight
Audio Physic Step - response - 1 m - straight
Audio Physic Step - response - 1 m - straight
Audio Physic Step - response - 1 m - straight - 30ms
Audio Physic Step - response - 1 m - straight - 30ms
Audio Physic Step - perceptual simultain distortion - 1 m - straight
Audio Physic Step - perceptual simultain distortion - 1 m - straight
Audio Physic Step - impulse - 1 m - straight
Audio Physic Step - impulse - 1 m - straight
Audio Physic Step - decay - 1 m - straight
Audio Physic Step - decay - 1 m - straight

Winkels met Audio Physic

St. Ceciliastraat 28
5038 HA Tilburg, NL
Koningsstraat 35
2011TC Haarlem, Noord Holland, NL
Beethovenstraat 9-b
1077 HL Amsterdam, Noord Holland, NL

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