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Review Vienna Acoustics Haydn SE Signature

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Pros

  • Relaxed playback
  • Definition in the bass
  • Special driver
  • Beautifully made
  • No listening fatigue

Cons

  • Price increase
  • Can be hard to drive
Build quality
Controlability
Sound
Price
Alpha-Audio Approved

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With the (global) price increase, the Haydn SE Signature faces stiff competition so it is important to inform yourself well and know well what is important to you as a listener. This speaker is ideally suited for a small to medium-sized room and due to its forgiving nature also for more lively rooms. Nothing more terrible than getting a headache from your favorite music. This is a speaker that will make you lean back rather than sit up straight. It’s all about experience, empathy and engagement combined with a certain “justness. Longer listening sessions are no problem with this speaker.

Anyone who has a Haydn Grand, the previous version, need not put it on eBay immediately. But this latest version is another step. Remember that the Haydn SE Signature needs quite a few watts to perform optimally but then they also “disappear” as only monitors can. Playing really loud does work, we hardly notice any distortion when we turn up the volume, but logically they don’t quite reach the dynamics of larger speakers.

Conclusion

At first we were not that impressed with this latest update of the Haydn, it was also a brand new pair, but as the weeks passed we did not want to lose them. The Vienna Acoustics Haydn SE Signature is a speaker that slowly gets under the skin and does not immediately reveal its qualities. Recording quality is not primordial as the Haydn SE Signature always manages to get the best out of each recording. This is a speaker to relax with and one that does not draw attention to anything. It is about the complete picture, about the music in its totality. Yes, there are speakers that produce more low, are richer in detail and play louder, but few make as much music as the Vienna Acoustics Haydn SE Signature. Alpha Approved. 
Type test
Single Test
Speaker class
Monitor - bookshelf
Speaker type
Dynamic
Speaker system
Bass reflex
Signal control
Passive
Frequency range
40 Hz - 20000 Hz
Crossover
2-way
Efficiency
88.5 dB
Impedance
4 Ohm
Dimensions
  • Width: 17 cm
  • Depth: 27 cm
  • Height: 36 cm
Weight speaker
10 Kg
Production country
Oostenrijk