Audio Physic Tempo

Generation VI: Tempo development full speed ahead

The Tempo has been spearheading the development in this loudspeaker range since 1986. Continuing a tradition of progress, Audio Physic has constantly and extensively updated the classic vintage model incorporating state-of-the-art technology as well as sharpening the loudspeaker’s cutting edge in the face of international competition.

Driving on the high-speed lane of development for such a long time has its price – a price we had to pay in 2005. At Audio Physic we felt that the basic concept of “racy loudspeakers” as titled by the HiFi magazine “Stereoplay” in October 2001 had finally come to a close after 19 years. Therefore we decided to introduce a completely remodelled and newly designed Tempo in 2004, a new incarnation of the success model which carried on the tradition and signified the important role its predecessor played in our product range. What is more, we outpaced our competition by a significant margin, added another chapter to our success story and provided a sound basis where all we need is to tap into our huge potential.

Driven by ambitious design goals, we are always keen to embrace cutting edge technology, making sure to incorporate the latest developments in our loudspeaker programme. Therefore, the 2007 upgrade includes subtle visual touches as well as essential technical features. Just like its larger sister, the Virgo, the Tempo VI has been revamped with the highly acclaimed HHCM (Hyper Holographic Cone Midrange).

The groundbreaking Audio Physic development, a double basket construction using a combination of plastic and metal, makes a lot of sense: basket and cabinet resonances are effectively kept away from the driver diaphragm while at the same time the thermal behaviour of the midrange driver significantly improves.

The newly designed soft dome tweeter with its massive aluminium front panel and powerful double magnet system, delivering up to 40kHz, is key to ensuring a high frequency reproduction which can only be described as perfectly smooth and utterly laid-back.

The visual appearance of the slender Tempo cabinet has hardly changed, the front panel still presents a seven-degree tilt in order to compensate for phase differences between the tweeter and midrange drivers. The 6th incarnation is a delicately beautiful loudspeaker tuned for optimum elimination of standing waves with its curved side panels - the cabinet being a masterpiece in terms of workmanship with its many chambers and braces designed to have ultra low resonance combined with highest stability. Compared to the predecessor model, the cabinet of the new Tempo looks even more elegant where the size of the side grilles is less generously dimensioned but precisely tailored to better fit the form of the woofer drivers.

The Tempo VI is built according to the principle of our tried and tested push-push technology which has already been implemented in larger Audio Physic models. The two woofers of the 3-way loudspeaker are arranged effectively back-to-back, mounted magnet to magnet, in order to avoid cabinet resonances and support a small-baffle design.

The rear panel unobtrusively houses the bass reflex port. If it were not for our modesty, it could be said that we did it again, leaving those relentless in their pursuit of the Tempo far behind.

Cabinet design and driver technology have been taken from the successful Virgo and Avanti loudspeakers. Thus the Tempo VI immensely benefits from the Audio Physic product range where synergy, as ever, is everything.

Our quest for perfect sound reproduction is not only reflected in elaborate drivers, intricate crossover networks and sophisticated cabinet design, it is also seen in small and apparently secondary details. The well thought-out connecting terminal is aluminium, bitumen damped and fitted with neoprene for elastic suspension in order to prevent sonically adverse effects which are produced by uncontrolled vibrations and transmitted from the loudspeaker cables to the whole sound reproduction chain.
The bottom line is this:

It is simply not enough to just write about sound. Come see for yourself, try it out and enjoy the awesome sound performance of the Tempo VI. When you hear it “live", you will be enthralled by the way the loudspeaker follows the signal with far greater ease than ever before, no matter what music it is reproducing.

The Tempo VI provides an exemplary fast dynamic tracking and processing of input signals – hence the name Tempo – with no touch of brittleness or harshness.

Thanks to the revolutionary HHCM, it excels at delivering a slightly softer and more transparent sound while at the same raising the bar another notch in terms of detailed resolution.

With the Tempo VI, you will feel swept away by its sheer, controlled speed while also enjoying that simply sublime feeling of control. It has nothing to do with racing but everything to do with being a top class winner.