Fyne Audio Vintage Fifteen

Fyne Audio Vintage Fifteen: 2-way floorstanding loudspeaker with a 380 mm IsoFlare driver

The Vintage Fifteen is the floorstander at the top of the Vintage Series and carries the largest IsoFlare driver Fyne Audio has made so far. Sold as a pair.

The point source system uses a 380 mm bass and midrange driver with a multi-fibre cone and a compression tweeter with a 75 mm titanium dome and a neodymium motor, fed by the highest-specification crossover in the Fyne Audio catalogue, given Deep Cryogenic Treatment. The very large cabinet has two cavities and a BassTrax port; it is made of birch ply, covered in walnut veneers with inlays of burr walnut and completed by machined metal parts.

Key features

• 2-way system whose reflex port fires downwards onto a BassTrax Tractrix diffuser
• IsoFlare point source driver of 380 mm with a multi-fibre cone for bass and midrange
• Compression tweeter with a 75 mm titanium alloy dome, neodymium magnet
• Frequency response 22 Hz - 26 kHz (-6 dB, typical in-room)
• Sensitivity 97 dB (2.83 V at 1 m), nominal impedance 8 Ohm
• Recommended amplifier power from 20 to 400 watts RMS
• Adjustments of ±3 dB: high-frequency energy (from 750 Hz to 26 kHz) and Presence (from 2.5 to 5 kHz)

Technical data

The crossover is a low-loss passive design, ready for bi-wiring: the low-pass and high-pass sections are both second order, with the crossover point at 750 Hz. Power handling is 200 watts RMS continuous and 800 watts peak. The cabinet is made of birch ply with oiled walnut, plus trim in solid walnut, stiffened by extensive bracing inside. Dimensions (height x width x depth) are 1152 x 683 x 691 mm and net weight is 92.9 kg: both figures refer to a single speaker. Measured from the front edge of the cabinet, the official data sheet places the S-Trax position at 178 mm and the SuperTrax position at 154 mm.

Finishes

The Vintage Fifteen is on sale in the Walnut finish.