Tidal Audio

Akira

Introduced 2016$285,000 MSRP

The Akira is TIDAL Audio's ultra-flagship German loudspeaker, a 3.5-way floorstanding design built around exclusive Accuton-manufactured pure-diamond tweeter and midrange-woofer diaphragms, paired with a multi-chamber cabinet made from TIDAL's proprietary TIRALIT Ultra composite material (source: [TIDAL Audio official](https://www.tidal-audio.com/akira/), [Stereophile](https://www.stereophile.com/content/tidal-audio-akira-loudspeaker)). Each speaker ships in a pair of flight cases and is finished by hand in TIDAL's signature Midnight Black piano lacquer, with polished stainless-steel accents and a custom UNOPULSE passive crossover using Duelund silver/copper capacitors (source: [TIDAL Audio official](https://www.tidal-audio.com/akira/)).

MSRP

$285,000

Used market · Excellent

$185,000

-35% vs MSRP

as of Sep 10, 2026

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MSRP to used market

From $93,000 at launch to $185,000 today.

Specifications

Finish: Serial finish: Midnight Black piano lacquer; optional hand-selected veneers in transparent piano lacquer; optional polished stainless-steel side panel with "AKIRA" engraving
Weight: 158 kg (348 lb) per speaker without flight case; 182 kg (401 lb) per speaker with flight case for shipping
Crossover: TIDAL UNOPULSE passive crossover; crossover points at 250 Hz and 2.2 kHz, approximately 12dB/octave slopes; hermetically sealed in its own chamber; weighs 20 kg (44 lb); uses Duelund silver/copper capacitors, silver-carbon resistors, and silver air-core inductors
Dimensions: 140 × 29 × 55 cm (55" H × 11.5" W × 22" D); 148 cm (58") high including vario feet/stand
Sensitivity: 87.5 dB/2.83V/m (Stereophile-estimated value)
Published price: 285000 USD
Cabinet material: Multi-chamber cabinet built from 42mm-thick proprietary TIRALIT Ultra composite (13 layers combining hard and MDF/HDF-like damping layers under heat and pressure)
Driver complement: 1× 30mm (1.2") 1-carat pure diamond tweeter (TAD-30-EX); 1× 127mm (5") 13-carat pure diamond midrange-woofer (TAD-MW); 3× 190mm (7.5") aluminum-honeycomb long-excursion woofers (TAS-190W-EX); 5× 190mm (7.5") aluminum-honeycomb passive radiators (TAS-190PR-EX) — all exclusive Accuton/TIDAL projects
Nominal impedance: 4 ohms; minimum 3.5 ohms at 111 Hz; described by the manufacturer as a "very easy impedance load"
System configuration: 3.5-way, 9-driver, reflex-loaded floorstanding loudspeaker
Nominal power handling: 400/800 VA
Recommended amplifier power: >30 W