Auditorium 23
Hommage T1
Auditorium 23 is a small German maker run by designer Keith Aschenbrenner, hand-winding step-up transformers and building loudspeakers in small numbers with a narrow specialist-dealer network rather than wide retail. The Hommage T1 was A23's first "statement" product line entry, developed by Aschenbrenner after studying and dismantling vintage transformers including a Western Electric 618B, intended as a companion piece to the marque's SoloVox loudspeaker; it is distinct from the more affordable Hommage T2 already in this catalog.
MSRP
$4,695
Used market · Good
$3,125
MSRP to used market
From $4,695 at launch to $3,125 today.
Specifications
- Award
- Diapason d'Or (French magazine Diapason), awarded December 2006
- Price
- $4,695
- Impedance ratio
- 933:1
- Turns ratio gain
- ~30:1, approximately 29dB gain
- Winding material
- High-quality copper wire
- Predecessor model
- Auditorium 23 Standard SUT, $975-995
- Intended cartridges
- Low-output, low-impedance moving-coil cartridges (e.g., Ortofon SPU variants, EMT-type pickups)
- Primary coil impedance
- ~3 ohms
- Secondary coil impedance
- 2.8k ohms
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