Below is a description from "soundberry" which is much better than I can do. All I can add is that they are solid cherry and truly furniture quality. They are quite pretty and petite BUT will fill a medium size room nicely and give a solid musical performance. I would rate them as 8/10. One of the clips on the speaker cover ( silk I think ) is broken off but still fits perfectly. Also there is a small nick on one the sides that could have been there from my original purchase. It is barely noticeable. All offers will be considered."The Super Pavarotti is a “twin asymmetrical cavity loaded”, compact, floor-standing design, geared for use in hi-fi and home theatre systems (it is video-shielded). Like other models from the company, solid hardwood is used for the cabinet, and the construction is indeed furniture-like, in the most eclectic sense.
Opera says the solid cabinet panels reaffirm structural integrity, and along with careful internal bracing, eliminate resonance from within. The rounded edges of the cabinet mean less diffraction.
There’s a flared port underneath the cabinet, which means the speaker has to rest on the provided hardwood plinth, which is mounted on solid brass cones – also available is a 3cm marble stand plinth.
Opera doesn’t specify the make of the transducers, which are two 110mm bass-mid cones and a single 19mm tweeter – yes, this is a three-way design, with crossover points at 100Hz and 2.3kHz. Frequency range is quoted at 50Hz-20kHz, but I doubt usable bass, with the speakers well out into the room, goes lower than 60-65Hz.
The Super Pavarotti’s handling power is quoted at a modest 60W max, but Opera says valve amps of 12W output onwards and others rated between 30W and 80W should be suitable to drive the four-ohm load. Sensitivity is not given.
There’s no bi-wiring facility, but the given gold-plated terminals are of industrial bearing, keeping in line with the quality of parts and build that’s obvious elsewhere across the speaker.
Weighing in at 22kg and measuring 14 x 95 x 18cm (w/h/d), the Super Pavarotti has to be the most diminutive floorstander to have graced my listening room.
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