TACTIC DRIVE UNIT

Having secured a £250,000 DTi SMART Award from the government as part of the development of the Chimera loudspeaker, Wilson Benesch developed its own drive technology in the shape of the Tactic Drive Unit.

In the Square Three, two dedicated Tactic Drive Units give the loudspeaker a dedicated bass driver and a dedicated midrange driver. Each drive unit has been built to perform optimally for its designated function enhancing the performance of each driver significantly.

The blisteringly fast and dynamic Tactic Multi-role Drive Unit technology is manufactured entirely in house. The Tactic Drive Units at the heart of the Square Three, are highly optimised engineered components built to the exact requirements of the Square Series II.

SCANSPEAK TWEETER

Familiar from the Odyssey Range and the Wide Bandwidth Collection, the ScanSpeak Tweeter is a 25mm (1”) fabric-dome tweeter. The tweeter has been modified to a Wilson Benesch specification, featuring an improved magnet assembly and no ferrofluid.

ABR

At the rear of the Square Three cabinet, a unique, high energy loss diaphragm effectively deals with out of phase energy to improve dynamics and perfectly damp the exuberant capabilities of the world renowned Wilson Benesch Tactic drive unit. Absorbing energy produced by the midrange drive unit into a lossy structure and thus reducing the potential for resonance in the loudspeaker cabinet. Placed directly behind the midrange Tactic Drive Unit, the ABR also enhances the low frequency extension of the drive unit much like a port.

In a relatively compact design such as the Square Three, one advantage of the ABR, as opposed to a port, is the relative freedom that the ABR gives in terms of rear wall placement since the ABR does not load a nearby facing wall to the same degree that a port would. For owners with limited space in the listening room, this can be an important consideration.

PORT TUBES

The Square Three features two ports in the bottom surface of the cabinet that service the air volume enclosed in the chamber that houses the Tactic bass drive unit. The ports have been optimally tuned to suit the individual characteristics of the drive unit by specification of their length and diameter. The result is an extended bass frequency response.

CABINET CONSTRUCTION

With a dedicated midrange and bass Tactic Drive Unit, the Square Three packs considerable sonic punch. The division of drive units to dedicated sections of the frequency range creates a highly articulate presentation that will appeal discerning high end listeners. The character of the speaker is natural and balanced, with wide open imaging.

This character is borne from the Tactic Drive Units, however the use of a variety of technologies in the speaker cabinet achieve vanishingly low levels of noise and coloration, which allows the Tactic Drive Units to excel. The technologies at play include the carbon composite technologies, taken from the Geometry Series, and added to the Square Series II in the form of internal bracing.  In addtion, high and medium mass alloy pads, viscoelastically bonded to the cabinet walls, add critical mass damping.

HAND CRAFTED FINISHING

Each Square Three, like any Wilson Benesch product has been built by a team of highly trained craftsmen. The cabinet design, like the Tactic drive units at the heart of the Square Series II, is the result of a fastidious attention to detail and engineering excellence. It is the same team of engineers and craftsmen that are responsible for the Cardinal flagship and for this reason you can be sure that the Square Three is a true high end speaker system.

WHITE GLOSS

OAK SATIN

NATURAL CHERRY SATIN

ZEBRANO GLOSS

BIRDSEYE MAPLE GLOSS

RED BIRDS EYE GLOSS

RED TULIP GLOSS

BURR WALNUT GLOSS

WALNUT GLOSS

EBONISED WALNUT GLOSS