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Acoustic Energy AE520 Floorstanding Loudspeakers

REVIEW
Simon Lucas
Aug 11, 2021

As long as you have the physical space to accommodate them, there’s very little downside to Acoustic Energy AE520 ownership. They play no favourites where types of music are concerned – from full-on symphony orchestras to voice-and-guitar demos, they locate the fundamentals of a recording with real tenacity and are endlessly, easily listenable in the process. They’re as enjoyable and as information-packed at very low volumes, and they don’t get shouty or coarse when you turn the wick up – they simply get louder.

ACOUSTIC ENERGY AE520 FLOORSTANDING LOUDSPEAKERS

Winston Churchill once memorably described Clement Attlee as “a sheep in sheep’s clothing”. There’s not much that’s sheepish about the way these Acoustic Energys look, but neither are they as straightforwardly wolfish as they appear.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Type: three-way; bass reflex slot, floorstanding loudspeaker
Driver complement: 1 × 25mm carbon fibre dome tweeter; 2 × 1125mm carbon fibre midrange driver;
3 × 125mm carbon fibre bass driver
Frequency response: 30Hz–28kHz
Crossover frequency: 373Hz; 2.8kHz
Impedance: 6 Ohms nominal
Sensitivity: 90dB/W/m
Dimensions (H×W×D):
1130 × 185 × 320mm
Weight: 30kg/each
Finishes: Piano gloss white; piano gloss black; American walnut wood veneer
Price: £3,499 per pair