CONCLUSION
Regardless of its pleasingly delicate dimensions, the Djinn Mini-TL inspires with an impressively mature sound. It scores with pronounced quiet listening quality, but isn't afraid to bang the drum properly. And with its high sensitivity and good-natured impedance behavior, it offers highly digestible fare even for amplifiers that are not very stable.
HEARING TEST
For the listening test, we only angled the speakers slightly so that the inside of the housing was visible from the listening position. The relatively low position of the tweeter proved to be unproblematic. In terms of sound, both versions, M-T,M according to D'Appolito and 2.5 paths, are close together as long as the listening distance is in the range of two to 2.5 meters. At greater distances, the D'Appolito construction has the edge, it then offers a more precisely focused room image. When the listening distance is particularly small, the hybrid of both constructions scores points, i.e. the chassis arrangement according to D'Appolito, but with the 2.5-way crossover. It is important that the low-midrange speaker is placed at the top and the woofer at the bottom.
In the low-frequency range, the Djinn Mini-TL mobilizes impressive reserves that cannot be explained solely by the doubling of the range of woofers: the transmission line sounds light and carefree.
It seems to penetrate effortlessly into tonal depths. The double bass appears authentic and voluminous and at the same time wonderfully clearly structured. The bass thump in the opening sequence of "H otel California" on the Eagles' live CD "Hell Freezes Over" resounds with a bone-dry explosion, pushing the listener deep into their seats. Volume is not a requirement here: the delicate speakers also finely resolve the music when listening quietly is the order of the day. Even then, the finest details remain effortlessly comprehensible. The low mechanical losses of the Tang-Band woofer pay off here, as does the Air Motion Transfqrmer principle of the tweeter. The well-structured fundamental range plays into the hands of deep voices: the impressive bass-baritone of Hans Theessink comes into its own here. And voices in higher pitches also use the convincing qualities of the loudspeakers to their advantage: they present the Scala Choir of the Kolatzny Brothers with wonderful clarity. The exemplary, natural-sounding mids are followed by a fine, detailed high-frequency range. The broom of the 0-Zone-Percussion Group sweeping across the cymbal (on the Manger listening test CD) reveals astonishingly varied structures, shimmering in all tones, with an impressive metallic timbre. The little air-motion transformer can be a real scraper when it's called for, such as with Vivaldi's Four Seasons on Original Instruments (Sonatori de Ia Gioiosa Marca).
The loudspeakers place the musical events on a spacious stage with convincing width, depth and close-up effects. The simultaneous expression of spatial depth and authentic solo voices is the strength of loudspeaker constructions according to D'Appolito. The prerequisite for this is a listening distance that is not too short: Below two meters, the wonderful depth effect is gradually lost. Here we prefer the 2.5-way principle, namely in the M-T-M arrangement.
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- Selected loudspeaker chassis
- Screws and cables
- high-quality crossover components (except subwoofer...)
- detailed blueprint for cabinet and crossover as PDF. download or paper.
- Bass reflex tube and insulation material (if required)
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