The original article is published in magazine Hi-Fi.ru
April 2011
Lev Sergeev

You can pay a certain sum for a product, but you can pay twice as much for it. Sometimes marketing specialists offer to purchase a nameplate, but those brands, which are nearer to the people, regard as of paramount importance not quick superprofit, but the trust and love of users – all the same it will be generously repaid.

If we had not known that the speaker system was kindly provided to us by the popular Sven brand, then according to its appearance it would be taken for some considerable and expensive shelf monitors manufactured by a pompous producer. Judge yourself: good MDF cases are splendidly decorated with dark thin veneer sheet, the facade is covered with black piano varnish. Two catchy emitters are placed on it – silk dome 25 mm tweeter, which as though is embedded in round, aluminum imitation, plastic megaphone, and contacting with it by its protuberant fringe the long-stroke MF/LF loudspeaker with 133 mm wattled polymer diaphragm akin to Kevlar. In the center of a woofer a bullet-shaped cooling and phase-equalizing body aimed bellicosely to a listener – such construction influences positively to the amplitude-frequency characteristic, minimizes distortions and considerably extends the directivity diagram. A special attention was given to the development of a high-quality crossover. However, let us come back and remind that it is the active speaker system, so it has a built-in power amplifier. In our case it is integrated in one speaker, and the second speaker is actually the passive one.

Let us name the main speaker as a control module. It has, as we have already said, the built-in power amplifier, which drives the system to the total 70 W, as well as a timbre unit, which can be controlled both from the front panel og the main speaker and using a small remote control.

Its switching section has two independent switched inputs and a pair of screw terminals for audio cables. A passive satellite has only audio cables. Round ports of phase inverters are located from below. So, a stereo signal from an external device (PC, player, gadget) comes to the main module, it is divided and amplified there and one channel comes to the passive speaker. There is no need to say that the speaker system is perfectly shielded and can be placed close to the monitor.

In regard to the direct purpose of Sven Royal 1R, then we can say nothing negative taking into account the assignment and price category – it has sheer positive emotions. The system can be controlled comfortably; it is unpretentious and practically omnivorous in genre sense. Most rhythmic, energetic musical compositions are playbacked with the ardour, asterix and even drive. We have liked very much quite deep and clear bass – declared 40 Hz in the passport are not fiction at all. MP3 files even with low bitrate acquire some vivacity – small plastic computer speakers are not able to improve the compressed signal in such a way. Lossless records and actually tracks on standard CD are playbacked more than properly approaching the stable Hi-Fi level. Sven Royal 1R speaker system also perfectly copes with the overload, and that extends the sphere of its application. Call guests, place speakers wider, connect iPod or CD walkman via analogue input – and the inflammatory party will be provided – 20 sq. m will be sounded with usury. And one advice – purchase Sven Royal 1R and arrange with your friends a party to drink to a good purchase!