{"id":121449,"date":"2021-02-10T12:07:04","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T12:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=121449"},"modified":"2021-03-05T14:30:52","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T14:30:52","slug":"audel-nika-mkiii-third-generation-bookshelf-speaker-from-the-italians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/speakers\/audel-nika-mkiii-third-generation-bookshelf-speaker-from-the-italians\/","title":{"rendered":"Audel Nika MKIII: Third generation bookshelf speaker from the Italians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The third generation of the brand&#8217;s most famous loudspeakers continues to feature a full-range 3-inch aluminum-magnesium cone driver with Santoprene surround.<\/p>\n<p>According to the company, the signal for this speaker goes through a notch filter.\u00a0In addition, a labyrinthine acoustic design is responsible for the formation of sound, which can also be considered an elongated slotted phase inverter.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"big\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"big\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/e607b0e01f1569482ffa9e71afc3f986.jpg\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Its channel crosses the entire depth of the cabinet three times &#8211; with an exit on the front panel.\u00a0In order to keep the body as rigid as possible, it is glued from layers of birch veneer of variable geometry.\u00a0Audel called this solution a multiplex design.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"big\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"big\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/01f484e8ebc130cb85b1d6afe5041139.jpg\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>In the MKIII version, Nika speakers added 1 dB to the sensitivity, up to 87 dB.\u00a0With an internal volume of about 3 liters, these shelf units play in the 60 Hz to 20 kHz range.<\/p>\n<p>Optional grills and proprietary supports can be purchased for Nika MKIII.\u00a0They are said to be able to improve the sound without raising the speaker height too much.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"big\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"big\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/93625dbbd4ffcad14e7643e2066d78d7.jpg\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Another difference of the third version of Nika is the design.\u00a0This time, the front panel has received a rosehip root veneer &#8211; &#8220;wood of the aristocracy&#8221;, which has recently been used not so often.\u00a0The unique texture of the panel is hand-polished and finished with shellac, contrasting with the lighter layers of birch wood.<\/p>\n<p>In Europe, Audel Nika MKIII speakers cost 1,300 euros.\u00a0A set of supports will cost 400, and grills &#8211; another 130 euros.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The third generation of the brand&#8217;s most famous loudspeakers continues to feature a full-range 3-inch aluminum-magnesium cone driver with Santoprene surround. According to the company, the signal for this speaker goes through a notch filter.\u00a0In addition, a labyrinthine acoustic design is responsible for the formation of sound, which can also be considered an elongated slotted [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/speakers\/audel-nika-mkiii-third-generation-bookshelf-speaker-from-the-italians\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":121450,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[646],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-121449","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-speakers","8":"tag-news"},"acf":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121449\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}