Напольная акустика — Legacy Audio Classic HD

The Classic HD is a passive floorstanding tower from Legacy Audio, the loudspeaker maker based in Springfield, Illinois, which describes it as traditional speaker design with modern flexibility and intends it for both music systems and home theater front channels. Legacy lists the pair at USD 8,000 to 9,000 depending on finish, and an A-Stock version is available as well. Legacy calls it an efficient, wide range tower with high SPL capability.

Key specs that matter

Driver count is four, in a three-way arrangement. A 1 inch dual pole AMT ribbon covers the top octaves, a 7 inch graphene filled carbon fiber midwoofer takes the middle band, and two 8 inch Silver/Graphite woofers with woven diaphragms, cast baskets and phase compensation plugs handle the bass. Crossover points are 450 Hz and 3.5 kHz. The published response runs from 32 Hz to 30 kHz within 2 dB, with 4 ohm impedance and a 94 dB sensitivity at 2.83 V, measured in room. Legacy recommends 20 W or more of amplification. Each cabinet is 112 cm tall, 27 cm wide and 33 cm deep and weighs 38 kg net, or 55 kg in its carton.

Engineering and use context

Bass loading follows an assisted B6 alignment vented through a pair of rear ports. Beneath the veneer lies rigid MDF held together with interlocking joinery, and all exposed surfaces are veneered and hand-rubbed several times. Heavy duty toggle switches on the terminal plate provide treble and bass trim - in the up position both are nominally flat, the treble trim takes 2 dB off at 10 kHz, and the bass trim removes 2 dB at 60 Hz while raising impedance for budget receivers. The towers arrive with threaded adapters and rubber cone feet fitted, and the thread is M12 x 1.25 mm for owners who choose aftermarket feet. Each unit ships in a double-wall carton with V-board corner protectors, foam end caps and a custom bag. Colour options cover four standard finishes, four upgraded ones including rosewood and walnut, and custom colours on request, backed by a seven-year warranty on materials and workmanship.

Pairing

Gold five-way terminals are arranged in an upper and a lower pair, the upper feeding the upper section and the lower row the woofers, bridged by factory jumper bars for use with one amplifier channel. With the bars removed the tower can be bi-wired from a single stereo amplifier or passively bi-amped with two amplifiers, one per section.

Alternatives

The Legacy Focus SE is a larger passive tower in the range, a six-driver four-way design with a Dual Air Motion Tweeter System and two 12 inch woofers.