It's bi-amped so there's two amps for each channel, making a total of four.
I like the disco display!
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The SA-AK44 seems to be similar, if not identical, to the SC-AK44.
Specifications and operating manual available here:
SC-AK44 - PanasonicB2C
Specifications and operating manual available here:
SC-AK44 - PanasonicB2C
A 4 channel amp puts out equal power in four separate channels. At its most basic, a 4 channel amp can be used to power two pairs of full-range speakers.
Look at the specs of the SC-AK44 and you will see that it has a high power and low power amp (the bi-amp) in each channel - a different beast!
That's interesting. I had assumed they'd be the same as the Sony and yamaha speakers I've come across recently but there does seem to be some weight to them and they don't sound awful..............
Maybe slightly higher quality?
Tweeter is the usual affair.
The "midrange" is more of a wide ranger, they've actually put it in its own enclosure. It's got an odd chassis, closed at the bottom.
Woofer seems to have a slightly bigger magnet than some I've seen.
I find it interesting that such a "naff" cheap looking system should have drivers that are at least of the quality seen in other more "serious" looking speakers like the Sonys I played with a while ago, roughly of the same vintage too.
Not sure if I'd bother putting them into a bigger box but who knows?
Tweeter is the usual affair.
The "midrange" is more of a wide ranger, they've actually put it in its own enclosure. It's got an odd chassis, closed at the bottom.
Woofer seems to have a slightly bigger magnet than some I've seen.
I find it interesting that such a "naff" cheap looking system should have drivers that are at least of the quality seen in other more "serious" looking speakers like the Sonys I played with a while ago, roughly of the same vintage too.
Not sure if I'd bother putting them into a bigger box but who knows?
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Does the unit specify power consumption on the back? The power output claims are amusing, a bit like HT receivers claiming seven channels of 100 watts while consuming maybe 200 altogether. Drivers are definitely not junk. Is the woofer in a sealed enclosure? Looks to be built for some excursion.
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Power consumption is 185W.
The longer they sit here in front of me the more I'm tempted to put them in a better box.....................
Technically I am Irish too, although one further generation away, and being in Argentina I double your bet on "downunderness"
as any quick look at a map can show 
As a side note, we are way closer to Australia and New Zealand than to Europe or even USA ... something globe maps such as this one show but conventional (Mercator) ones hide.
Oh, according to Flat Earthers we are some 40000 kilometers away
and the not that long Buenos Aires to Auckland Polar flight is imposible
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Technically I am Irish too, although one further generation away, and being in Argentina I double your bet on "downunderness"
I know thanks to our tragic history many Irish moved to Argentina, funnily enough my cousin has married an Argentinian too
Surely the resonances contribute to the character of the sound!
Let it rip I say!
Haha! They don't sound too bad once you cancel out a lot of the junk equalization. Reasonably solidly made too. I may yet perform some surgery on them though! Cue manic laughter........
There was an interesting thread around here and someone had heavily braced and treated the plastic enclosure of their speaker, radically improved I think too?
You could try applying this sound damping sheet to all accessible internal surfaces of your plastic cabinets, thus suppressing wall vibrations and avoiding the need for radical surgery!
Sonic Barrier Lightweight Vinyl Sound Damping Sheet 10" x 13"
Sonic Barrier Lightweight Vinyl Sound Damping Sheet 10" x 13"
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