Energy Connoisseur Brochure

Introducing

a new form of energy

Energy's quest to engineer speaker systems that enable you to truly
experience sound has an extensive history.

Through decades of tireless research and development,
constant measurements and the accumulation of key technological
breakthroughs, Energy has achieved lifelike performance based
on three specific design goals:

1. Flat On-Axis Frequency Response with Wide Bandwidth – The

ability of a speaker to reproduce the entire audio range in a

uniform manner.

2. Wide and Constant Dispersion – Sound that radiates from the

speaker at all frequencies, ideally in an even pattern, in all

directions throughout the listening environment.

3. Low Distortion & Resonance – While no speaker system is totally
devoid of distortion, Energy achieves a significantly lower
distortion level, as much as 66% less than competitive products;
a clearly audible improvement.

While this Energy design philosophy hasn't changed in a quarter

century, our intensive research methodology and the available
technology and materials have steadily progressed, enabling Energy
to continue delivering on our mandate: To manufacture speaker
systems that achieve outstanding performance by adhering to our
three design criteria, regardless of the product’s price.

History

A Quarter Century of Performance

connoisseur HISTORY

22 Series

Connoisseur C-8

Veritas V2.8

connoisseur HISTORY

Energy 22 Reference Connoisseur – An early example of Energy's
Design Philosophy. The Energy 22 Reference Connoisseur was the
flagship speaker of the Energy 22 Series. What made it special when
it launched in 1982, was its technological innovations. It featured a
7" polypropylene woofer, with a hand stitched rubber surround,
and a 1" dual Hyperdome tweeter, the first tweeter in the world to
cross over at 1.8 kHz as opposed to the industry standard of 4 kHz.
It was a radically different speaker that not only exceeded Energy's
design and performance expectations, in blind listening tests, it
performed head and shoulders above anything else in its class,
proving that Energy's theories were correct. The American National
Bureau of Standards and the Canadian National Research Council
subsequently selected Energy 22 as their reference speaker.

Connoisseur Series – Launched in the mid-1990s, the Connoisseur
Series was another milestone release. The C Series as it was
affectionately known, had a look of its own, and incorporated

more Energy proprietary technological discoveries, including Spherex
baffles, a 3-Way Tapered Crossover and many others. This next
generation of Connoisseur had a very high performance to dollar
ratio and was incredibly well-received by critics and consumers alike.

New Connoisseur Series 2002 – Featuring many of the breakthrough
technologies found in the Energy Veritas Series, the new Connoisseur
Series enables serious music lovers to experience everything they
want in a speaker system – superior performance and aesthetics
at an affordable price. Not only is the entire Connoisseur Series
timbre matched, all models (except C-R1 and C-R3) are video
shielded. Consistent with the Energy Design Philosophy, the New
Connoisseur's components are specific to this elegant new evolution
from Energy, and were designed and manufactured to meet specific
design objectives.

The History Of Connoisseur