_ Centauri 1706 Centauri is the wood of the Spirit orchestra. It has a solid Canaletto walnut frame and retains the grain and irregularities of this precious wood, which is an intense brown colour ranging from chocolate to golden and grey. This means that no two Centauri headphones are alike.

With the new Centauri 1706, we focused on finding a light but very rigid support plate for the planar driver that does not deform under the dynamic load of the powerful planar driver with N52 class neodymium magnets on both sides of the diaphragm. We have introduced a new composite material called Texalwood, which involves pouring epoxy resin into a panel of poplar plywood and two panels of Texalium (aluminium-loaded fibreglass). This new beam is designed to it houses the ventilation system of the VPS pad and the pressure equalization holes, so that the membrane can move with symmetrical resistance in both directions of movement. It is important to understand that the pad makes up 50% of headphone designs and cannot be easily adjusted from one design to another. Centauri is a large headphone that uses the company's proprietary Ventilation Pad system through a Outwardly curved trumpet can be used in place of the usual ventilation openings. Made of Alcantara and leather, the Centauri pad is large, leaving room for large ears and creating a listening space that creates an impressive soundstage. To maximize the dynamic performance of the planar headphone, which is the real Achilles' heel compared to traditional dynamic systems due to the limited range of motion of the planar diaphragm, we took advantage of the concept of inertial frame, which further optimizes the dynamic efficiency index of the system. To trigger the concept of inertial frame, it is necessary to achieve a minimum mass of the static parts of the headphone frame in order to provide adequate inertia when subjected to the thrusts determined by the accelerations of the planar driver membrane. This inert mass was achieved by using the technique of multi-layered wood system introduced in Mistral, which envisages a laminated wood structure, which allowed the selection of a compact and rigid walnut wood in this project.

Solid walnute frame / Wood milling and finishing / Pontives

Lined headband and ultra-fine nappa leather headband / Hand-stitched by master leatherworkers / Biella, Naples

Aluminium gimbal / Precision mechanics / Turin

Stainless steel frieze as thin as a sheet of paper / Chemically etched / Biella

Finishing plate in stainless steel / Chemically etched / Biella

Isodynamic planar driver Pad / Designed in the Usa, lined with Alcantara and nappa leather, finished by hand / Texas, Naples