bitwerk Speakers h1
Made to be seen. Built like a studio monitor.
Built to order
Made in small batches. Write to us or join the list for this device. We answer with the price, the lead time and the next batch. A deposit reserves your unit; nothing is binding before that.
Built like a studio monitor
Section titled “Built like a studio monitor”A studio monitor has one job: play what is on the recording, nothing added. The h1 is built on the same principles, and shaped so it can live in a room you care about.
- One point source. A coaxial driver plays the highs from the centre of the mids, so both arrive from one point and stay in step wherever you sit.
- Sealed. No port, so nothing chuffs and the bass stops when the music stops.
- A crossover in each pyramid. The passive crossover sits inside every enclosure, so a pair plays from any good amplifier.
- Tuned in your room, with the Home set. With the h1a amplifier, the DSP lines up pyramids and subwoofer in time and phase and corrects the room’s own bass modes.
Two ways to have it
Section titled “Two ways to have it”- h1, corner pair: two h1c pyramids for the upper corners, each with its crossover inside. Connect them to the amplifier you already own; nothing else is needed.
- h1 Home set: the pyramids with the h1a amplifier, and the h1w subwoofer as an addition. The h1a streams on its own, plays as a room of your bitwerk system, and is measured and tuned in the room it plays in.
Made for the corner
Section titled “Made for the corner”Each speaker is a three-sided pyramid, in two versions. The h1c is fixed in an upper corner on its brackets: its rear faces sit flush against the two walls and the ceiling, point down, and nothing stands out below. Where a corner is not free, the h1s stands on two thin rods on a steel plate, point up: a tall stand for the floor or a low one for a table or a shelf, with the wires inside the rods. The pyramid is the same in both.
The parts
Section titled “The parts”- The pyramid, h1: a SEAS Excel coaxial driver plays highs and mids from one point, in a sealed cabinet of birch multiplex with an aluminium front, its passive crossover inside. As the h1c in the corner or the h1s on its stand. Two thin wires per pyramid; nothing else on the wall.
- The subwoofer, h1w: a Purifi 10-inch driver, sealed, firing down behind a perforated steel plate, in a flat block that floats over a low frame of thin steel on elastomer pads. Punch, not boom.
- The amplifier, h1a (Home set): one box holds every amplifier channel and the DSP for the pyramids and the subwoofer. It plays music on its own from the network and the streaming services you use, and as a room of your bitwerk system with an s1 or a b1. Line and XLR inputs, a headphone output on the front.
Tuned to your room, with the Home set
Section titled “Tuned to your room, with the Home set”Every Home set is measured in the room it plays in, and the h1a’s DSP is tuned to it: the crossover between pyramids and subwoofer, time and phase, and the room’s own bass modes. Then the set is protected against itself: limiters keep every driver below its limits, at any level.
Cover, on request
Section titled “Cover, on request”A metal cover in front of each pyramid hides it in the room, in black or aluminium, or a fabric cover in a colour of your choice. Its effect on the sound is measured before it ships.
The set, estimated
Section titled “The set, estimated”| Corner pair | 2 pyramids h1c, each with its passive crossover; for any amplifier |
|---|---|
| Home set | 2 pyramids h1 and the amplifier h1a; the subwoofer h1w as an addition |
| Placement | h1c: in the upper room corner, on corner brackets; h1s: on a tall stand for the floor or a low one for a table or shelf |
| Pyramid h1 | SEAS Excel C16NX001, 5.25” coaxial; sealed, about 4.3 l; passive crossover at about 2.5–3 kHz; edge 400 mm, about 8 kg |
| Subwoofer h1w | Purifi PTT10.0X04, 10”; sealed, about 55–60 l; down-firing; on elastomer pads |
| Range | the pyramids alone to about 90 Hz; with the h1w to about 25 Hz |
| Crossover to the subwoofer | about 100–120 Hz, aligned in time and phase (Home set) |
| Level | about 100 dB continuous, 105 dB peaks, at the centre of a 6 × 5 m room; with a second set in the other two corners about 103 and 107 dB |
| Amplifier h1a | every channel and the DSP in one box; line and XLR inputs, headphone output on the front, Ethernet; streams on its own |
Estimates from the drivers’ published data and a simulation. Every Home set ships with its own measurement from your room.
The range
- s1 Streamer: One block. One knob. Nothing left out. · Built to order
- h1 Speakers: Made to be seen. Built like a studio monitor. · Built to order
- m1 Mini: One room. One box. No screen. No dust. · In design
- c1 Desk controller: Control over your music and your system. · In design
- b1 Base: Every album you own. Out of sight. · In design
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