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Aequo Audio Shows the Ensium at Dutch Audio Event 2026

Aequo Audio brings the Ensium floorstander and its analog ARPEC room-tuning system to Room 8 at the Dutch Audio Event, 10-11 October

Marco Lisi by Marco Lisi
October 6, 2026
in News, Loudspeakers
Reading Time: 2 mins read
Aequo Audio Ensium loudspeaker on a theatre stage

The Aequo Audio Ensium floorstanding loudspeaker.

Aequo Audio brings the Ensium to the Dutch Audio Event 2026 (10-11 October, NH Koningshof, Veldhoven), where the Dutch nanotechnology specialist will demonstrate its bass-assisted three-way floorstander in Room 8. Aequo Audio Ensium is the bigger, more sensitive sibling of the brand’s Adamantis flagship, built around the same Diluvite Nanocast cabinet technology that first put Aequo Audio on the map at High End Munich 2025.

  • Aequo Audio Ensium’s Cabinet Turns Vibration Into Heat
  • ARPEC Tunes Bass to the Room Without Digital Signal Processing
  • Pricing and availability
  • Key specifications

Aequo Audio Ensium’s Cabinet Turns Vibration Into Heat

The core of Aequo Audio Ensium is its cast Nanocast-MMC cabinet, a proprietary nano-material that Aequo Audio says is twice as stiff as aluminium and offers ten times better damping, converting vibrations into heat evenly across the entire audible range, from 1Hz up to 100kHz. Because the shape is cast rather than built from panels, Aequo Audio was able to give Ensium the sharply curved, resonance-free enclosure that defines the brand’s loudspeakers, with eleven high-strength bolts holding the Nanocast-MMC shell and Nanocast-PMC inserts together.

Aequo Audio Ensium loudspeaker in a grand hall
The Ensium’s Diluvite Nanocast cabinet is cast from a resonance-damping nano-material.

ARPEC Tunes Bass to the Room Without Digital Signal Processing

Alongside the cabinet, Aequo Audio’s proprietary ARPEC (Analog Room Adjustment System) is the feature the brand is leaning on hardest at the Dutch Audio Event. ARPEC adds current to the incoming signal’s low-frequency content entirely in the analog domain, acting like a dedicated bass amplifier whose output is tuned with two stepless rotators on each cabinet — one for room size, from XXS to XXL, and one for placement, from a corner to free-standing. Aequo Audio says this keeps time and phase alignment intact in a way DSP-based room correction cannot, while still letting Aequo Audio Ensium adapt to difficult rooms within minutes.

Aequo Audio Ensium loudspeaker in a living room setting
The Ensium integrates into any room via the analog ARPEC system.

Driver-wise, Aequo Audio Ensium pairs its fully symmetric SF40 tweeter — equipped with the brand’s Enhanced Horizontal Dispersion Lens for a wide, holographic soundstage — with a 5-inch mineral-filled composite mid-bass driver and a 10.5-inch subwoofer with a mineral-coated alloy cone. Sensitivity is rated at 91dB at 8 ohms, with a quoted frequency range of 16Hz to 45kHz and a maximum linear output above 116dB, depending on ARPEC settings. At the show, Ensium will be driven by a system built around a Taiko Audio server, Playback Designs’ Dream series MPT-8 transport and MPD-8 DAC, and Westminster Lab’s Quest preamplifier and Rei monoblocks.

Pricing and availability

Aequo Audio has not published a retail price for Aequo Audio Ensium; as with the rest of the range, pricing is available on request through the brand’s dealer network. Full specifications and finish options are listed on Aequo Audio’s own Ensium product page. Visitors can hear the Rosewood-finish pair, along with the full demonstration system, in Room 8 at the Dutch Audio Event on 10 and 11 October.

Key specifications

  • Type: passive three-way, three-driver floorstanding loudspeaker with front reflex port
  • Size: 116 x 52 x 42cm (h x d x w), weight 129kg per speaker
  • Sensitivity: 91dB at 8 ohms nominal (minimum impedance 5 ohms)
  • Frequency range: 16Hz – 45kHz (-3dB in-room response)
  • Maximum output: typically above 116dB depending on ARPEC settings
  • Enclosure: Diluvite Nanocast-MMC with Nanocast-PMC inserts, eleven high-strength bolts
  • Tweeter: Aequo Audio SF40 with Enhanced Horizontal Dispersion Lens (EHDL)
  • Mid-bass: 5-inch mineral-filled composite driver; subwoofer: 10.5-inch mineral-coated alloy cone
  • LF assist: fully analog ARPEC room and placement adjustment, no DSP
  • Recommended amplifier power: minimum 10W/5W at 4/8 ohms, recommended above 30W
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Marco Lisi is the publisher of Best of High End, part of AV Concepts BV. His path into audio started early: as a teenager he was drawn into the world of free radio, presenting shows and living immersed in music every day. In his early twenties he ran his own production studio for five years, creating jingles and commercials — hands-on training in sound design, pro-audio workflows, and critical listening through studio monitors that still shapes how he evaluates gear today. He also spent years DJing in clubs before moving into publishing, first at two earlier online magazines before founding Best of High End. His hi-fi and home cinema passion was inherited from his father, an inveterate system-swapper. Marco's first setup — a confirmation gift — paired AKAI separates with entry-level Bowers & Wilkins speakers, a brand he stayed loyal to for years as his system grew from stereo into full surround and home cinema. Like many enthusiasts, he went through an extended "audiophile" phase chasing the next upgrade, before settling into a more grounded view: gear as a means to enjoy music and film, not an end in itself. Years of critical listening have given him a well-trained ear — the ability to characterize a system or pinpoint a change in the chain quickly and accurately. Just as important, his teaching background (a Belgian "regent" degree in Dutch language) gives him the tools to translate those listening impressions into clear, readable writing.

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