The New AXJET Pro

AT LAST! Hear your music the way you imagined it. The ultimate playback monitor… from rock to classical, loud or soft, point-source, full-range, flat response, no x-over, no distortion, incredibly fast transient dynamics and breathtakingly realistic.

THE MUSICIAN'S SPEAKER! From AX Horn Loudspeakers.

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Engulfing the lucky listener in an amphitheatre of sound.

 

This is not just hifi this is forty years of research into horn technology and rewriting the rule book. No crossovers. Acoustic bliss. Attention to detail. Precision engineered by hand in Wales and custom made to order.

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SPECIFICATIONS

AXJET (v3)

Acoustic design:
Full-range hyperbolic-exponential compound horn, front loaded with “afterburner” and phase aligned rear bass loading.
Drive unit:
AER BD2B(AX) full range.
Power:
nominal 50W… actual requirement 10-20W
SPL:
better than 100dB/W/m
Impedance:
6 ohms
Frequency range:
70hz-20khz
Connections:
Internally: Atlas Hyper 3.5mm OFC speaker cable in pressure tight flexible conduit.
Externally: Vitavox VX-4 gold-plated copper 4mm binding posts.
Neutrik Speakon STX, 1+1- parallel AER.
Supplied with:
5m x 3.5mm OFC speaker cables terminated in copper 4mm plugs or spades.
10M x 4.0mm Kelsey OFC speaker cables terminated in Neutrik Speakons.
4Mm banana plug to Neutrik Speakon adaptor.
Fleece lined, breathable weather resistant “jacket”.
Construction:
Glass reinforced (GRC) in fibreglass (GRP) shell with PU foams. Marine grade 316 stainless steel backplate, castor spigots, bushes and fixings throughout.
Spun aluminium “afterburner” with carbon fibre backing in GRP cone with machined acrylic annular centre.
Shepherd chrome ball castors.
Finish:
Aerospace super-gloss scratch resistant lacquer in any RAL colour.
Position:
Not critical, indoor or outdoor, just maintain line of sight to centre of “afterburner”.
Weight:
60kg
Depth:
710mm
Width:
930mm
Height:
1320mm
Shipping weight:
120kg in pro flight-case.
Flight-case depth:
780mm
Flight-case width:
1000mm
Fight-case height:
1500mm
RRP:
55,000 £ sterling plus taxes and shipping.
(Free delivery and install in UK and near Europe.)

AXsuperjet

Acoustic design:
Full-range hyperbolic-exponential compound horn, front loaded with “afterburner” and phase aligned rear bass loading from coaxial compression chamber.
Drive unit:
AER BD4B(AX) full range.
Power:
nominal 50W… actual requirement 10-20W
SPL:
better than 106dB/W/m
Impedance:
6ohm
Frequency range:
60Hz-20kHz
Connections:
Internally: Atlas Ascent 3.5mm OCC speaker cable in pressure tight flexible conduit.
Externally: Mundorf M-Connect Evo gold-plated pure copper 4mm binding posts.
Neutrik Speakon STX, 1+1- parallel AER.
Supplied with:
5m x 3.5mm OCC speaker cables terminated in copper 4mm plugs or spades.
10M x 4.0mm Kelsey OFC speaker cables terminated in Neutrik Speakons.
4Mm banana plug to Neutrik Speakon adaptor.
Fleece lined, breathable weather resistant “jacket”.
Pack-down, stackable, full flight-case.
Construction:
Glass reinforced (GRC) in fibreglass (GRP) shell with PU foams. Marine grade 316 stainless steel backplate, castor spigots, bushes and fixings throughout.
Spun aluminium “afterburner” with carbon fibre backing in GRP cone with machined acrylic annular centre.
Shepherd chrome ball castors.
Finish:
Aerospace super-gloss scratch resistant lacquer in any RAL colour.
Position:
Not critical, indoor or outdoor, just maintain line of sight to centre of “afterburner”.
Weight:
65kg
Depth:
710mm
Width:
930mm
Height:
1320mm
Shipping weight:
125kg in pro flight-case.
Flight-case depth:
780mm
Flight-case width:
1000mm
Fight-case height:
1500mm
RRP:
65,000 £ sterling plus taxes and shipping.
(Free delivery and install in UK and near Europe.)

AXJET Pro

Acoustic design:
AXsuperjet full range compound horn with integrated bass tapped horn co-entrant into main rear horn. SB bass powered by integral sub class D plate amplifier.
Drive unit:
AER BD4B(AX) full range.
Power:
nominal 50W… actual requirement 10-20W
SPL:
better than 106dB/W/m
Impedance:
6ohm
Base Driver:
SB shallow magnet, aluminium cone 250mm
Power:
nominal 300W …actual requirement under 150W
SPL:
88dB/W/m
Impedance:
6ohm
Frequency range:
30Hz to 20kHz
Connections:
Internally: Atlas Hyper 3.5mm OFC speaker cable in pressure tight flexible conduit.
Externally: Mundorf M-Connect Evo gold-plated pure copper 4mm binding posts.
Neutrik Speakon STX, 1+1- parallel AER, 2+2- SB bass driver.
Supplied with:
5m x 3.5mm OFC speaker cables terminated in copper 4mm plugs or spades.
2 sets of 10M x 4.0mm Kelsey OFC speaker cables terminated in Neutrik Speakons.
4 core 4mm bass link terminated in Neutrik Speakons.
4mm banana plug to Neutrik Speakon adaptor.
5m Kelsey power lead with Neutrik Powercon line socket and appropriate plug.
Fleece lined, breathable weather resistant “jacket”.
Pack-down, stackable, full flight-case.
Construction:
Glass reinforced (GRC) in fibreglass (GRP) shell with PU foams. Marine grade 316 stainless steel backplate, castor spigots, bushes and fixings throughout.
Spun aluminium “afterburner” with carbon fibre backing in GRP cone with machined acrylic annular centre.
Shepherd chrome ball castors.
Finish:
Aerospace super-gloss scratch resistant lacquer in any RAL colour.
Position:
Not critical, indoor or outdoor, just maintain line of sight to centre of “afterburner”.
Weight:
75kg
Depth:
710mm
Width:
930mm
Height:
1320mm
Shipping weight:
135kg in pro flight-case.
Flight-case depth:
780mm
Flight-case width:
1000mm
Fight-case height:
1500mm
RRP:
85,000 £ sterling plus taxes and shipping.
(Free delivery and install in UK and near Europe.)

ABOUT US

We are a small family run business started in rural Wales UK 40 years ago by Fred Davies, who has been designing and manufacturing concrete horn speakers his whole life. We have made many things from built-in audio room radiators to the pedal powered PA at Glastonbury. We have been kept busy on our work with moulds and castings and have made many OEM products for hi-fi, PA and other fields. Fred’s background in construction, design and years of experience in casting techniques with cement and plastics, along with our craft and skill with largely hand-made products has given us the opportunity to develop a revolutionary loudspeaker.

We first introduced a free-standing AXJET in 1992. In the last ten years we have developed the new AXJET and the recent AX SUPERJET to the point where they are performing in the audiophile domain of pure sonic reproduction whilst having PA levels of power, making them incredibly versatile. Our aspirations to achieve a near perfect point-source, single driver, compound horn speaker are now vindicated after many years of toil!

1970/71

Fred hears PA horns being used instead of standard WEM column speakers and recognises the superior sound. Witnesses prototypes of early Turbosound systems at Glastonbury and Community horns as used by The Grateful Dead.

1972

Discovered seminal series of articles in Wireless World by Jack Dinsdale on origins and design of horn loudspeakers.

1977

Moved back to Wales and began work on making a home in a barn conversion. Built concrete in-wall underfloor bass horns into the lounge. Compound Lowther driven Dinsdale/Balldock inspired design

1986

AX Horn Loudspeakers started with concept of marketing built in speakers for luxury homes. Great interest and coverage in New Hifi Sound and Arab Construction magazines.

1988

Develop AX Z-stands in polymer concrete.
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1989

Show AX Z-stands at Hifi News Show in London.

1990

Manufacture Landmark stands for Ensemble Switzerland.

1991

Produce the AX garden system using Jordan and Bandor aluminium drivers. Demo system to Audio Technice CEO.

1992

AX garden system featured in Hif Choice. Development of first AXJET starts

1993

AX Blacktak used as a giveaway on major hifi magazine. Development of AX Delta stands. Make OEM satellite sub-woofer system for Bruce Rae

1994

AXJET at Hifi News show in Penta Hotel Heathrow. Start making the pedal power AX horn system for Green Futures field at Glastonbury Festival.

1995

Run Rainbow Dragon Stage sound system with Green Futures and a Chill-out Dome with Michael Dog using four original AXJETS

1996-1998

Continue dance and chill-out venues at Glastonbury and other events doing both sound and light as SPACE. Glastonbury culminates in running Greepeace field round the clock despite dreadfull rain and mud.

1998- 2011

AX takes a break while SPACE does a series of events at festivals all over the country using AX sound and SPACE lighting.

2010

Arwen takes Fred to the Hifi Show at Whittlebury to check the state of the market. Meeting up with old colleagues inspires the redevelopment of AX Horn Loudspeakers and a new AXJET.

2011

New AXJET designed and early prototype shown at Whittlebury.

2012

Roller-coaster ride of development and funding to perfect the AXJET. Develop a very good relationship with Filip Keller at AER and ally our design concepts for single driver piont source compound horns.

2013

AXJET v1 in Stuttgart with AER.

2014

AXJET v2 in Stuttgart at the Winebar and in Aachen with early customer. Use new AXJETS as main PA with AX Bass-stage at Dogs-in-Space, Solfest Cumbria.

2015

Begin design on AX Superjet. ​

2016

Brexit depression!

2017

AX Superjet functioning and at last we have substantial bass and improvements on the Afterburner and the new BD4 driver from AER. Develop AXJET v3 to have some of the bass properties of the AX Superjet. Showed AXJET v2 at Horrowgate Hifi Show

2018

Finalising the production details ready to start marketing the products in earnest!

2019

Showed the AX Superjet with AER at Munich High End to good reviews.

2020

Covid hiatus! New flat surround AER BD4B driver developed by Filip Keller gives even better SPL and bass.

2021

Develop AXJETpro with integrated tapped horn in the mouth of the rear horn. 250Mm SB aluminium driver with built in sub-amp gives us the elusive bottom octave from 70hz down below 30hz.

2022

R&D done for now! Launch AXJETpro on the music listening world!

We want to share this development with fellow enthusiasts, worldwide. From individual music lovers to performers and audio professionals, we can provide something extraordinary.

The AXJET fulfils the dreams of the pioneers of hi-fi audio in the first half of the 20th century.

Fred Davies Interviewed by John Bamford
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CONTACT US

Fred Davies: +44 (0) 1267 241 976
Arwen Lehmann-Davies: +44 (0) 7803 044 855​

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Hatchy Hill, Llanybri, Carmarthen, Wales, UK. SA33 5HH