Audioengine A5N solid carbonized Bamboo vs. Sierra-1's

[hearing specialist]

I was looking thru a copy of Home Theater magazine which I love to get every month and saw Audioengine advertisement showing a pair of "Soild Carbonized Bamboo" model A5N pair of bookshelfs for $449. Wow!!!:eek: That's cheap I thought for a solid bamboo enclosure.

Comments or deeper explanation maybe showing the difference in Bamboo that they are offering vs. the Sierra-1's?

reference: April 2011 issue, page 16 at bottom of page.


Brian in Bakersfield...

[curtis]

The bamboo is only part of the equation. What they use may be similar to the the Sierra, but I see no explanation as to what they actually use or how it is constructed.

Their passive non-bamboo speaker is $249/pr.

[kma100]

I was looking thru a copy of Home Theater magazine which I love to get every month and saw Audioengine advertisement showing a pair of "Soild Carbonized Bamboo" model A5N pair of bookshelfs for $449. Wow!!!:eek: That's cheap I thought for a solid bamboo enclosure.

Comments or deeper explanation maybe showing the difference in Bamboo that they are offering vs. the Sierra-1's?

reference: April 2011 issue, page 16 at bottom of page.


Brian in Bakersfield...

Do a search in the forum. Something like this came up a few months ago.

[hearing specialist]

Thanks KMA, did it and came up with a post about their wireless adapter.

I do search before asking :D

[kma100]

Sorry. Wasn't trying to be rude. The reason I mentioned it was that someone asked the same question and I believe Dave F responded. It might have been on AVS Forum.

[hearing specialist]

I didn't take it as rude, no worries. We are all friends here:D

[davef]

I was looking thru a copy of Home Theater magazine which I love to get every month and saw Audioengine advertisement showing a pair of "Soild Carbonized Bamboo" model A5N pair of bookshelfs for $449. Wow!!!:eek: That's cheap I thought for a solid bamboo enclosure.

Comments or deeper explanation maybe showing the difference in Bamboo that they are offering vs. the Sierra-1's?

reference: April 2011 issue, page 16 at bottom of page.


Brian in Bakersfield...

I really don't know anything about this speaker -- what type of bamboo is used or how thick it is. There are many different thicknesses available -- we use 3/4".

The Sierra-1 has slightly over twice the surface area of the A5 (uses at least twice the amount of bamboo.) In addition, the A5 (bamboo) weighs only 9 pounds (the unit without the amp) -- our HTM-200 SE weighs more. The model with the amp built in (transformer and everything) still comes in at significantly less weight than our Sierra-1.

I suspect they are using 1/4" thick bamboo....