The Flow of Music
NEW: Driade Premium Model 9
The Ultimate Monitor Speaker
We are proud to present the new Driade Model 9.
This compact monitor speaker, developed after intensive simulations and prototyping, is easy to drive and delivers powerful performance with deep, accurate bass.
Thanks to its stunning midrange, natural vocal reproduction, and detailed, spacious soundstage, the Model 9 offers an exceptional listening experience.
The Driade Premium Model 9 monitor loudspeaker:
USA premier by David Abramson
“Concluding, the Driade Premium Model 9 is the most self-effacingly neutral transducer I’ve ever owned or used. How it manages to be so utterly pure and neutral without any hardness or sterility to the sound is beyond me, and therein lies its special magic.
To wit, an audio friend of mine recently heard the Driades in my home as fronted by the Grimm MU2/Pass XA 25 setup, and after a few tracks during which he sat silently, presumably in disbelief, exclaimed, “C’mon, David—that’s it. You’re done! Enough messing about with gear; these are phenomenal!“”
David Abramson
stereotimes.com
Review Driade Premium Model 9
“The atmosphere these small giants create with the Soulnote A-2 in my living room is impressive. Vocals are displayed with excellent separation, authority, articulation and emotion. Piano and string instruments have the right weight to it and all their imperfections are perfectly captured. What a tremendously good performing pair of monitors”
Harro Tillema
HIFI.NL
Driade Premium Model 9
“Were we truly listening to those small monitors? Judging from the bass precision and -depth, resolution, and soundstage, it sure did not seem like it”
“The surprises kept coming as I played other tracks. Some more Bliss stuff, Patrick O’Hearn, Coen Bais, and Michel Godard. Oh, boy, it all sounded very good. The bass, too, was unreasonably great, especially given the tiny driver and small enclosure.”
Christiaan Punter
hifi-advice.com
Live Multitest – Driade Model 2
“WOW! That’s impressive! I seriously have goosebumps Far out the best out of the test”
Jaap Veenstra
ALPHA AUDIO
Pleasing to ear and eye alike,
Driade loudspeakers strike a harmonic chord.
With a rich palette of veneer woods or satin lacquer schemes there is always a Driade loudspeaker to suit your personal taste.
And then – the incomparable Driade sound! Finely detailed yet robust, with gossamer highs and deep lows, the Driade loudspeakers’ musical qualities will soothe as well as invigorate you. While, as if by magic, the performing artists materialize seemingly, as it were, in your very listening room.
Driade Premium Series
Bold and provocative, the timeless classic Driade shape has returned!
Redesigned in state-of-the-art high tech style, proudly bearing the authentic Arnold Heres signature.
Thorough research, dedicated to achieving the ultimate in listening pleasure, resulted in a new musical dimension.
The new Driade loudspeakers stand for natural sound, pace & rhythm and revived joy in music!
Premium Reviews
FLOW COPPER G
Loudspeaker connector
Low Mass and Maximum Contact is a necessity in the development of our cables as is a new design. We are allergic to connectors with high mass because of eddy currents. Our connectors, for example the Flow Copper G and the RCA and XLR plugs, have a minimal conducting mass and a maximum contact surface.
Flow Cables
A UNIQUE APPROACH
The music flows uniform, the stage has more depth with more space between the instruments. The bass and the mid-bass are more natural and defined and have slam and attack. The total resolution and information is on a higher level and this without any grain, rough edges or harshness.
We develop superb audio cables by undertaking a unique approach!
A unique Philosophy
The slender silhouette of the Driade loudspeakers belies its sturdiness and structural integrity. Internal bracing and lock-jointed and bonded 20mm both sides veneered MDF panelling make for monolithic strength and rigidity.
The utmost in technically advanced transducers, innovative cross-over circuitry for tight seamless frequency, impulse and phase control, provide for unequalled music reproduction and the ultimate in listening pleasure.
A premium performance indeed!
The shape of sound to come
The art of music reproduction, -transmission and -transcription has changed radically in an astonishing short period of time. Radically, and irreversible. In the past decennium, streaming, Bluetooth and stand-alone wireless have become household names. However, traditional means of music reproduction, such as the record player, have not altogether been dismissed. On the contrary: analogue music reproduction has gained new interest.