A Reference Desktop with a Powered Class D Bi-amplified Amp
Everything a desktop speaker should be. Creator. Gamer. Musician. ORA bridges the gap between computer speakers and studio monitors giving you studio-grade, audiophile-approved sound without dominating your space. ORA has modern inputs like USB-C to get the best sound from your PC or Mac, Bluetooth 5.0 to pair with your phone or smart home device, and RCA for your analog gear. Sporting a crossover that automatically sends bass to a connected subwoofer, you get flawless low-end integration freeing up the 3” woofers and ¾” silk dome tweeters to focus on what they do best. ORA is the perfect blend of reference-quality sound and modern features at a compact size to fit on your desktop.
We’ve designed many powered speakers, but ORA is our first active speaker. That means that each driver in the speaker is separately powered and tuned. Instead of a traditional amplifier design which splits the signal between the left and right channels, ORA is bi-amplified. This design splits the 50 W RMS class-D amplifier into four separate channels, sending 9 W to each tweeter and 16 W to each woofer.
A traditional crossover splits the high frequencies going to the tweeter and low frequencies going to the woofer with analog electrical components. ORA has full DSP (digital signal processing) on board to create its crossover points digitally. This allows us to control the frequency range being sent to each driver with more precision than a passive design.
DSP control also extends to the sub-out port which automatically filters out any frequencies below 100 Hz with a steep 24 dB/octave slope when a sub is connected. ***A complimentary high-pass filter frees up ORA’s 3” woofers to focus on midrange which reduces distortion and allows ORA to play louder and handle loud transients with greater precision.
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We recommend the S2 desktop stands for the best audio experience.
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