{"id":5193,"date":"2026-04-21T17:56:54","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T15:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/?p=5193"},"modified":"2026-04-25T13:31:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T11:31:04","slug":"axpona-2026-o-audio-ymir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/en\/news\/axpona-2026-o-audio-ymir\/","title":{"rendered":"Axpona 2026: \u00d8 Audio Ymir"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The executives from the Norwegian company, who were visiting Paris (with their axe), had warned us: they had a new model even more powerful than the Verdande in warehouse for the 2026 Chicago audio show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, by reverting to a 12-inch mid-bass driver (like the Icon, compared to the 15-inch driver on the Verdande), the founders of \u00d8 Audio started from scratch with this new model. Of course, the Ymir retains the structure of a large driver for all frequencies below the treble, which is handled by a compression tweeter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the entire structure has been redesigned, featuring an Audio Q.V.S.T. waveguide that improves control and enables a consistent off-axis response, as well as more stable interaction with the listening space. The newly designed compression driver features a 76 mm carbon diaphragm. Beneath this, the 12-inch driver features a carbon fiber composite cone, with a damping core and a new ultra-linear motor system, ensuring very low distortion at all volume levels and across the entire audible frequency range.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Available in a dark or light finish, the Ymir incorporates a new circuit of three rear side ports. The 10 mm stainless steel front baffle also improves structural rigidity, resulting in a substantial weight of 120 kg per speaker. A new crossover maintains a sensitivity of 93.5 dB, with a nominal impedance of 8 ohms. We are still awaiting the price, which we already know will be higher than that of the Verdande, at 34 990 \u20ac per pair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1668\" height=\"868\" src=\"https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Ymir-Detail.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Ymir-Detail.jpg 1668w, https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Ymir-Detail-1280x666.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Ymir-Detail-980x510.jpg 980w, https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Ymir-Detail-480x250.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 1668px, 100vw\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Screenshot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The executives from the Norwegian company, who were visiting Paris (with their axe), had warned us: they had a new model even more powerful than the Verdande in warehouse for the 2026 Chicago audio show. However, by reverting to a 12-inch mid-bass driver (like the Icon, compared to the 15-inch driver on the Verdande), the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":5194,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5193"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5196,"href":"https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5193\/revisions\/5196"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}