Our flagship HD6-BLK premium powered speakers are a complete home music system with bold stereo sound that fills any room. Wired or wireless connections, including digital optical from your TV, aptX-HD Bluetooth from your phone, or good old analog from that vintage turntable or 80’s Sony tape deck.
- 2-Speaker Stereo
- Extended-Range Wireless aptX-HD Bluetooth
- Remote Control
- Silk Tweeters & Aramid Fiber Woofers
- Subwoofer Output
GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS | |
Type | Powered Bluetooth aptX HD speaker system |
Amplifier Type | Class AB |
Power Output | 150 W peak power total (50 W RMS / 75 W peak per channel), AES |
Drivers |
5.5″ aramid fiber woofers
1″ silk dome tweeters |
Inputs | 3.5 mm stereo mini-jack, RCA L/R, digital optical (SPDIF,) Bluetooth aptX |
Outputs | RCA variable line-out |
Input Voltages | 115/240 V, 50/60 Hz manually switchable |
SNR | >95 dB (typical A-weighted) |
THD+N | <0.05% at all power settings |
Crosstalk | <50 dB |
Frequency Response | 50 Hz-22 kHz ±1.5 dB |
Analog Input Impedence | 48K ohms unbalanced (mini-jack and RCA inputs) |
Protection | Output current limiting, thermal over-temperature, power on/off transient protection, replaceable external main fuse |
Power Consumption |
Idle: 10 W Mute: 6 W Sleep: 4 W |
BLUETOOTH SPECIFICATIONS | |
Internal D/A Converter | AKM AK4396 |
Input Bit Depth | 24 bit (padded) |
Bluetooth Receiver Type | Bluetooth 5.0 |
Supported Codecs | aptX HD, aptX, AAC, SBC |
Wireless Operation Range | Up to 100 ft (30 m) typical |
Input Data Rate | Determined by Bluetooth |
Wireless Latency | ~30 milliseconds (ms) |
OPTICAL SPECIFICATIONS | |
Internal D/A converter | AKM AK4396 |
Input Bit Depth | up to 24 bit native |
Input Data Rate | up to 192 kHz native |
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES | |
Dimensions (HWD) |
Left speaker (active) Dimensions: 11.75″ (30 cm) x 7.25″ (18.5 cm) x 10″ (25 cm) Right speaker (passive) Dimensions: 11.75″ (30 cm) x 7.25″ (18.5 cm) x 10″ (25 cm) |
Weight |
Left (active) – 17.5 lb (8 kg) Right (passive) – 12.5 lb (5.5 kg) |
Total Shipping Weight | 33.5 lb (15 kg) |
Shipping Box Dimensions (LWH) | 20″ (51 cm) x 15″ (38 cm) x 17″ (43 cm) |
ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS |
Operating temperature: 32 degrees F to 95 degrees F Non-operating temperature: -4 degrees F to 113 degrees F Relative humidity: 5% to 95% non-condensing |
MATERIALS AND CONSTRUCTION |
0.7″ (18 mm) thick MDF cabinets with real wood veneer 1″ (26 mm) silk dome tweeters with neodymium magnets 5.5″ (140 mm) aramid fiber woofers with advanced voice coils |
CABINETS | To minimize unwanted resonances and distortion, Audioengine cabinets have thick high-resin MDF walls with extensive internal bracing. Heavy internal sound-damping material is used to reduce unwanted sound reflections inside the cabinet. All cabinet edges are rounded which look great and reduce high-frequency diffraction effects on the front baffles. The HD6 cabinet contains tuned, rear-port slots. |
FURNITURE GRADE FINISHES | HD6 cabinets are available in several handsome finishes, including walnut and cherry veneers as well as satin black and high-gloss white paint, offering a myriad of options for complementing room furnishings. Also included are detachable grills that add further aesthetic advantages as they are firmly held in place with hidden neodymium magnets for a clean look. |
CUSTOM COMPONENTS | Audioengine designs and manufactures our own tweeters, woofers, and other critical components. In other words, these are not “box built” speakers with off-the-shelf parts but custom-designed to our specifications. What we do not fabricate directly in our factory we have made to our designs (parts such as transformers, magnets, and wiring harnesses, for example). The cabinets, drivers, bass port designs, amplifiers, and crossovers are all painstakingly tuned together for each Audioengine model. This, in turn, makes for a much more efficient system that requires much less power than passive speakers and a separate integrated amplifier or similar A/V components. |
BASED ON STUDIO MONITOR DESIGNS | Studio monitor speakers are used by producers and engineers in recording and production studios. They are designed with a theoretical flat frequency response which allows the engineer to create a final mix in such a way that the recorded music will sound good on most other speakers. Although Audioengine speakers are not designed to be up-close “nearfield” studio monitors, we do carry over much of the same higher-end technology, components, and design philosophy for all Audioengine speaker systems. |
EFFICIENT INTEGRATED DESIGN | The speaker cabinets, drivers, innovative bass port designs, amplifiers, and passive crossovers are all critically tuned together for each Audioengine model. This, in turn, makes for a much more efficient system that requires less power than passive speakers and a separate integrated amplifier or similar A/V components. We build all this goodness into the left speaker cabinet to make it super-easy to connect your smartphone, tablet, computer, TV, network player or any other audio product. |
HIGH-QUALITY BLUETOOTH AUDIO |
The Bluetooth built into the HD6 powered speakers features aptX HD coding which is an advanced Bluetooth audio codec with very impressive sound. And even if your phone or tablet does not have aptX HD, the HD6 Bluetooth
solution is backwards-compatible with SBC and AAC codecs, as well as standard aptX, so you can wirelessly stream music from any Bluetooth-enabled device and still enjoy all your music. High-fidelity Bluetooth aptX HD that
really works and sounds great. Here is why:
Extended-range wireless.
24 bit DAC |
AMPLIFIER DESIGN | The amplifiers in powered Audioengine speakers are located in the left speaker and are a conservatively-rated class A/B analog monoblock design. This is a more traditional speaker/amplifier marriage which provides excellent quality audio and greater flexibility. All circuit boards for the power and preamp sections are vertically mounted for maximum mechanical shock protection. |
DRIVER DESIGNS | Audioengine uses audiophile-quality, ferrofluid-cooled silk dome tweeters with neodymium magnets. Silk tweeters hold up well under high power and the edge-driven design gives very smooth response. The woofers are aramid fiber woven glass composite with rubber surrounds. Aramid fiber is obviously very strong, which means the woofer retains its shape when being driven at high levels. The HD6 woofers are housed in cast aluminum frames which provide high rigidity and increased heat dispersion. |
POWER TRANSFORMERS | Power transformers are critical to high-quality audio performance, especially in the low-end and again, no off-the-shelf parts. Audioengine uses gapless core toroidal transformers which have a tighter radiated magnetic field, translating to lower noise. They are lighter than standard, lower-cost transformers and also generate less heat. |
SHIELDING | Both drivers are directly video shielded and allow the user to place the speakers within a few inches of a video monitor. This shielding also offers protection for hard-drive digital music players. |