Discovering the Pure Sound of OePhi: Danish Excellence Now at Martins Hi-Fi
At Martins Hi-Fi, we're thrilled to announce that we're now stocking the complete range of OePhi loudspeakers – from their exceptional bookshelf models to their impressive floorstanding towers. This Danish brand represents something truly special in the world of high-fidelity audio, and we're excited to share why these speakers are creating such a stir amongst discerning music lovers.
The OePhi Philosophy: Uncompromising Musical Truth
Founded by Danish engineer Joakim Juhl, OePhi Acoustics has built its reputation on a simple yet profound principle: delivering pure, uncoloured sound that preserves the original musical message without adding distortion or removing information. With over 25 years of experience informing every design decision, OePhi speakers are crafted to offer what they call "honest-sounding" reproduction that lets you hear deep into the music whilst maintaining impeccable timing and musical insight.
The company's approach centres on minimising distortion and preserving original musical details, ensuring that what you hear is as close as possible to the artist's original intent. It's this dedication to musical veracity that sets OePhi apart in an increasingly crowded marketplace.
The Complete OePhi Range: From Ascendance to Immanence
Ascendance Series: Your Gateway to High-End Audio
The Ascendance range serves as OePhi's entry-level offering, though "entry-level" hardly does justice to their remarkable performance. These speakers feature heavily modified mid-bass drivers manufactured by SEAS in Norway, paired with OePhi's in-house developed tweeter. Despite being the most affordable in the lineup, Ascendance speakers incorporate high-quality crossover components typically found in much more expensive models.
The Ascendance 2 standmount speaker exemplifies this approach, delivering natural tone and exceptional imaging in a compact package that's perfect for smaller listening spaces. For those seeking more scale, the Ascendance 2.5 floorstanding model features a pair of those modified SEAS drivers, offering fuller bass extension whilst maintaining the same engaging character that makes the range so appealing.
What sets the Ascendance series apart is its ability to deliver genuine high-end performance at an accessible price point. These speakers are designed with the same attention to time-domain precision as OePhi's flagship models, resulting in speakers that are fast, musical, and deliver excellent timing – qualities that make them ideal for newcomers to high-fidelity audio or those seeking maximum value from their investment.
Transcendence Series: Near-Reference Performance
Stepping up to the Transcendence range represents a significant leap in performance. These speakers feature the advanced PURIFI woofer – widely regarded as one of the most sophisticated midwoofers available – paired with OePhi's highly optimised dome tweeter. The result is exceptional clarity, dynamics, and tonal accuracy that rivals speakers at much higher price points.
The Transcendence 2 standmount has garnered multiple awards and rave reviews for its compelling timing and remarkable coherence. As one reviewer noted, these speakers offer "immediacy incarnate" with an uncanny ability to convey the emotional content of recordings. They're particularly impressive with vocal music, where their transparency allows you to feel what the artist feels.
For those seeking the full-range experience, the Transcendance 2.5 floorstanding model extends the performance with greater bass authority and scale, making it perfect for larger rooms or those who prefer the visceral impact of tower speakers.
The Transcendence range demands high-quality source components and amplification to truly shine, but rewards careful system matching with uncompressed sound and the ability to reveal the finest details in recordings.
Immanence Series: The Ultimate Expression
At the pinnacle of OePhi's speaker range sits the Immanence series, representing the brand's most advanced technology short of their Reference models. These speakers feature PURIFI woofers paired with large, high-performance ribbon tweeters that deliver extraordinary detail and dynamics.
The Immanence 2 standmount and Immanence 2.5 floorstanding models both utilise higher DC biasing in their crossovers and employ significantly larger, more expensive inductors to minimise electrical losses. This results in speakers with exceptional dynamic capabilities and remarkably low distortion.
The ribbon tweeter in the Immanence series is described as a "true ribbon" in an extreme manifestation that weighs more than the PURIFI woofer itself, yet its super-low mass diaphragm presents unrivalled acceleration and dynamics. The result is a speaker that offers near reference-level performance without venturing into extreme price territories.
What Makes OePhi Special?
Precision Engineering from Denmark
Every OePhi loudspeaker is handmade in Denmark, with over 25 years of experience informing the development and selection of drivers, crossover slopes, components, and acoustical solutions. The goal is always to minimise the loudspeaker's imprint on the resulting sound, preserving the musical meaning by keeping the message intact.
Advanced Driver Technology
OePhi's commitment to excellence extends to their choice of drivers. The Ascendance series features heavily modified SEAS drivers, whilst the Transcendence and Immanence ranges utilise PURIFI woofers – a technology developed by audio guru Bruno Putzeys, who's also behind Hypex Class D modules and Kii Audio. These drivers are known for their exceptionally low distortion and dynamic capabilities.
Bespoke Tweeters
OePhi develops many of their tweeters in-house, ensuring perfect integration with their chosen woofers. From the optimised dome tweeters in the Ascendance and Transcendence ranges to the large ribbon tweeters in the Immanence series, each is carefully matched to deliver coherent, natural sound.
Time-Domain Excellence
Perhaps most importantly, every OePhi speaker is designed with meticulous attention to timing and phase behaviour. This focus on time-domain performance is what gives OePhi speakers their remarkable coherence and ability to convey the emotional content of music with such immediacy.
Perfect Partnerships
OePhi speakers are designed to reveal the true character of your source components and amplification. This transparency means they partner beautifully with high-quality electronics, allowing you to hear exactly what's happening upstream in your system. Many customers find that upgrading to OePhi speakers actually improves their entire system's performance by revealing capabilities they didn't know their existing components possessed.
The speakers also benefit significantly from OePhi's matching cables, which are designed using the same principles of minimal interference and maximum transparency. Many customers report transformative improvements when using OePhi speakers with the company's Ascendance, Transcendence, or Immanence cables.
Experience OePhi at Martins Hi-Fi
At Martins Hi-Fi, we understand that choosing the right speakers is a deeply personal decision. That's why we're committed to helping you find the perfect OePhi model for your system, room, and musical preferences. Whether you're taking your first steps into high-end audio with the Ascendance range or seeking the ultimate in musical transparency with the Immanence series, we're here to guide you through the options.
Our demonstration rooms provide the perfect environment to experience these remarkable speakers properly, and our experienced team understands the nuances of system matching that help OePhi speakers perform at their very best.
The OePhi range represents a unique approach to loudspeaker design – one that prioritises musical truth above all else. With models ranging from the accessible Ascendance series to the reference-grade Immanence range, there's an OePhi speaker to suit discerning listeners at every level.
Visit us at Martins Hi-Fi to discover why OePhi speakers are earning such acclaim from critics and music lovers alike. Once you experience their remarkable combination of transparency, timing, and musical insight, you'll understand why we're so excited to have them in our showroom.
The complete OePhi loudspeaker range is now available at Martins Hi-Fi, 85-87 Ber Street, Norwich. For more information or to arrange a demonstration, call us on 01603 627010 or visit www.martinshifi.co.uk
