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A2+ Gen 3 Home Music System w/ Bluetooth aptX Adaptive

The A2+ Gen 3 Home Music System is perfect for the desktop and can fill your rooms with full and clear sound. Setup is a snap, so you’ll be ready to rock in no time. Connect via USB-C audio from your computer, aptX Adaptive Bluetooth from your phone, tablet or computer, or kick it old school with an analog connection from that turntable or prized tape deck. The A2+ Gen 3 also features an output so you can upgrade your system and boost your bass in a heartbeat by connecting a subwoofer, like the Audioengine S6 in the matching color.

Pro Tip For superior desktop audio, use the A2+ Gen 3's USB-C or Bluetooth input. This bypasses your computer's lower quality audio components, allowing the built-in DAC to provide a clearer, more detailed sound.

Technical Specifications

General Specifications

Type Powered Bluetooth aptX-Adaptive speaker system

Amplifier Type Class D

Rated Power Output 20W RMS per channel at 4 ohms (measured in compliance with 16 C.F.R. § 432.3)

Peak Power Output 30W per channel at 4 ohms (AES)

Total Peak Power Output 60W (AES)

Drivers 2.75” aramid fiber woofers 0.75“ Silk dome tweeters

Inputs 3.5 mm stereo mini-jack, RCA L/R, USB, Bluetooth

Outputs RCA variable line-out

Input Voltages 100-240 V 50/60 Hz auto-switching

SNR >95 dB (typical A-weighted)

THD+N Less than 0.05% at all power settings

Crosstalk <50 dB

Frequency Response 65 Hz-22 kHz ±2.0 dB

Frequency Response w/ Bass Reduction Switch selected N/A

Analog Input Impedance N/A

Nominal Impedance N/A

Input Impedance 10K ohms unbalanced

Crossover Frequency N/A

Protection Output current limiting, thermal over-temperature, power on/off transient protection

Power Consumption Idle: 5W

Standby Consumption N/A

Phase N/A

Recommended Amplifier Power N/A

Battery Life N/A

Battery Charge Time N/A

Bluetooth Specifications

Internal BT Receiver Qualcomm QCC 3040

Input Bit Depth 16 bit (SBC, AAC), 24 bit (aptX-Adaptive, aptX-HD, aptX)

Bluetooth Receiver Type Bluetooth 5.3

Supported Codecs aptX-Adaptive, aptX-HD, aptX, AAC, SBC

Supported Bluetooth Profiles A2DP

Wireless Operation Range Up to 100 ft (30 m) typical

Input Data Rate Determined by Bluetooth

Wireless Latency ~120 milliseconds (ms)

USB Specifications

Connector Type USB TYPE-C

USB Device Class type 1.1 and above

Input Bit Depth 24 bit (padded)

Input Sample Rate 44.1KHz/48 KHz/96KHz

Internal D/A Converter PCM5100A

Weights And Measures

Dimensions (HWD) Each speaker – 6″ (15.6 cm) x 4″ (10.6 cm) x 5.25″ (13.8 cm)

Weight Left (active) – 3.6 lb (1.72 kg)
Right (passive) – 3.2 lb (1.51 kg)

Total Shipping Weight 10 lb (4.51 kg)

Shipping Box Dimensions (LWH) 15” (38.1 cm) x 7” (17.8 cm) x 10.5” (26.7 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

0.24″ (6 mm) thick MDF cabinets
0.75″ (20 mm) silk dome tweeters with neodymium magnets
2.75″ (70 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 A2+ Gen 3 cabinet contains tuned, front-port slots.

Furniture Grade Finishes

The A2+ Gen 3 cabinets are available in several finishes, including matte black and green, as well as hi-gloss piano white, limoncello yellow and red options, offering a modern compliment to any small space or desktop.

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 A2+ Gen 3 Wireless speakers features aptX Adaptive coding which is an advanced Bluetooth audio codec with very impressive sound. And even if your phone or tablet does not have aptX Adaptive, the A2+ Gen 3  Bluetooth solution is backwards-compatible with aptX-HD, aptX, AAC, LC3 codecs, so you can wirelessly stream music from any Bluetooth-enabled device and still enjoy all your music. High-fidelity Bluetooth aptX Adaptive that really works and sounds great.

Extended-range wireless. Most Bluetooth implementations have very limited range, typically within just one room. But with careful signal management circuitry and antenna tuning, we offer a superior solution that has up to 3 times the range of standard Bluetooth for multi-room use, with no degradation in audio quality.

24 bit DAC
The A2+ Gen 3 Bluetooth receiver utilizes the PCM 2704C DAC, known for extremely-low quantization noise in the audio band, with a built-in analog low-pass filter that removes the high-frequency components of the noise-shaping signal.

Amplifier Design

The amplifiers in powered Audioengine speakers are located in the left speaker and are a conservatively-rated class D.

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.

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.

Quickstart Guide

A2+ Gen 3 Home Music System Quick Setup

Step 1: Connect the included speaker wire from the A2+ Gen 3 left (powered) speaker to the right (passive) speaker, observing proper polarity to each speaker connector.

1) Use your thumb and finger to unscrew the binding post connectors on the back of each speaker.

2) Insert each speaker wire into the holes on the side of binding post connectors, making sure to connect the positive (+) terminal on the left speaker to the positive (+) terminal on the right speaker.

3) Retighten the binding posts with your fingers.

4) Verify that only the exposed portion of the speaker wire is secured firmly in each connector.

5) Make sure that none of the speaker wire strands have come in contact with an adjoining terminal.

Step 2: Verify that the volume/power knob on the rear panel of the left speaker is in the OFF position by rotating the knob until it clicks off..

Step 3: Connect the cable from the external power supply to the A2+ left speaker rear panel.

Step 4: Connect the AC power cord to the other end of the power supply, and plug the cord into a functioning power outlet. A light on the power supply should be illuminated.

Wireless Connection

Step 1: Turn power on via the rear panel volume/power knob.
A2+ Gen 3 will automatically go into Bluetooth “pair mode” and the Pair button on the A2+ Gen 3 rear panel will start flashing.

Step 2:: On your device (phone, tablet, computer, etc), turn on Bluetooth and go to Bluetooth preferences.

Step 3: Select “Audioengine A2+” to pair and connect. The Pair indicator on the A2+ rear panel should be solid.

Step 4: Play your music and adjust volume levels on A2+ Gen 3 and your device.

Step 5: To add additional devices put A2+ back into pair mode by disconnecting A2+ from your device or by pressing and holding the Pair button on the A2+ Gen 3 rear panel until the pair indicator starts flashing. Repeat steps 2-4 to connect another device.

A2+ can wirelessly connect to only one device at a time, however it will pair with and remember up to 6 different devices.

Wired Connection

Step 1: Connect an audio cable between your device and one of the inputs on the A2+ rear panel.

Step 2: Play your music and adjust the volume on the speakers and your device to the desired listening levels.

USB Audio Connection

Step 1: Connect the included USB-C cable between your computer and the USB-C input on the rear panel of the left powered speaker.

Step 2: If using Windows, the A2+ should be recognized automatically. For MacOS, under System Preferences/Sound/Output, select “Audioengine A2+”.


For the full setup guide, download the attached PDF:
A2+ Wireless Quickstart Guide

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