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INTRODUCTION

In almost 20 years of career, the ORFÉO model will have evolved enormously and each new version has always
brought really significant improvements.
Today, the level of performance achieved by ORFÉO GRANDE allows it to rise to the level of the very best acoustic
speakers in the world.
It is a significant step in our perpetual quest for true musicality, one which transmits, faithfully to the original message,
the deep meaning of music which is emotion.

DESCRIPTION

The very long research and development work carried out for VOCEG RANDE has provided us with a set of innovative
and particularly effective technical solutions, so it was logical that the flagship model of our range could also benefit from them.

This is how ORFÉO GRANDE was able to see the light of day, it is positioned above the current ORFÉO JUBILE in our range
without replacing it.

Its silhouette, a visual signature of JMR models for years, is now underlined by its two-tone finish which lightens and outlines
its curves with great elegance.
The use of noble materials such as aluminum further accentuates its sculptural aspect and it is a remarkable object in a
contemporary or classic interior.

The sobriety of its design is an accepted choice, it allows to create simple and beautiful objects at the same time, anchored
in their time, which will keep for a very long time a rewarding aspect with carefully chosen proportions.
Thus ORFÉO GRANDE will cross eras and fashions without aging.

The genesis:

Resuming work on the basis of an existing model as efficient as ORFÉO JUBILE is not easy.

Its entire infrastructure has been completely overhauled, its cabinetry, its filtering, its speakers have been improved.
VOCE GRANDE, by its extreme delicacy and its unique finesse of restitution, will have significantly raised our requirements.
All these qualities had to be found in ORFÉO GRANDE by adding the strength and energy of a tower speaker, while respecting
its character and its endearing personality.

It took months and months for laboratory research and especially listening, to lead to the expected result.
This is why ORFÉOGRANDE is now establishing itself as the most successful and efficient passive acoustic loudspeaker
ever produced by JMR in the brand's 55 years of existence.

The results:

Brighter, quieter, more delicate and at the same time stronger than ever, ORFÉO GRANDE brings together all of JMR's
know-how.
It alone synthesizes the essence of the sonic philosophy of JMR products, and once again pushes the performance limits
of a speaker of this size.

The sound image is truly spectacular, it extends in a natural and constant way well beyond the system in width, height and
depth and offers a scrupulous respect of the sound spaces specific to each recording.

The stamps are extremely refined and very accurate without false light or coloring.

She plays complex music with utterly insolent ease and never seems to struggle to reproduce the dynamics, whether extreme
on large orchestral formations, or subtle and perfectly nuanced on small formations or vocals.
The latter are carnal but also perfectly articulated with an almost palpable presence.
The diction, the articulation of each word, the breaths, the diphthongs, all this seems perfectly natural and integrated, never
artificially put forward, this allows a perfect understanding of the texts and better still of the intention and the meaning of a interpretation.

The music is expressed without constraint with force and authority but in a perfectly relaxed way, without any projection or harshness.
Its precision allows an excellent readability of the phrasing and the intention of the musicians and yet you never have the
feeling of dissecting or overplaying the details.
The sound message is full, fluid at the extreme rich over the whole audible spectrum and of constant density, this provides
during listening a feeling of permanent well-being which facilitates musical emotion.

Its middle register is both rich and transparent, it portrays all complex sounds in a very natural way with scrupulous respect for
the harmonic gradient, an essential parameter to fully identify each type of instrument.
The harmonic friction of string instruments, the extreme complexity of a piano's timbre, the resonances of a guitar note,
everything seems more ample.
Endings last longer with a natural and very regular decay and never seem to be truncated.
The superposition of the different timbres which form an expressive picture with very varied colors, procures a true auditory jubilation.

Thanks to the adoption of the polymer decoupling system of its base, the lower part of the spectrum from low midrange
to extreme bass is sensational.
Perfectly articulated and very dense, it expresses itself with an exciting dynamism, giving a feeling of very frank impact and
very well mastered.
He never over-plays, yet he knows how to make himself particularly impressive when the music demands it.
This principle of decoupling allows the last octaves not to resonate the material of the ground, this results in a bass which comes
to position itself naturally within the sound image and never gives the impression of crawling in front of it.
Cleaned from any parasitic vibration, it emphasizes, when necessary, the feeling of presence and gives the musical message
a dimension and very realistic proportions.
A bass drum stand, an organ pedal, a synthesizer nape or any other percussion instrument reaching the depths of the spectrum,
are then reproduced in a full and complete way up to the extreme bass.
The message never seems bloated or confused, on the contrary, we find ourselves detailing elements that are usually melted in
the fog of these frequencies so difficult to reproduce with acuity.

ORFÉO GRANDE plays with all difficulties with agility and serenity, all musical styles thus find the right tonal balance and are reproduced
with scrupulous respect for their specific sounds.