Boston Acoustics 32
The Boston Acoustics 32 is a two-way bookshelf loudspeaker introduced sometime in the mid-1980s. It was part of the company's push to bring its core design philosophy, musical accuracy regardless of price, to a wider range of systems. A company advertisement in Hi-Fi Stereo (January 1989, p.69) put that philosophy plainly. Live music was Boston Acoustics' basic reference standard, and every speaker in the line was engineered to sound musically accurate, so all of their models shared a "remarkable sonic resemblance." The 32 was one of the larger bookshelf models in that approach.
It used an 8-inch long-throw woofer with a polymer cone and rubber surround, paired with a 1-inch tweeter. Boston's earlier A-series models used a smaller 6.5-inch woofer and 0.75-inch tweeter. The tweeter was Ferrofluid-cooled. A crossover at 3 kHz with a 6 dB/octave filter on the tweeter handled the transition. Nominal impedance was 8 ohms, sensitivity was rated at 90 dB (1 watt/1 meter), and the recommended amplifier range ran from 10 to 100 watts. Frequency response was specified as 50 Hz to 20 kHz ±3 dB, with the low end rolling off to roughly -6 dB at 40 Hz. Maximum SPL was given as 106 dB.
The cabinet measured 18¼ inches high by 10⅜ inches wide by 9⅜ inches deep and weighed 18 pounds. Finish options were Oak and Black Walnut vinyl, with a removable grille and binding posts on the rear. No original retail price is documented in the surviving records.
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