{"id":173082,"date":"2025-12-16T11:42:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T11:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siltechgroup.com\/crystalcable.com\/?p=173082"},"modified":"2026-04-21T14:20:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T14:20:14","slug":"minissimo-forte-editors-choice-the-absolute-sound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siltechgroup.com\/crystalcable.com\/2025\/12\/16\/minissimo-forte-editors-choice-the-absolute-sound\/","title":{"rendered":"Minissimo Forte Receives Editors\u2019 Choice from The Absolute Sound"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;][vc_column_text text_lead=&#8221;yes&#8221; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;611366&#8243;]<a href=\"https:\/\/siltechgroup.com\/crystalcable.com\/\"><strong>Crystal Cable<\/strong><\/a> is proud to share that the <a href=\"https:\/\/siltechgroup.com\/crystalcable.com\/minissimo-forte\/\"><strong>Minissimo Forte<\/strong><\/a> has been selected as an <strong>Editors\u2019 Choice \u2013 Shared Space Recommendation<\/strong> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theabsolutesound.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>The Absolute Sound<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, in the category <strong>Stand-Mount &amp; Floorstanding Loudspeakers<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Described by the editors as <em>\u201cthe best Minissimo yet,\u201d<\/em> the Minissimo Forte represents a significant evolution of the iconic Minissimo concept, combining its distinctive design with advanced engineering.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cA semi-active balanced second order\u201d crossover design that improves dynamics and reduces distortion.<\/p>\n<p>Exceptional reproduction of the human voice, combined with surprisingly powerful bass performance for its size.<\/p>\n<p><small>The Absolute Sound<\/small><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A key innovation lies in its semi-active crossover architecture, where AC power drives a buffer amplifier positioned between the crossover and drivers. This approach enhances performance by reducing distortion and improving overall dynamics.<\/p>\n<p>The review also highlights the optional machined aluminum Scala \u201ctop hat,\u201d designed to further improve image focus and extract the full performance potential of the loudspeaker.<\/p>\n<p>We sincerely thank <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theabsolutesound.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The Absolute Sound<\/strong><\/a> for this recognition and for including the Minissimo Forte in their Editors\u2019 Choice Shared Space Recommendations.[\/vc_column_text][vc_button radius=&#8221;btn-square&#8221; custom_typo=&#8221;yes&#8221; font_family=&#8221;font-846016&#8243; font_weight=&#8221;600&#8243; letter_spacing=&#8221;fontspace-210350&#8243; border_width=&#8221;0&#8243; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fsiltechgroup.com%2Fcrystalcable.com%2Fminissimo-forte%2F|title:Discover%20More%20About%20Minissimo%20Forte&#8221; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;196666&#8243; button_color_type=&#8221;uncode-solid&#8221; button_color_solid=&#8221;#c6a25a&#8221;]Discover More About Minissimo Forte[\/vc_button][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you are alone for days or weeks at a time, you eventually become drawn to people. Talking to randos is the norm. I\u2019ll never forget the conversation with the aquarium fisherman, forest ranger, and women at the Thai market. It\u2019s refreshing to compare notes on life with people from vastly different backgrounds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":172287,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[177],"class_list":["post-173082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-awards","tag-minissimo-forte"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/siltechgroup.com\/crystalcable.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/siltechgroup.com\/crystalcable.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/siltechgroup.com\/crystalcable.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siltechgroup.com\/crystalcable.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siltechgroup.com\/crystalcable.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173082"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/siltechgroup.com\/crystalcable.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173082\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":173085,"href":"https:\/\/siltechgroup.com\/crystalcable.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173082\/revisions\/173085"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siltechgroup.com\/crystalcable.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/siltechgroup.com\/crystalcable.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siltechgroup.com\/crystalcable.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siltechgroup.com\/crystalcable.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}