Orca 3" Monitors
Orca 3" Monitors
Birch Plywood: 6-8 weeks
Our best selling speaker for almost 20 years
Efficient, dynamic and balanced for home audio
Perfect for near-field, still suitable for larger rooms
92 db sensitivity
only 3-5 watts RMS needed, but higher power amps are also ok
Pairs well with any decent subwoofer
Orcas are the essence of minimalism - nothing unnecessary or low quality is present in the design so the music comes through unfiltered as a result.
Now features NRT with Quartz DMS - Noise Reduction Technique using Quartz Diamagnetic Metasurfaces
Dimensions: 5.25”w, 9.5”h, ~7”d (not including terminal plates)
Price is for a pair
Ships worldwide
60 day in-home audition, 1 year warranty
The Orca 3” Full Range Speakers are the crowd pleasers of my lineup. They offer a smooth, relaxing yet engaging sound quality with all types of audio content.
With their sleek wooden front port design, faceted solid wood internal bracing and specialized damping materials the Orcas are a dynamic addition to any desktop, home theater, or studio monitor setting.
These speakers are well suited for near field desktop listening and will create a holographic sound stage without causing listening fatigue.
They perform beautifully for both small and large rooms in a home with enough efficiency to deliver a satisfying sound.
Specifications
8 ohms, 90hz-35khz
Efficiency: 92 dB
Price is for a pair
Robust solid wood internal bracing structure similar to Marlin
Shipping
Ships worldwide
Economical international shipping
Orders are pre-paid. Call or email for a lead time estimate at the time you are ready to place your order
60-day in-home audition, 1-year warranty
Need help? Feel free to call (206) 407 8439 for advice
Amplifier Power Recommended
As a general rule of thumb, between 2 watts and 100+ watts per channel is recommended. They can still be hooked up to a clean 100+ watts without a problem. Whatever power is on tap, Orcas are able to get quite loud before their soft clipping mode naturally engages.
Orcas Speakers with Subwoofers
The Orca has a full sound and ample amount of bass either on their own or paired with subwoofers. Good quality subwoofers from any other manufacturer (for instance, that you may already own) will likely be compatible with the Orcas. While Blumenstein accessories, like floor stands and subwoofers, are generally going to sound and look the best, the Orcas also play well with most other audio gear available on the market.
Orca Customer Reviews
“Love my Orcas! They are truly suburb loudspeakers. They hold themselves against my Harbeths, and in some areas (immediacy) exceed them. Very impressed. Right now I'm playing them with a 45W Conrad Johnson EL34 integrated. Beautiful. [Clark has] achieved a wonderful balance in these speakers - I find that exceedingly rare, even among the big boys. Voices sound REAL.”-Greg K.
"[The Orcas] are clean, clear, with amazing images, deeper sound stage than my Triangles (and they are really good at sound stage), impressive high frequencies . . .They only have about 100 hours on them. Unless they are going to extend down to 25 Hz with more break in I don't know what else they can do. I was hearing good high frequency response with Bluegrass, so just to be sure, we put on Kind of Blue. The cymbals were amazing! They had sizzle! The piano, saxophone, and of course trumpet sounded very real. I'm really amazed at the highs. The cymbals were as they should be [. . .] the images were solid; the best I have ever heard the piano on this album. Walking back and forth behind the listening chair I could see that the center image only moves about a foot off center in my room at the extreme right and left. What I mean is that to get it to do that I stood a foot or more to the right of the right speaker, etc. There is a really wide sweet spot. More than I have experienced before. I could go on and on, but it would just be repetitive. Clark, you have really done something magic here." -Grainger M., Tennessee
“Well a pair arrived today with the matching stands. And I thank the individual who mentioned them on a prior post . . . these are an incredible little speaker that belie their size. Very open with room filling sound, pretty darn good bass as well from, yes, a single 3 inch driver. I don’t know of many if any speaker that can beat this at their [price]. Beautiful sound, build quality and aesthetics, all in a compact tidy package.” - Dave, Vancouver, B.C. on Canuck Audio Mart