Aerial Acoustics T-Series Speaker Lineup & Review

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Michael Kelly is an absolute perfectionist when it comes to any and everything about his speakers. When he sets out to update a model or create a new one, it is almost always a multiyear process with lots of testing and listening. Michael and David literally travel all over the world to find small niche specialty companies to make custom components for their speakers and then put them through long term rigorous tests before they make it to one of their speakers. Almost all speaker drivers are custom-made to their exacting specifications from high-end facilities in Denmark, Norway, USA or Germany. The same applies to their crossover components which all use military grade parts for the purest possible signal path.

Aerial Acoustics speaker cabinets are a prime example of the extremes they go to and the 7T, 6T, 5T, and 7CC all share the same type of cabinet design. Aerial uses a curved shaped cabinet which greatly reduces internal reflections. Multiple layers of 3mm thick pieces of MDF are soaked in glue then bonded together under high pressure for 48 hours in a 20 ton press that applies the curve to them. Since the glue totally soaks into the MDF, when it dries and the multiple layers are bonded, you have something far more inert than just standard MDF. Several internal cross braces are then installed to make the cabinet super rigid. In the case of all but the 5T, a separate internal box is on the inside for the midrange driver. Aerial even uses a special environmentally friendly glue made to damp out vibrations to bond the front baffle holding the drivers to the cabinet. The baffle and the glue together give you almost 2” of thickness.

The Aerial speaker drivers are all pretty special too. The midrange drivers are made from a special Papyrus blend cone material. Michael and David spent a lot of time developing this cone which gives them something very stiff and precisely damped. The baskets are a cast magnesium frame, again, a far more expensive material than you typically see. These models use a new tweeter Aerial developed for the “T” series. It is called a soft ring-dome tweeter. They use large dual magnets with a damped chamber. Aerial is all about scientific measurements and this tweeter has super low distortion, can reproduce transients extremely well, and extends way beyond the range of human hearing.

All of these models have a sound that does not bowl you over with anything at first but lures you in the longer you listen with their honest and transparent presentation. Another thing we love about Aerials is how they sound good even at super low listening levels. The model that is right for you will depend a lot on your budget and room size, but every single one sounds fantastic to our ears.