1528 Monitor 8 | Arendal Sound

1528 Monitor 8

Generating a powerful sound in a (slightly) less imposing form factor than 1528 Towers, 1528 Monitors deliver a clarity and depth that outshines many floor-standing speakers. Feel every detail with stunning precision, deep bass, and a rich, immersive soundstage. Sleek, modern design and versatile settings ensure perfect sound tailored to your environment. Enjoy full-range sound without needing a subwoofer.

Tech Specs | 1528 Series

Basalt

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Big sound

A performance you’d expect from high-end floor-standing speakers

1528 Monitor 8 has a 3-way speaker design that delivers incredible performance with its 28mm lithium-magnesium tweeter, 5″ carbon-graphene midrange, and dual 8″ aluminum bass drivers, ensuring detailed highs, rich mids, and impressively powerful, deep, dynamic bass. The acoustically time-aligned driver baffle and controlled directivity waveguide create a wide listening window for smooth, immersive sound. 
Designed for critical Hi-fi listening.

“The Arendal 1528 Monitor 8 combines an exciting and timeless design, thoughtful acoustic tuning, and a fascinating sound – all at an unbeatable price.”

Thomas Schmidt – HiFi Test

Like a live concert

in your living room

The 1528 Series makes this possible with its unique 3-way design, custom Carbon-Graphene midrange driver, lithium-magnesium tweeter, alongside other extraordinary features we designed with the discerning listener in mind.

Tweeter & waveguide

Sound as it’s meant to be heard.

At the heart every speaker in the 1528 Series, is a sophisticated 3-way design featuring a custom premium 28mm Lithium-Magnesium tweeter, offering unparalleled detail and dynamics. Housed within a controlled directivity waveguide, it ensures that high frequencies are stunningly clear and detailed and precisely directed for optimal sound dispersion across your listening space. The result is an expansive soundstage that immerses you fully in your favorite music and soundtracks.

Midrange 

Lifelike clarity and seamless sound. 

The over specified custom 5″ Carbon-Graphene midrange driver combines incredibly light and stiff materials to provide exceptional accuracy and dynamics, while reducing distortion to the bare minimum. It delivers rich, natural sound that seamlessly blends with crisp highs from the tweeter, making notes, dialogue, and musical detail come alive with incredible realism. A perfect partner for the tweeter-waveguide combination.

Woofer 

Feel the power of deep, lifelike, dynamic bass. 

Our new, custom-designed 8″ aluminum long-throw bass drivers have inverted surrounds for a sleek, integrated design and housed in a prism structure for added stiffness. Everything comes together in a robust, acoustically optimized HDF cabinet, resulting in a dynamic performance with deep, impactful bass that you feel as much as you hear.

Perfect Timing, Flawless Reproduction

Experience every note with precise, in-phase sound

Our innovative, precision-engineered, and acoustically time-aligned driver baffle ensures every note is delivered with pinpoint precision, creating a coherent and dynamic listening experience that is always in step with the listener. This functional yet innovative design effectively solves the inherent challenge of aligning multiple drivers. By curving the baffle, we achieve a mechanically clean solution that avoids adding unnecessary complexity to the crossover, preserving the purity and integrity of the sound. 

“At every moment, you can hear that the main focus of the acoustic tuning was on an extremely uniform radiation pattern from top to bottom.”

Thomas Schmidt – HiFi Test

Personalize Your Sound

Perfect your listening experience

The 1528 Series offers both ported and sealed modes, allowing you to customize the bass response depending on your individual room acoustics and personal preference. Choose an open port for maximum output and the lowest bass extension when the speaker is free standing. Or go sealed for a tighter, faster bass response when the speaker is close to a wall or corner. 

“The Arendal 1528 Monitor 8 offers the most sophisticated bass tuning I have ever encountered in a speaker, whether sealed or in bass reflex mode.”

Thomas Schmidt – HiFi Test

Where Elegance Meets Durability.

Precision engineered for your home. Built to last.

1528 Series are serious statement pieces. A hardwearing, satin paint finish — with metal flake detail in the Basalt version, and pearl in Polar — adds a touch of elegance, and solid multi-layered HDF cabinet construction minimizes resonances for pure, uncolored sound. The time-consuming care and attention to detail we put into the development of 1528 series reflect the pride and integrity we take in every Arendal product.

“Heavier than most Tower speakers and frankly even more powerful as well. Equipped with ultra-low distortion long throw woofers, this speaker lacks nothing in the bass department”

Thomas Gunvaldsen, Arendal Sound CTO

The new definition of excellence

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  • Personalize Your Sound

    Perfect your listening experience

    Personalize Your Sound

    Perfect your listening experience

    The 1528 Series offers both ported and sealed modes, allowing you to customize the bass response depending on your individual room acoustics and personal preference. Choose an open port for maximum output and the lowest bass extension when the speaker is free standing. Or go sealed for a tighter, faster bass response when the speaker is close to a wall or corner.

  • Perfect Timing, Flawless Reproduction

    Experience every note with precise, in-phase sound

    Perfect Timing, Flawless Reproduction

    Experience every note with precise, in-phase sound

    Our innovative, precision-engineered, and acoustically time-aligned driver baffle ensures every note is delivered with pinpoint precision, creating a coherent and dynamic listening experience that is always in step with the listener. This functional yet innovative design effectively solves the inherent challenge of aligning multiple drivers. By curving the baffle, we achieve a mechanically clean solution that avoids adding unnecessary complexity to the crossover, preserving the purity and integrity of the sound. 

  • Where Elegance Meets Durability.

    Precision engineered for your home. Built to last.

    Where Elegance Meets Durability.

    Precision engineered for your home. Built to last.

    1528 Series are serious statement pieces. A hardwearing, satin paint finish — with metal flake detail in the Basalt version, and pearl in Polar — adds a touch of elegance, and solid multi-layered HDF cabinet construction minimizes resonances for pure, uncolored sound. The time-consuming care and attention to detail we put into the development of 1528 series reflect the pride and integrity we take in every Arendal product.

  • Precise Connectivity

    Precision Bi-Wire terminals for perfect signal transfer and superior sound.

    Precise Connectivity

    Precision Bi-Wire terminals for perfect signal transfer and superior sound.

    1528 Series speakers feature custom-designed, rhodium-plated copper bi-wire binding posts, offering both flexibility of connection and distortion-free performance. These binding posts ensure superior conductivity and durability, delivering clear, high-fidelity audio signals. Designed for audiophiles who appreciate uncompromised quality.

“Especially impressive is the relaxed ease with which even the greatest dynamic impulses are reproduced 1:1”

Thomas Schmidt – HiFi Test

dimensions and tech specs

Design

3-way

Dimensions (H/W/D)

80.8 x 29.0 x 44.8 cm
(31.8 x 11.4 x 17.6 in)

Weight

47kg
(104 lbs)

Enclosure

Sealed/Ported

Enclosure material

High Density Fiberboard (HDF)

Ports

103.5mm inner diameter

Break-in for optimal performance

50 hours

Recommended amplifier

Up to 700W

Included

Port Plug, Grilles

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Tweeter

28 mm

Midrange

5”

Woofer

2 x 8”

Frequency response
38Hz-20kHz +-2dB
F3 35Hz
F6 22Hz
F10 19Hz
Impedance

4-ohms nominal

Crossover frequency

420Hz / 2800Hz

Sensitivity

85dB / 2.83V / 1m

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Frequency

Frequency response does not reflect maximum output but shows its true response in a anechoic chamber. Typically you will see an elevated response in the bass response below 40Hz in room due to room gain, which can add around 6dB pr. octave under 40Hz depending on the size of your room.

“Whatever you imagined or expected for the new 1528 Series, it exceeds them all by 10x in both build and sound quality”

Jay Lee – Jay’s Iyagi

This speaker is for you if

high-end-tower

You want 1528 Tower 8 performance in a smaller form factor

floor-plan

You have a room above 30m²/330 sq ft

spacious-room

You want high output and low distortion with easier placement and integration

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Buying directly from Arendal Sound ensures you get the utmost value for your investment. You communicate directly with our industry-leading customer experience specialists for a fast, smooth, and accurate response. 

No middlemen, minimal shipping. 

And with a built-in 60-day audition period, we promise you a risk-free purchasing experience with no hidden catches. Experience it for yourself. 

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