Piega Classic 5.0

The Swiss company Piega produces loudspeakers as reliable as Swiss banks and as accurate as Swiss watches. Hand-crafted, premium materials, and a unique branded ribbon tweeter are embodied in the Classic 5.0, the Hi-End system that has become Piega's hallmark.

Elite appearance

The speakers are less than a metre high and just 18 cm wide, housed in a massive MDF cabinet with 25 mm thick walls, mounted on a stand with spikes, which together guarantees excellent stability and absence of distortion.

Piega looks elegant and expensive, mainly due to the glossy piano lacquer finish. They are offered in three colours: black, white and Macassar ebony. The latter looks simply luxurious, but you will have to pay almost 30% of the cost for it.

The front panel is closed with a removable black grill, and on the bottom of the rear panel you can see two pairs of contact terminals and a phase inverter port.

Elite Sound

The system features a 2.5-way configuration, featuring AMT-1's signature ribbon tweeter and two 13cm MDS 2-woofers for amazingly accurate and open sound from 36Hz-40kHz.

The bass is not too deep, but rather collected and tight, and the highs are fast and clear, without excessive brightness, but with a slight specific colour. The sound stage is clear and transparent with excellent elaboration of all the nuances of the composition. The only thing that a demanding listener can reproach Piega with is insufficient dynamics. No, they pump very well, but sometimes the sound seems to lack confidence, expression.

Installation nuances

Another feature of the system that should be taken into account when buying is the exacting quality and installation location. In order not to lose the volume of the stage, the speakers should not be placed close to the walls, there should be enough space around, and the stands should be leveled and the spikes screwed in securely, otherwise the quality of the bass and the accuracy of the stereo panorama may suffer.

Well, let's not forget about the amplifier. Here he needs a fairly solid and self-confident. For example, Roksan Caspian M2. Then you will fully enjoy the magnificence of Hi-End sound.

With all the advantages of Piega Classic 5.0, its price is quite affordable. About 1200$. For this, perhaps, you can forgive her all the shortcomings.