HECO Aurora 1000

3-Way Bass Reflex Floorstanding Speaker

HECO Aurora 1000

3-Way Bass Reflex Floorstanding Speaker
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Overview

The High Notes
Incredible Bass & Dynamics

Incredible Bass & Dynamics

With a sensitivity of 93 dB, the Aurora 1000 is more dynamic than the 700 plus it reaches down even deeper. Their 4 feet of height also gives them lifesize sound. These can fill up even very large spaces with ease.
Wonderful Cabinet Design

Wonderful Cabinet Design

The L-shaped piece of resin added to all of the Aurora models that already have almost 1" thick cabinet walls is very impressive. It reduces resonance and looks so beautiful coupled with the two color choices. And you can not see the PVC damping that goes inside the cabinet!
German Designed & Engineered

German Designed & Engineered

You get the precision of German engineering in the Aurora models. Their Fluktus tweeter, Kraft Paper Cone woofer, resonance reducing cabinets and more all go into making these models sound far better than they should for what they cost, plus they are beautiful and built to last.

The German designed Heco 1000 speaker is a step up from the highly rated 700 model. This true three way design has dual 8” Kraft paper cone woofers with a 6” midrange. At 93 dB sensitivity, it will provide incredible dynamics with very little power.

We love the L shaped resin baffle and almost 1” thick cabinet which totally eliminates resonance so you just hear the music. The high performance outrigger feet are a great touch.

High frequencies will be smooth as silk with great detail due to Heco’s famous Fluktus tweeter which has the advantages of a horn with a super pure sound.

These are large speakers that need a medium sized or larger room to open up but the combination of dynamics, deep bass, and a huge soundstage make them an amazing value that you can push even with a modest amp. The way they let you hear new details in your music explains why Heco has been a German favorite for over 60 years.

Details & Specs

Features

  • Floorstander with outstanding sound characteristics and innovative technology
  • Modern design: Silk-matt lacquer combined with modern wood decors
  • New Fluctus tweeter with 28 mm fabric dome and computer-optimized multi-corrugated front panel for perfect dispersion characteristics
  • Woofer and midrange with HECO kraft paper membranes for neutrality and natural tones
  • Removable cloth protection cover with hidden magnetic mounts
  • Solid crossbeams at the base with height-adjustable massive aluminum cone spikes

Cabinet

  • Solid construction using elaborated struttings
  • Bass reflex construction with airflow-optimized and screwed reflex tube
  • Removable cloth protection cover with hidden magnetic
  • Front and top side in high-quality semi-matte painting
  • Solid crossbeams at the base with height-adjustable massive aluminum cone spikes
  • Exchangeable metal/rubber spike tips for an optimum adaptation to the floor type

Crossover

  • Bi-wiring/Bi-amping-Option
  • High-quality connecting terminal with solid, gold-plated, and capsulated screw connectors
  • Elaborated phase and amplitude optimized crossover with high-quality components

PRINCIPLE

3 way floorstanding speaker, bass reflex

  • 2 x 8" woofer
  • 6.5" midrange
  • 1" dome-tweeter

SENSITIVITY (2.8V/1M)

93 dB

EQUIPMENT

6.5" midrange, 2 x 8" woofer, 1" dome-tweeter

IMPEDANCE

4 - 8 Ohms

CROSSOVER FREQUENCIES

260 Hz, 3.300 Hz

POWER HANDLING (RMS/MAX)

230 / 380 Watts

FREQUENCY RESPONSE

22 - 42.500 Hz

RECOMMENDED AMPLIFIER OUTPUT

30 - 380 W

DIMENSIONS

  • Cabinet: 250 x 1200 x 375 mm
  • Dimensions (wxhxd) incl. terminal and feet: 305 x 1258 x 393 mm

CABINET SURFACE

Ebony Black, Ivory White

WEIGHT

26.6 kg


Reviews

Customer Reviews

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Joe
Hard to beat for the $ vs Sound quality.

I found myself in the market for a pair of large floor standers after my better half wanted something that would blend better with our decor than the current B&W's in a Rosenut finish did. I've owned floor standers from the aforementioned B&W, Infinity Interlude, Klipsch Reference, Polk Lsi, and KLH. I needed a speaker that had color options other than different shades of brown/black. This eliminated my first option which would have been the Klipsch RF7iii and my second option the Polk R700. The Polk had a white finish, but it was too modern for my taste. Both of these speakers sounded fantastic when tested. I used to sell Audio in the early 2000's and version 1 of the RF7's were my first taste of a large floor stander.

I watched nearly every review on YouTube and read nearly every article/post I could about the Heco Aurora speakers. I didn't watch a single review or read a single article that didn't hold these speakers in high regard when it comes to sound quality. Some mentioned the cost vs performance metric which I truly believe is important. There is a point of diminishing returns on anything you buy, and one must determine where that point is for them. For me it was performance vs a finish that would match my current decor without paying 150%-300% more just to get a real wood veneer cabinet or some high-tech driver material such as my B&W Kevlar drivers. Trust me I really wanted real wood veneer, but the extra cost didn't give me that much more performance after testing the Heco's in my house vs the comps in store. Would I get better resonance from well-constructed real wood veneer cabinet, well yes, I would. Would I get 150%-300% more performance, absolutely not. Don't get me wrong the finish on an RF7iii or even the Polk Reserve is fantastic, but the Heco 1000 vinyl wrap, and matte finished plastic baffle looks better than you'd expect for the price point.

In all honesty who cares about finish, right? Haha. We care about performance!! Well, I bought the one speaker I couldn't demo, imagine that... the Aurora 1000 and I was not disappointed! The last speaker I owned that came close to the low end of these Heco's were some original Pioneer HPM-100's. They were my dad's and man did Dr. Dre sound awesome on them, lol. This was also in a small room which thinking back on it had great treatment, Carpet, curtains, perfectly spaced speakers, a well-shaped room, and a vintage Marantz 2245 or Pioneer SA-9900 powering them.

So, I'm long winded and if you've made it this far then kudos to you. What I'm trying to say here is that these Heco speakers punch well above their price range, and I am very happy with my purchase. They look fantastic too. One thing I saw in reviews was the ports and the binding post plate were made of metal. They are not, they're made to look like metal but definitely plastic. I know Audio Advice imported these to the US market for the first time a few years back and I truly believe if these speakers make it into the listening rooms of a few more Hi-Fi lovers their price will start to reflect their performance. Get these while you can.

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Pavlo
Better than Polk R700 for 60% LESS $

I had recently received a pair of Polk R700's from Crutchfield for around $2200. Then, I read a review on these at audioholics (and they SHOULD have been speaker of the year!). They were $484 each on Amazon at the time so I ordered 2 of them. I also had a little pair of Arendal 1961's on audition at same time. Well, the HECO's easily bested the Polks and the Arendals. The HECO's did have a little less bass 'umph' than the Polks (maybe 5-10% less), but the mids and highs were so much smoother and like warm butter compared to the Polks. Polks got sent back as did the Arendals. I don't know how HECO did it, but these speakers compete with Golden Ears IMO!!!

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A Man of Elegance
Wow We ???? Sounds Remarkable

???? Thank You. Thank You. Thank You. ???? I'm In Love ❤️ ???? 5 Star's ???? ???? ???? ???? ???? All The Way Hand's ✋️ Down Without Question The Sound Is Impeccable ❤️ Yes Indeed ???? I'm Using The (Aurora 100 ) ( Ambient 22 F ) ( Aurora 30 ) And My ( Aurora Sub 30 A ) ???? And The Sound Is Mind Blowing ❤️ ???? Thank You ???? ???? ❤️ Audio Advice ❤️ You ROCK ????

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Mike
I'm A Believer

Bought these from Audio Advice through Amazon only because I could get them in 2 days instead of 2 weeks doing it that way. These look way better in person than on the Audio Advice site and the build quality is amazing at this price. They sound amazing as well. Sound much cleaner with better everything than my Klipsch RP8000F's and blow my Def Tech BP7004's out of the water. Hard to believe these aren't more popular. I noticed the review on Andrew Robinsons YouTube channel of the 700's has vanished and that kind of made me leary to try an unknown (to me) brand but glad I did. Seems like Audio Advice is going to stop selling Heco speakers because they now only have the Auroras and not the upper lines available? Hopefully this isn't the case but why else would this be? If you are on the fence jump off and try these you will be pleasantly surprised.

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Darko
Happiness in a tower

I bought a pair for my bedroom. Even with terrible room placement, these are outstanding. No sub required with these. They deliver plenty of clean rich bass. Highs and mids are spectacular as well. I'm powering these with a Merantz SR6015 and they sound good at any volume from low to house shaking loud. I can turn these up loud enough that I can hear them 2 floors below and the sound is surprisingly clean full sound, not just the bass. I wouldn't recommend running them that loud if others are in the house, but it can be done. After owning the Heco Aurora 1000's for almost 2 months and the 700's for 9 months, both models still amaze me every day. I just can't recommend these highly enough. They continue to be a joy to listen to.