OePhi Transcendence 2 Loudspeakers

The Transcendence 2 is the speaker above the Ascendence 2, they are exactly the same size (35cm tall for reference), they use the same rebuilt SEAS tweeter, but here OePhi use a Purifi mid/bass driver. Unsurprisingly this is not an off the shelf drive unit but one that has been built by Purifi to OePhi’s specification. They come without the polypropelene coating which makes the drive unit much faster and more agile.

As you makes the jump from the Ascendence 2 to the Transcendence there is a marked increase in performance, with an instant and obvious uplift in resolution, clarity, dynamics, bass, every element is dramatically improved. I think the Ascendence 2 is a wonderful sounding speaker, but for me the additional £1545 for this speaker is money very well spent.

They present you with a large open window to the music, they are fast, thrilling, very open and they are not coloured in any way.  This may translate them to sounding forward or unforgiving in a system that isn’t well optimised or balanced, but when the recipe is right these are loudspeakers which simply excel.

…for stone-cold realism and musical fluency, in my experience the Transcendence 2 has no peer in its price class or several above. In short, it’s left me questioning if it’s the most engrossing and irresistibly addictive small speaker I’ve ever reviewed

Features

• In-house developed metal dome tweeter
• Purifi woofer
• Point to point wired crossovers
• Low DCR copper foil inductors
• DC-biased capacitors
• Immanence equivalent internal wiring
• Bass-reflex
• Pure copper speaker terminals