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the final hand-assembly process each speaker is individually tuned
to maintain uniformity from unit to unit. Unusual in its defined
form, the results of this cabinet construction allows it to be easily
couple with even difficult room acoustics - allowing bass to roll
effortlessly into the listening space. Here, the form is more tightly
tailored and the reduction in overall scale works to its advantage
allowing it to be easily integrated into a variety of listening spaces.
Transducers - The drive units employed are the highest expression
of transducer design. The 280 mm German made Accuton bass
driver uses a special ultra stiff ceramic - sandwich dome, with an
FEA optimized underhung motor design with 55 mm titanium voice
coil the former guarantees very low energy storage and good heat
transfer. The mid-bass unit, from Accuton, is a sophisticated design
with particular attention paid to the titanium voice coil former and
the surrounding air gap to provide maximum freedom from
dynamic compression in conjunction the use of a special ultra stiff
ceramic dome - valued for its midrange neutrality, is mated to its
own acoustic enclosure. All moving elements of the driver are
ventilated for “resonance free” response. This unique technology
allows the Estelon XA to produce bass and dynamics that belie the
size of the loudspeaker enclosure. The 30 mm high frequency driver
has ultra hard ceramic dome. Anti-resonant cutout fills in the
ceramic dome provide for damping of the dome resonance. A
neodymium overhung motor design with vented aluminium voice
coil former guarantees low energy storage and excellent heat
transfer. The soft fabric surround and ferrofluid with high viscosity
center the moving parts with distinctive linearity. Each drive unit is
“broken in” by running signal through them for several hours before
being fitted into the cabinet, and finally the speakers’ individual
tuning.
Crossover - A “minimalist design” 2nd order crossover is used
mainly for the natural sound such a design affords. All component
parts used are of the highest quality and were chosen through
extensive listening tests based on subjective musicality - Mii Teflon
