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Meet x-optima... 
Good Afternoon From The Windy City Wow… now I know why they call Chicago The Windy City… it is blowing like crazy out there… With the winds brings change – and we have the same thing going on at av123 at the same time. The winds of change brought us x-statik – and a more aply named product I could never have come up with… I had always known that these “Open Baffle” designs were really incredible at producing (really RE producing) an incredible “staging effect” – but with the newer driver designs we’re working with now (thanks to Danny) we have crossed the line into new territory I did not even know COULD exist…
With x-statik we have a speaker that presents itself extraordinarily well… It can play loud – play soft – do music with aplomb and yet excel in Cinematic (audio) reproduction like no other speaker we have ever made…
I went to Danny a few moons ago and asked him “what if” about a dozen times… He kept saying “sure we can do that”… “are you ready to tool up some more with our own drivers that are ‘q-specific’” – “remember – this will cost a bunch to do what you want Mark”… etc. etc. etc.
I wanted it all – and of course – I wanted it like yesterday… (nothing new there)
Meet the new x-optima – this ain’t your daddy’s x-optima ole mls was planning many moons ago with Danny – but a complete “Open Baffle” x-optima…
Oh yeah…
This is what our new x-optima is going to look like…
You’ll note a few things about this early rendering I’m sharing with you right now…
First… we have FOUR 6.5” custom designed xbl^2 woofers playing in concert in “free air”… This is possible by designing this driver from the ground up for JUST this sort of operational parameter… The xbl^2 technology is what we use in our LS Series… so this is real “trickle down” effect taking hold…
Second… Please note that the mid and tweeter section is just like an x-statik – no change at all (why mess with something that works so perfect – that this created a new reference for me at these price points)…
Third… although not small – they are not overwhelmingly tall either… The complete system is just about 68 inches tall…
Fourth… the base is not completely correct here – there will be a bit of a “front facing out lip” for stability – but more – what’s not depicted here is that this base “opens” in the middle – and the x-o is mounted externally in it’s own 8x12 inch enclosure… Around it to the left and right are sand-fillable bladders that allow you to lock these puppies in using sand or lead shot… These stabilize the complete system and really make it perfect for placement on any surface…
Fifth… you can’t see it well – but on the side of the baffle are custom designed perforated “holders” or “grill shapers”… This is where this design is going to rock… We are going to use a very acoustically transparent material for the grill – but we had to be sure that our issues with “edge diffraction” do not harm what we have worked so hard for – that effortless / dynamic “open baffle sound” I have come to love so much…
The solidly constructed – yet open perforated material acts as the perfect shaper for the new grill idea I have been percolating for months… More about it later…
The new x-optima… born of a real excitement for open baffle sound – and for the versatility that this type of loudspeaker allows… I can promise something very very special here. The bigger brother x-otica will be very similar – but he will have an operating sub woofer located behind the front baffle (sitting on the base) and will be capable of 20Hz extension in-room…
By the way… that lovely 8x12 enclosure that houses the x/o (crossover) is JUST THE RIGHT SIZE for something to sit right atop…
Anticipated Availability:2008 (http://av123forum.com/showpost.php?p=364830)
Price:
Good Afternoon From The Windy City Wow… now I know why they call Chicago The Windy City… it is blowing like crazy out there… With the winds brings change – and we have the same thing going on at av123 at the same time. The winds of change brought us x-statik – and a more aply named product I could never have come up with… I had always known that these “Open Baffle” designs were really incredible at producing (really RE producing) an incredible “staging effect” – but with the newer driver designs we’re working with now (thanks to Danny) we have crossed the line into new territory I did not even know COULD exist…
With x-statik we have a speaker that presents itself extraordinarily well… It can play loud – play soft – do music with aplomb and yet excel in Cinematic (audio) reproduction like no other speaker we have ever made…
I went to Danny a few moons ago and asked him “what if” about a dozen times… He kept saying “sure we can do that”… “are you ready to tool up some more with our own drivers that are ‘q-specific’” – “remember – this will cost a bunch to do what you want Mark”… etc. etc. etc.
I wanted it all – and of course – I wanted it like yesterday… (nothing new there)
Meet the new x-optima – this ain’t your daddy’s x-optima ole mls was planning many moons ago with Danny – but a complete “Open Baffle” x-optima…
Oh yeah…
This is what our new x-optima is going to look like…
You’ll note a few things about this early rendering I’m sharing with you right now…
First… we have FOUR 6.5” custom designed xbl^2 woofers playing in concert in “free air”… This is possible by designing this driver from the ground up for JUST this sort of operational parameter… The xbl^2 technology is what we use in our LS Series… so this is real “trickle down” effect taking hold…
Second… Please note that the mid and tweeter section is just like an x-statik – no change at all (why mess with something that works so perfect – that this created a new reference for me at these price points)…
Third… although not small – they are not overwhelmingly tall either… The complete system is just about 68 inches tall…
Fourth… the base is not completely correct here – there will be a bit of a “front facing out lip” for stability – but more – what’s not depicted here is that this base “opens” in the middle – and the x-o is mounted externally in it’s own 8x12 inch enclosure… Around it to the left and right are sand-fillable bladders that allow you to lock these puppies in using sand or lead shot… These stabilize the complete system and really make it perfect for placement on any surface…
Fifth… you can’t see it well – but on the side of the baffle are custom designed perforated “holders” or “grill shapers”… This is where this design is going to rock… We are going to use a very acoustically transparent material for the grill – but we had to be sure that our issues with “edge diffraction” do not harm what we have worked so hard for – that effortless / dynamic “open baffle sound” I have come to love so much…
The solidly constructed – yet open perforated material acts as the perfect shaper for the new grill idea I have been percolating for months… More about it later…
The new x-optima… born of a real excitement for open baffle sound – and for the versatility that this type of loudspeaker allows… I can promise something very very special here. The bigger brother x-otica will be very similar – but he will have an operating sub woofer located behind the front baffle (sitting on the base) and will be capable of 20Hz extension in-room…
By the way… that lovely 8x12 enclosure that houses the x/o (crossover) is JUST THE RIGHT SIZE for something to sit right atop…
Anticipated Availability:2008 (http://av123forum.com/showpost.php?p=364830)
Price:
- $1499-Satin Black
- $1699-Wood
- $1799-Diamond Wood
