Neat Acoustics Ultimatum XL10 - Store Demo!
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Ships from | Hingham, MA, 02043 |
Ships to | United States |
Package dimensions | ?" × ?" × ?" (370.0 lbs.) |
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Neat Acoustics' Ultimatum Series represents Neat Acoustics' top of the line series of loudspeakers. This particular model, the Ultimatum XL10 is the top of the line in the entire Neat Acoustics line up and one of our all time favorite speakers. The XL10 model is current as the pinnacle in the Neat Acoustics lineup.
This specific pair are our store demos, and while they have been used for both store and show demonstrations, they have never been preowned. They are presented in Neat's beautiful "Velvet Cloud" finish, an exclusive Ultimatum Premium Finish (adding over $3K to the retail price). The speakers are in very nice condition, conservatively rated 8/10 for age. The high gloss figured maple veneer is simply magnificent and the extremely beautiful clear coat is in outstanding condition.
All floor-standing Ultimatum Series speakers are packaged in two (2) substantial wooden crates. Shipping will be on a pallet by freight only.
The Ultimatum Series is unique in its application of Isobaric design principals as well as their unique use of two flush mounted, upward firing EMIT super-tweeters applied for an extra sense of "air" in the soundstage, without negative affect to upper frequency response. The crossover point at 13kHz and crossover design further ensures that these speakers will never yield any "brightness". It is a bit of an uncanny but extremely effective affect.
Highlights of the Ultimatum Series include a slightly "warm of center", very musical character with an outstanding commitment to proper timbre (given the extensive musicianship background of the founder/owner who still actively writes and performs regularly). Further, Ultimatums may be the one of the easiest speakers that we have encountered to setup for an extremely wide and deep soundstage and outstanding image. For those with large or multi-use listening room environments, the off-axis imaging is excellent. These are the farthest thing from what we term "Point Source" listening. The XL10 is a lot of speaker!
The enclosure is comprised of eight discrete internal cavities, each optimized for purpose and each different. The bass/midrange volumes are larger to suit the tuning whilst the main HF cavity is small to increase rigidity and resist back pressure from the main drive units. The two EMIT super tweeters
are similarly isolated. The main structure is damped 18mm Birch Plywood sourced from slow-growing forests as this ensures the densest, most consistent material. The drive unity-baffle sections are constructed from a 45mm thick 'sandwich' of Birch Plywood, Polyethylene and MDF. This provides a rigid non-resonant platform which allows the drive units to operate with minimal colorations.
All of these features are woven together in the traditional Neat Acoustics fashion: hundreds of hours of listening tests, empirical experimentation and years of expertise guarantee that the end result is a classic loudspeaker with qualities that few can equal.
Regarding amplifier matching, do not be thrown by the Ultimatum's sensitivity rating. Given the extremely flat, benign impedance, we routinely run modest powered tube gear with tremendous success on the entire Ultimatum range of speakers. One would be hard pressed to match the scale of image that many tube amps will yield in conjunction with these speakers. (45-60 watts minimum, depending upon the specific tube amp.), Otherwise, Ultimatums will clearly "sing" with high power solid state. Note that the XL10s do require a larger room.
Ultimatum XL10 Specifications:
• Design: 2.5-way isobaric bass reflex
• Bandwidth: 20Hz - 40kHz
• Impedance: 8 Ohms (5 Ohms Minimum)
• Sensitivity: 89 dB/1 watt.
• Enclosure type: Multi-chamber, multi-driver array, incorporating isobaric internal
cavity, plus upward firing super-tweeters.
• HF Unit: 26mm SONOMEX Domed XL
• Super HF Units: 2* EMIT 25mm planar/ribbon
• Bass / Midrange Units: 2* 168mm Neat Bass/Mid Unit with Aluminum Phase Plug
• Bass Units: 4* 168mm Neat Bass Units
• Dimensions (H x W x D): 59.1" x 8.7" x 14.6" (1500 x 22 x37 cm)
• Footprint (W x D): 13.8" x 20.1" (35 x 51 cm)
• Weight: 132.3 lb. (65 Kg each)
• Standard finishes: Natural Oak, Rose Ash, American Walnut, Figured Birch
• Premium finishes: Velvet Cloud, Red Velvet Cloud, Piano Black
http://neatacoustics.com/ultimatum-technical-details/
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Neat Acoustics is approaching their 33rd year in business and their loudspeakers are handcrafted entirely in the Northeast corner of England.
Additional Notes: See our similar offering for our Ultimatum XLS (monitor) demos. Regarding a key pricing update, please also note that Neat Acoustics will be implementing a substantial 12-14 percent, across the board product price increase sometime in mid to late April. If considering any other models in the Neat Acoustics line, including the fabulous Iota, Alpha, or Xplorer products, now is the time to call us!
If still early in the process of shopping for the most musical, high performance, world class loudspeakers available, give us a call to explore our other fine brands including Verity Audio, Cessaro Horn Speakers, Kerr Acoustic, Horning, and Stein Horn Speakers, among many others.
Have questions? Give us a call. We love talking Audio!
Thanks for looking!
The Audio Shoppe, Hingham MA, [email protected], (781) 987-3414
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