The
specifications of the Electra CC 1000 Be centre
speaker bring to light many key points in
making a revolutionary, hi-end product.
The necessity to obtain a coherent spatiality
and homogeneous timbre between different speakers
is a job that falls squarely on the centre
channel speaker. More often than not, the
adaptation is limited to using drivers identical
to those of the two fronts, or close resemblance,
and expecting a satisfactory result. This
is very inadequate, for this approach entirely
ignores the particular, directional characteristics
of a center channel speaker in its natural
placement: a midrange-woofer flanking either
side of a tweeter on a horizontal axis. An
improper design can lead to a disastrous result:
the sound balance and timbre, for example,
constantly change depending on the listening
position. The objective of the CC 1000 Be
is to produce a sound that all listeners will
hear (there will no longer be one ideal place
for one listener in a room), without spatial
anomalies.
A three-way configuration with optimized phase
permits a design reminiscent of a traditional
loudspeaker, with a Beryllium IAL tweeter
placed directly above a new 8cm “W”
(3’’) cone midrange.
This configuration frees the speaker of directionality
problems in the critical band starting at
500Hz and extending past 40kHz. The two woofers
roll in at a sufficiently low frequency as
to not cause a negative effect of phase rotation.
This characteristic is even more remarkable
thanks to the new Advanced Gamma Structure
profi le of the Electra 1000 Be which eliminates
the edge effects around the tweeter.
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