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first step the Conextion engineers did when designing these
speakers was to
take a close look at the ceiling speakers on
the market today.
Many
do
not
sound good. Most are designed by "distributed" audio
companies who got into the audio business with speakers
that were for, well to be frank, background music speakers.
These
models were then marketed as home theater speakers, with
little or no additional technological improvements to enhance
their use in home theater applications or solve the acoustic
problems of ceiling installations.
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It's In The Design
Our ceiling
speakers were created "from the ground up" by
our award winning
design
team.
These speakers were designed to be used first for home
theater applications, and then for distributed audio.
Getting the right acoustic and industrial designers
was the first important step in the process of bringing
high quality and innovative speaker design to the custom
installation professional.
Next we developed a patent pending installation system
that truly requires no tools. Our Z-Tool system for
zero tool installation allows the frame to be mounted
in the ceiling without the use of any tools! We also
created the SnapLok Baffle™ that drops into place,
requiring no pre-alignment. A simple hook mechanism
snaps the baffle into place.
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Getting
the Image to the Listener
Focusing the soundstage
from the ceiling position to the listener is a important
consideration. Only a few ceiling speaker brands allow
you to angle the woofer and/or
tweeter
toward
the listener. Even with this, the main problem is the woofers
and/or tweeter angle only slightly. And most of these speakers
create
additional diffractions that muddy the sound. Even with
this rotational ability, the listener still can't acoustically
"see" the tweeter.
Since the most important part of clarity in sound reproduction
comes from the tweeter, being able to significantly affect
its positioning makes the difference between dull, lifeless
sound to natural, more engaging sonic reproduction. Conextion's |
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ceiling
speakers feature a unique design that solves this problem.
First, we made our woofer so that it can be angled
up to 20°. Then we created the patent-pending Direct
Axis Extending Tweeter, which allows a 50° (that's
3.5 times more than the other speakers brands) rotation
and enables it to extend slightly below the ceiling and
actually point towards the listening position. When combined
with the 20° angling woofer, you have the option of
up to 70° of acoustic focusing control. However, for
times when aesthetics rule over acoustics, the tweeter
can be retracted to a traditional flush setting.
No
Compromise Construction
Finally we looked at construction. Due to the high costs
of tooling, many companies have to compromise between the
design and the thickness of the molded material. This can
cause less than optimal speaker performance.
Because of the nature of our strategic manufacturing partnership,
were able to design with start-of-the-art parts and materials
(glass filled structural nylon), with section thickness
much more robust than competing products. This allows us
to use mechanical designs that enhance the overall acoustic
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Even Outdoors, They Have to Sound Great!
The Sonoma Series features the SFPC™ (Side Firing
Pneumatic Coupled) outdoor bass extension system, the world's
first design that adds dual passive radiators molded into
the speaker cabinet. This provides exceptional bass response
from a small volume cabinet and eliminates any risk of
moisture damage to the speaker. The Sonoma cabinet is molded
from glass filled structural nylon 6/6 for the best acoustically
inert cabinet on the market today, to achieve "MDF" type
performance from a weather resistant cabinet. |
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