diaphragms, and such precise control of breakup that a typical driver exhibits less than .1%
THD+N power average in the all critical 2-10khz midrange.
2.
The 15cm Composite Sound Metamodal TX
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midrange features iterative improvements over
the original generation as well. While still a perfect piston over two octaves past its in use
frequency range, we have now optimized the ratio of radial to circumferential stiffness to further
improve off-axis behavior as we approach our 2khz crossover. The diaphragm is still precisely
shaped to behave as an optimized waveguide for the concentric tweeter, and the newly
designed geometry of the tweeter diaphragm has been further optimized to load this waveguide.
3.
The thin-lip, fully underhung surround all but eliminates the on-axis suckout and phase
cancellation issues that plague most coaxial drive units.
4.
A brand new FEA optimized ferrite motor structure and high performance spider bring
distortion performance nearly on a par with our flagship neodymium systems in Pulsar and
Quasar, and have been further augmented with the same new copper shorting sleeve to lower
high frequency inductance.
SUBWOOFER
Ganymede also features a brand new SEAS designed and built 18cm subwoofer drive unit.
High performance, long-throw suspension systems and fully FEA optimized magnetic gaps and
motor architectures give these compact subwoofers 14 mm of linear peak to peak excursion and
26mm before damage. Combined with a low resonant frequency of 32hz and pistonic linearity
to nearly 2khz, they provide Ganymede with tremendous extension, precision and reach,
especially for the size.
CABINET
All our loudspeakers feature highly braced, sealed cabinets, which completely eliminate the
group delay, air compression and chuffing that plague most traditional ported loudspeakers.
They are made from a combination of 19mm and 30mm thick Valchromat: a much stiffer, denser
and better damped material than the traditional MDF. This makes our cabinets highly inert and
non-resonant, all but eliminating destructive coupling to the pistonic output of the drive units.
AMPLIFIERS
All our loudspeakers employ second generation Hypex Ncore amplifier modules, which combine
high efficiency with ultra-low distortion and output impedance. Ganymede uses an NC252MP
and NC100HF module, which provide the subwoofer with 125 watts, the midrange with 75 watts,
and the tweeter with 50 watts.
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